brezar
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *vertiāre, from Latin vertĕre (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /bɾeˈθaɾ/ [bɾeˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /bɾeˈsaɾ/ [bɾeˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bre‧zar
Verb
brezar (first-person singular present brezo, first-person singular preterite brecé, past participle brezado)
- (poetic) to rock; cradle (a baby)
Conjugation
Conjugation of brezar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | brezar | ||||||
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gerund | brezando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | brezado | brezada | |||||
plural | brezados | brezadas | |||||
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 | brezo | brezastú brezásvos | breza | brezamos | brezáis | brezan | |
imperfect | brezaba | brezabas | brezaba | brezábamos | brezabais | brezaban | |
preterite | brecé | brezaste | brezó | brezamos | brezasteis | brezaron | |
future | brezaré | brezarás | brezará | brezaremos | brezaréis | brezarán | |
conditional | brezaría | brezarías | brezaría | brezaríamos | brezaríais | brezarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | brece | brecestú brecésvos2 | brece | brecemos | brecéis | brecen | |
imperfect (ra) | brezara | brezaras | brezara | brezáramos | brezarais | brezaran | |
imperfect (se) | brezase | brezases | brezase | brezásemos | brezaseis | brezasen | |
future1 | brezare | brezares | brezare | brezáremos | brezareis | brezaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | brezatú brezávos | brece | brecemos | brezad | brecen | ||
negative | no breces | no brece | no brecemos | no brecéis | no brecen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of brezar (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 brezar | |||||||
dative | brezarme | brezarte | brezarle, brezarse | brezarnos | brezaros | brezarles, brezarse | |
accusative | brezarme | brezarte | brezarlo, brezarla, brezarse | brezarnos | brezaros | brezarlos, brezarlas, brezarse | |
with gerund brezando | |||||||
dative | brezándome | brezándote | brezándole, brezándose | brezándonos | brezándoos | brezándoles, brezándose | |
accusative | brezándome | brezándote | brezándolo, brezándola, brezándose | brezándonos | brezándoos | brezándolos, brezándolas, brezándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative breza | |||||||
dative | brézame | brézate | brézale | brézanos | not used | brézales | |
accusative | brézame | brézate | brézalo, brézala | brézanos | not used | brézalos, brézalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative brezá | |||||||
dative | brezame | brezate | brezale | brezanos | not used | brezales | |
accusative | brezame | brezate | brezalo, brezala | brezanos | not used | brezalos, brezalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative brece | |||||||
dative | bréceme | not used | brécele, brécese | brécenos | not used | bréceles | |
accusative | bréceme | not used | brécelo, brécela, brécese | brécenos | not used | brécelos, brécelas | |
with first-person plural imperative brecemos | |||||||
dative | not used | brecémoste | brecémosle | brecémonos | brecémoos | brecémosles | |
accusative | not used | brecémoste | brecémoslo, brecémosla | brecémonos | brecémoos | brecémoslos, brecémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative brezad | |||||||
dative | brezadme | not used | brezadle | brezadnos | brezaos | brezadles | |
accusative | brezadme | not used | brezadlo, brezadla | brezadnos | brezaos | brezadlos, brezadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative brecen | |||||||
dative | brécenme | not used | brécenle | brécennos | not used | brécenles, brécense | |
accusative | brécenme | not used | brécenlo, brécenla | brécennos | not used | brécenlos, brécenlas, brécense |
Further reading
- “brezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014