relativizar
Spanish
Etymology
relativo + -izar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /relatibiˈθaɾ/ [re.la.t̪i.β̞iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /relatibiˈsaɾ/ [re.la.t̪i.β̞iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧la‧ti‧vi‧zar
Verb
relativizar (first-person singular present relativizo, first-person singular preterite relativicé, past participle relativizado)
- (transitive) to play down, put into perspective
Conjugation
Conjugation of relativizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | relativizar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | relativizando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | relativizado | relativizada | |||||
| plural | relativizados | relativizadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | relativizo | relativizastú relativizásvos | relativiza | relativizamos | relativizáis | relativizan | |
| imperfect | relativizaba | relativizabas | relativizaba | relativizábamos | relativizabais | relativizaban | |
| preterite | relativicé | relativizaste | relativizó | relativizamos | relativizasteis | relativizaron | |
| future | relativizaré | relativizarás | relativizará | relativizaremos | relativizaréis | relativizarán | |
| conditional | relativizaría | relativizarías | relativizaría | relativizaríamos | relativizaríais | relativizarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | relativice | relativicestú relativicésvos2 | relativice | relativicemos | relativicéis | relativicen | |
| imperfect (ra) | relativizara | relativizaras | relativizara | relativizáramos | relativizarais | relativizaran | |
| imperfect (se) | relativizase | relativizases | relativizase | relativizásemos | relativizaseis | relativizasen | |
| future1 | relativizare | relativizares | relativizare | relativizáremos | relativizareis | relativizaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | relativizatú relativizávos | relativice | relativicemos | relativizad | relativicen | ||
| negative | no relativices | no relativice | no relativicemos | no relativicéis | no relativicen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of relativizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive relativizar | |||||||
| dative | relativizarme | relativizarte | relativizarle, relativizarse | relativizarnos | relativizaros | relativizarles, relativizarse | |
| accusative | relativizarme | relativizarte | relativizarlo, relativizarla, relativizarse | relativizarnos | relativizaros | relativizarlos, relativizarlas, relativizarse | |
| with gerund relativizando | |||||||
| dative | relativizándome | relativizándote | relativizándole, relativizándose | relativizándonos | relativizándoos | relativizándoles, relativizándose | |
| accusative | relativizándome | relativizándote | relativizándolo, relativizándola, relativizándose | relativizándonos | relativizándoos | relativizándolos, relativizándolas, relativizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative relativiza | |||||||
| dative | relativízame | relativízate | relativízale | relativízanos | not used | relativízales | |
| accusative | relativízame | relativízate | relativízalo, relativízala | relativízanos | not used | relativízalos, relativízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative relativizá | |||||||
| dative | relativizame | relativizate | relativizale | relativizanos | not used | relativizales | |
| accusative | relativizame | relativizate | relativizalo, relativizala | relativizanos | not used | relativizalos, relativizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative relativice | |||||||
| dative | relativíceme | not used | relativícele, relativícese | relativícenos | not used | relativíceles | |
| accusative | relativíceme | not used | relativícelo, relativícela, relativícese | relativícenos | not used | relativícelos, relativícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative relativicemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | relativicémoste | relativicémosle | relativicémonos | relativicémoos | relativicémosles | |
| accusative | not used | relativicémoste | relativicémoslo, relativicémosla | relativicémonos | relativicémoos | relativicémoslos, relativicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative relativizad | |||||||
| dative | relativizadme | not used | relativizadle | relativizadnos | relativizaos | relativizadles | |
| accusative | relativizadme | not used | relativizadlo, relativizadla | relativizadnos | relativizaos | relativizadlos, relativizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative relativicen | |||||||
| dative | relativícenme | not used | relativícenle | relativícennos | not used | relativícenles, relativícense | |
| accusative | relativícenme | not used | relativícenlo, relativícenla | relativícennos | not used | relativícenlos, relativícenlas, relativícense | |
Derived terms
- relativización
- relativizador
Further reading
- “relativizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014