rizar
Spanish
Etymology
From rizo or from erizar. Perhaps partly an adaptation of Italian arricciare; compare also Portuguese riçar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /riˈθaɾ/ [riˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /riˈsaɾ/ [riˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ri‧zar
Verb
rizar (first-person singular present rizo, first-person singular preterite ricé, past participle rizado)
- (transitive) to curl, crinkle, crisp
Conjugation
Conjugation of rizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | rizar | ||||||
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gerund | rizando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | rizado | rizada | |||||
plural | rizados | rizadas | |||||
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 | rizo | rizastú rizásvos | riza | rizamos | rizáis | rizan | |
imperfect | rizaba | rizabas | rizaba | rizábamos | rizabais | rizaban | |
preterite | ricé | rizaste | rizó | rizamos | rizasteis | rizaron | |
future | rizaré | rizarás | rizará | rizaremos | rizaréis | rizarán | |
conditional | rizaría | rizarías | rizaría | rizaríamos | rizaríais | rizarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | rice | ricestú ricésvos2 | rice | ricemos | ricéis | ricen | |
imperfect (ra) | rizara | rizaras | rizara | rizáramos | rizarais | rizaran | |
imperfect (se) | rizase | rizases | rizase | rizásemos | rizaseis | rizasen | |
future1 | rizare | rizares | rizare | rizáremos | rizareis | rizaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | rizatú rizávos | rice | ricemos | rizad | ricen | ||
negative | no rices | no rice | no ricemos | no ricéis | no ricen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of rizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive rizar | |||||||
dative | rizarme | rizarte | rizarle, rizarse | rizarnos | rizaros | rizarles, rizarse | |
accusative | rizarme | rizarte | rizarlo, rizarla, rizarse | rizarnos | rizaros | rizarlos, rizarlas, rizarse | |
with gerund rizando | |||||||
dative | rizándome | rizándote | rizándole, rizándose | rizándonos | rizándoos | rizándoles, rizándose | |
accusative | rizándome | rizándote | rizándolo, rizándola, rizándose | rizándonos | rizándoos | rizándolos, rizándolas, rizándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative riza | |||||||
dative | rízame | rízate | rízale | rízanos | not used | rízales | |
accusative | rízame | rízate | rízalo, rízala | rízanos | not used | rízalos, rízalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rizá | |||||||
dative | rizame | rizate | rizale | rizanos | not used | rizales | |
accusative | rizame | rizate | rizalo, rizala | rizanos | not used | rizalos, rizalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative rice | |||||||
dative | ríceme | not used | rícele, rícese | rícenos | not used | ríceles | |
accusative | ríceme | not used | rícelo, rícela, rícese | rícenos | not used | rícelos, rícelas | |
with first-person plural imperative ricemos | |||||||
dative | not used | ricémoste | ricémosle | ricémonos | ricémoos | ricémosles | |
accusative | not used | ricémoste | ricémoslo, ricémosla | ricémonos | ricémoos | ricémoslos, ricémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative rizad | |||||||
dative | rizadme | not used | rizadle | rizadnos | rizaos | rizadles | |
accusative | rizadme | not used | rizadlo, rizadla | rizadnos | rizaos | rizadlos, rizadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative ricen | |||||||
dative | rícenme | not used | rícenle | rícennos | not used | rícenles, rícense | |
accusative | rícenme | not used | rícenlo, rícenla | rícennos | not used | rícenlos, rícenlas, rícense |
Derived terms
- rizado
- rizador
- rizar el rizo
Related terms
- rizo
Further reading
- “rizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014