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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /defoˈljaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧fo‧liar

Verb

defoliar (first-person singular present defolio, first-person singular preterite defolié, past participle defoliado)

  1. to defoliate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defoliar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive defoliar
gerund defoliando
past participle masculine feminine
singular defoliado defoliada
plural defoliados defoliadas
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 defolio defoliastú
defoliásvos 		defolia defoliamos defoliáis defolian
imperfect defoliaba defoliabas defoliaba defoliábamos defoliabais defoliaban
preterite defolié defoliaste defolió defoliamos defoliasteis defoliaron
future defoliaré defoliarás defoliará defoliaremos defoliaréis defoliarán
conditional defoliaría defoliarías defoliaría defoliaríamos defoliaríais defoliarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present defolie defoliestú
defoliésvos2 		defolie defoliemos defoliéis defolien
imperfect
(ra) 		defoliara defoliaras defoliara defoliáramos defoliarais defoliaran
imperfect
(se) 		defoliase defoliases defoliase defoliásemos defoliaseis defoliasen
future1 defoliare defoliares defoliare defoliáremos defoliareis defoliaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative defoliatú
defoliávos 		defolie defoliemos defoliad defolien
negative no defolies no defolie no defoliemos no defoliéis no defolien

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

    Selected combined forms of defoliar

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 defoliar dative defoliarme defoliarte defoliarle, defoliarse defoliarnos defoliaros defoliarles, defoliarse
accusative defoliarme defoliarte defoliarlo, defoliarla, defoliarse defoliarnos defoliaros defoliarlos, defoliarlas, defoliarse
with gerund defoliando dative defoliándome defoliándote defoliándole, defoliándose defoliándonos defoliándoos defoliándoles, defoliándose
accusative defoliándome defoliándote defoliándolo, defoliándola, defoliándose defoliándonos defoliándoos defoliándolos, defoliándolas, defoliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defolia dative defóliame defóliate defóliale defólianos not used defóliales
accusative defóliame defóliate defólialo, defóliala defólianos not used defólialos, defólialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative defoliá dative defoliame defoliate defoliale defolianos not used defoliales
accusative defoliame defoliate defolialo, defoliala defolianos not used defolialos, defolialas
with formal second-person singular imperative defolie dative defólieme not used defóliele, defóliese defólienos not used defólieles
accusative defólieme not used defólielo, defóliela, defóliese defólienos not used defólielos, defólielas
with first-person plural imperative defoliemos dative not used defoliémoste defoliémosle defoliémonos defoliémoos defoliémosles
accusative not used defoliémoste defoliémoslo, defoliémosla defoliémonos defoliémoos defoliémoslos, defoliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative defoliad dative defoliadme not used defoliadle defoliadnos defoliaos defoliadles
accusative defoliadme not used defoliadlo, defoliadla defoliadnos defoliaos defoliadlos, defoliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defolien dative defólienme not used defólienle defóliennos not used defólienles, defóliense
accusative defólienme not used defólienlo, defólienla defóliennos not used defólienlos, defólienlas, defóliense

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