dilucidar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dilūcidāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /diluθiˈdaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dilusiˈdaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧lu‧ci‧dar

Verb

dilucidar (first-person singular present dilucido, first-person singular preterite dilucidé, past participle dilucidado)

  1. (transitive) to elucidate, clarify
    Synonym: elucidar
  2. (transitive) to clear up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilucidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive dilucidar
gerund dilucidando
past participle masculine feminine
singular dilucidado dilucidada
plural dilucidados dilucidadas
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 dilucido dilucidastú
dilucidásvos 		dilucida dilucidamos dilucidáis dilucidan
imperfect dilucidaba dilucidabas dilucidaba dilucidábamos dilucidabais dilucidaban
preterite dilucidé dilucidaste dilucidó dilucidamos dilucidasteis dilucidaron
future dilucidaré dilucidarás dilucidará dilucidaremos dilucidaréis dilucidarán
conditional dilucidaría dilucidarías dilucidaría dilucidaríamos dilucidaríais dilucidarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present dilucide dilucidestú
dilucidésvos2 		dilucide dilucidemos dilucidéis diluciden
imperfect
(ra) 		dilucidara dilucidaras dilucidara dilucidáramos dilucidarais dilucidaran
imperfect
(se) 		dilucidase dilucidases dilucidase dilucidásemos dilucidaseis dilucidasen
future1 dilucidare dilucidares dilucidare dilucidáremos dilucidareis dilucidaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative dilucidatú
dilucidávos 		dilucide dilucidemos dilucidad diluciden
negative no dilucides no dilucide no dilucidemos no dilucidéis no diluciden

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

    Selected combined forms of dilucidar

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 dilucidar
dative dilucidarme dilucidarte dilucidarle, dilucidarse dilucidarnos dilucidaros dilucidarles, dilucidarse
accusative dilucidarme dilucidarte dilucidarlo, dilucidarla, dilucidarse dilucidarnos dilucidaros dilucidarlos, dilucidarlas, dilucidarse
with gerund dilucidando
dative dilucidándome dilucidándote dilucidándole, dilucidándose dilucidándonos dilucidándoos dilucidándoles, dilucidándose
accusative dilucidándome dilucidándote dilucidándolo, dilucidándola, dilucidándose dilucidándonos dilucidándoos dilucidándolos, dilucidándolas, dilucidándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dilucida
dative dilucídame dilucídate dilucídale dilucídanos not used dilucídales
accusative dilucídame dilucídate dilucídalo, dilucídala dilucídanos not used dilucídalos, dilucídalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dilucidá
dative dilucidame dilucidate dilucidale dilucidanos not used dilucidales
accusative dilucidame dilucidate dilucidalo, dilucidala dilucidanos not used dilucidalos, dilucidalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dilucide
dative dilucídeme not used dilucídele, dilucídese dilucídenos not used dilucídeles
accusative dilucídeme not used dilucídelo, dilucídela, dilucídese dilucídenos not used dilucídelos, dilucídelas
with first-person plural imperative dilucidemos
dative not used dilucidémoste dilucidémosle dilucidémonos dilucidémoos dilucidémosles
accusative not used dilucidémoste dilucidémoslo, dilucidémosla dilucidémonos dilucidémoos dilucidémoslos, dilucidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dilucidad
dative dilucidadme not used dilucidadle dilucidadnos dilucidaos dilucidadles
accusative dilucidadme not used dilucidadlo, dilucidadla dilucidadnos dilucidaos dilucidadlos, dilucidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative diluciden
dative dilucídenme not used dilucídenle dilucídennos not used dilucídenles, dilucídense
accusative dilucídenme not used dilucídenlo, dilucídenla dilucídennos not used dilucídenlos, dilucídenlas, dilucídense

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