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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
desertificar (first-person singular present desertifico, first-person singular preterite desertifiquei, past participle desertificado)
- to desertify
Conjugation
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)
- (transitive) to desertify
- Synonym: desertizar
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 desertificar (c-qu 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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1st person
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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 desertificar
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dative
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desertificarme
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desertificarte
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desertificarle, desertificarse
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desertificarnos
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desertificaros
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desertificarles, desertificarse
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accusative
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desertificarme
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desertificarte
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desertificarlo, desertificarla, desertificarse
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desertificarnos
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desertificaros
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desertificarlos, desertificarlas, desertificarse
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with gerund desertificando
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dative
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desertificándome
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desertificándote
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desertificándole, desertificándose
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desertificándonos
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desertificándoos
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desertificándoles, desertificándose
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accusative
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desertificándome
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desertificándote
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desertificándolo, desertificándola, desertificándose
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desertificándonos
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desertificándoos
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desertificándolos, desertificándolas, desertificándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative desertifica
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dative
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desertifícame
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desertifícate
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desertifícale
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desertifícanos
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not used
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desertifícales
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accusative
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desertifícame
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desertifícate
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desertifícalo, desertifícala
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desertifícanos
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not used
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desertifícalos, desertifícalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative desertificá
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dative
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desertificame
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desertificate
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desertificale
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desertificanos
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not used
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desertificales
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accusative
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desertificame
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desertificate
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desertificalo, desertificala
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desertificanos
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not used
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desertificalos, desertificalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative desertifique
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dative
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desertifíqueme
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not used
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desertifíquele, desertifíquese
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desertifíquenos
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not used
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desertifíqueles
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accusative
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desertifíqueme
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not used
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desertifíquelo, desertifíquela, desertifíquese
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desertifíquenos
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not used
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desertifíquelos, desertifíquelas
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with first-person plural imperative desertifiquemos
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dative
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not used
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desertifiquémoste
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desertifiquémosle
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desertifiquémonos
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desertifiquémoos
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desertifiquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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desertifiquémoste
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desertifiquémoslo, desertifiquémosla
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desertifiquémonos
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desertifiquémoos
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desertifiquémoslos, desertifiquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative desertificad
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dative
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desertificadme
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not used
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desertificadle
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desertificadnos
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desertificaos
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desertificadles
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accusative
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desertificadme
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not used
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desertificadlo, desertificadla
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desertificadnos
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desertificaos
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desertificadlos, desertificadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative desertifiquen
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dative
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desertifíquenme
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not used
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desertifíquenle
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desertifíquennos
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not used
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desertifíquenles, desertifíquense
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accusative
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desertifíquenme
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not used
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desertifíquenlo, desertifíquenla
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desertifíquennos
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not used
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desertifíquenlos, desertifíquenlas, desertifíquense
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Derived terms
Further reading