zaherir

Spanish

Etymology

Somewhat disputed; according to the Royal Spanish Academy, from Old Spanish façerir, from *fazferir, from faz (“make!, do!”) +‎ ferir (“to hurt”). However, many etymologists have suggested that faz in fazferir could not have turned into za(z), even if it did convert into haz during the Spanish conversion of f to h and have suggested the word comes from Latin subferire (“to censor, reproach”) with za being a common corruption of the Latin sub- prefix, as seen in words such as zabullir (“to submerge”) (from Late Latin subbullīre (“to boil/submerge lighty”)) and zabucar (“to stir liquid”) (from Latin sub- (“below”) +‎ bucca (“mouth”)). Morphologically equivalent to haz (“make!, do!”) +‎ herir (“to hurt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaeˈɾiɾ/ [θa.eˈɾiɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saeˈɾiɾ/ [sa.eˈɾiɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: za‧he‧rir

Verb

zaherir (first-person singular present zahiero, first-person singular preterite zaherí, past participle zaherido)

to criticize severely, harshly (to the point of feeling humiliated or mortified)
- 1911, Quintilian, Ignacio Rodríguez, Pedro Sandier, Instituciones Oratorias, Vol. 1, 333:
  Guardémonos siempre de zaherir.
  Let's always guard ourselves from criticizing severely.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaherir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			zaherir
gerund			zahiriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zaherido		zaherida
		plural		zaheridos		zaheridas
		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	zahiero	zahieres^{^tú} zaherís^{^vos}	zahiere	zaherimos	zaherís	zahieren
	imperfect	zahería	zaherías	zahería	zaheríamos	zaheríais	zaherían
	preterite	zaherí	zaheriste	zahirió	zaherimos	zaheristeis	zahirieron
	future	zaheriré	zaherirás	zaherirá	zaheriremos	zaheriréis	zaherirán
	conditional	zaheriría	zaherirías	zaheriría	zaheriríamos	zaheriríais	zaherirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zahiera	zahieras^{^tú} zahirás^{^vos²}	zahiera	zahiramos	zahiráis	zahieran
	imperfect (ra)	zahiriera	zahirieras	zahiriera	zahiriéramos	zahirierais	zahirieran
	imperfect (se)	zahiriese	zahirieses	zahiriese	zahiriésemos	zahirieseis	zahiriesen
	future¹	zahiriere	zahirieres	zahiriere	zahiriéremos	zahiriereis	zahirieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zahiere^{^tú} zaherí^{^vos}	zahiera	zahiramos	zaherid	zahieran
	negative		no zahieras	no zahiera	no zahiramos	no zahiráis	no zahieran

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of zaherir (e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.