desertificar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɨɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɨɾ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/

Verb

desertificar (first-person singular present desertifico, first-person singular preterite desertifiquei, past participle desertificado)

  1. to desertify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desertificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal desertificar
Personal desertificar desertificares desertificar desertificarmos desertificardes desertificarem
Gerund
desertificando
Past participle
Masculine desertificado desertificados
Feminine desertificada desertificadas
Indicative
Present desertifico desertificas desertifica desertificamos desertificais desertificam
Imperfect desertificava desertificavas desertificava desertificávamos desertificáveis desertificavam
Preterite desertifiquei desertificaste desertificou desertificamos1, desertificámos2 desertificastes desertificaram
Pluperfect desertificara desertificaras desertificara desertificáramos desertificáreis desertificaram
Future desertificarei desertificarás desertificará desertificaremos desertificareis desertificarão
Conditional desertificaria desertificarias desertificaria desertificaríamos desertificaríeis desertificariam
Subjunctive
Present desertifique desertifiques desertifique desertifiquemos desertifiqueis desertifiquem
Imperfect desertificasse desertificasses desertificasse desertificássemos desertificásseis desertificassem
Future desertificar desertificares desertificar desertificarmos desertificardes desertificarem
Imperative
Affirmative desertifica desertifique desertifiquemos desertificai desertifiquem
Negative (não) não desertifiques não desertifique não desertifiquemos não desertifiqueis não desertifiquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “desertificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From desierto +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deseɾtifiˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧ser‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

desertificar (first-person singular present desertifico, first-person singular preterite desertifiqué, past participle desertificado)

  1. (transitive) to desertify
    Synonym: desertizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desertificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive desertificar
gerund desertificando
past participle masculine feminine
singular desertificado desertificada
plural desertificados desertificadas
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 desertifico desertificastú
desertificásvos 		desertifica desertificamos desertificáis desertifican
imperfect desertificaba desertificabas desertificaba desertificábamos desertificabais desertificaban
preterite desertifiqué desertificaste desertificó desertificamos desertificasteis desertificaron
future desertificaré desertificarás desertificará desertificaremos desertificaréis desertificarán
conditional desertificaría desertificarías desertificaría desertificaríamos desertificaríais desertificarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present desertifique desertifiquestú
desertifiquésvos2 		desertifique desertifiquemos desertifiquéis desertifiquen
imperfect
(ra) 		desertificara desertificaras desertificara desertificáramos desertificarais desertificaran
imperfect
(se) 		desertificase desertificases desertificase desertificásemos desertificaseis desertificasen
future1 desertificare desertificares desertificare desertificáremos desertificareis desertificaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative desertificatú
desertificávos 		desertifique desertifiquemos desertificad desertifiquen
negative no desertifiques no desertifique no desertifiquemos no desertifiquéis no desertifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of desertificar (c-qu alternation)

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 desertificar
dative desertificarme desertificarte desertificarle, desertificarse desertificarnos desertificaros desertificarles, desertificarse
accusative desertificarme desertificarte desertificarlo, desertificarla, desertificarse desertificarnos desertificaros desertificarlos, desertificarlas, desertificarse
with gerund desertificando
dative desertificándome desertificándote desertificándole, desertificándose desertificándonos desertificándoos desertificándoles, desertificándose
accusative desertificándome desertificándote desertificándolo, desertificándola, desertificándose desertificándonos desertificándoos desertificándolos, desertificándolas, desertificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desertifica
dative desertifícame desertifícate desertifícale desertifícanos not used desertifícales
accusative desertifícame desertifícate desertifícalo, desertifícala desertifícanos not used desertifícalos, desertifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desertificá
dative desertificame desertificate desertificale desertificanos not used desertificales
accusative desertificame desertificate desertificalo, desertificala desertificanos not used desertificalos, desertificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desertifique
dative desertifíqueme not used desertifíquele, desertifíquese desertifíquenos not used desertifíqueles
accusative desertifíqueme not used desertifíquelo, desertifíquela, desertifíquese desertifíquenos not used desertifíquelos, desertifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative desertifiquemos
dative not used desertifiquémoste desertifiquémosle desertifiquémonos desertifiquémoos desertifiquémosles
accusative not used desertifiquémoste desertifiquémoslo, desertifiquémosla desertifiquémonos desertifiquémoos desertifiquémoslos, desertifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desertificad
dative desertificadme not used desertificadle desertificadnos desertificaos desertificadles
accusative desertificadme not used desertificadlo, desertificadla desertificadnos desertificaos desertificadlos, desertificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desertifiquen
dative desertifíquenme not used desertifíquenle desertifíquennos not used desertifíquenles, desertifíquense
accusative desertifíquenme not used desertifíquenlo, desertifíquenla desertifíquennos not used desertifíquenlos, desertifíquenlas, desertifíquense

Derived terms

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