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Spanish
Etymology
A portmanteau of Latin dēterō (“to rub away; to wear out”) and Latin rēterō (“to rub off”), from Latin terere (“to rub, to tread”). Compare English detriment for the former half of the portmanteau, and Galician and Portuguese derreter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dereˈtiɾ/
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: de‧rre‧tir
Verb
derretir (first-person singular present derrito, first-person singular preterite derretí, past participle derretido)
- (transitive, also takes a reflexive pronoun) to melt
- Synonyms: deshelar, descongelar, disolver, liquidar
- (transitive) to spend, waste
- Synonyms: consumir, gastar
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of derretir (e-i alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive derretir
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| dative
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derretirme
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derretirte
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derretirle, derretirse
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derretirnos
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derretiros
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derretirles, derretirse
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| accusative
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derretirme
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derretirte
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derretirlo, derretirla, derretirse
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derretirnos
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derretiros
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derretirlos, derretirlas, derretirse
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| with gerund derritiendo
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| dative
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derritiéndome
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derritiéndote
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derritiéndole, derritiéndose
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derritiéndonos
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derritiéndoos
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derritiéndoles, derritiéndose
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| accusative
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derritiéndome
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derritiéndote
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derritiéndolo, derritiéndola, derritiéndose
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derritiéndonos
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derritiéndoos
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derritiéndolos, derritiéndolas, derritiéndose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative derrite
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| dative
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derríteme
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derrítete
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derrítele
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derrítenos
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not used
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derríteles
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| accusative
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derríteme
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derrítete
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derrítelo, derrítela
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derrítenos
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not used
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derrítelos, derrítelas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative derretí
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| dative
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derretime
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derretite
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derretile
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derretinos
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not used
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derretiles
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| accusative
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derretime
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derretite
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derretilo, derretila
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derretinos
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not used
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derretilos, derretilas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative derrita
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| dative
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derrítame
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not used
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derrítale, derrítase
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derrítanos
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not used
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derrítales
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| accusative
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derrítame
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not used
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derrítalo, derrítala, derrítase
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derrítanos
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not used
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derrítalos, derrítalas
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| with first-person plural imperative derritamos
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| dative
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not used
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derritámoste
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derritámosle
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derritámonos
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derritámoos
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derritámosles
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| accusative
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not used
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derritámoste
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derritámoslo, derritámosla
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derritámonos
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derritámoos
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derritámoslos, derritámoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative derretid
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| dative
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derretidme
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not used
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derretidle
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derretidnos
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derretíos
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derretidles
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| accusative
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derretidme
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not used
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derretidlo, derretidla
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derretidnos
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derretíos
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derretidlos, derretidlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative derritan
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| dative
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derrítanme
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not used
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derrítanle
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derrítannos
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not used
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derrítanles, derrítanse
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| accusative
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derrítanme
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not used
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derrítanlo, derrítanla
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derrítannos
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not used
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derrítanlos, derrítanlas, derrítanse
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