ensecar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exsiccāre (“to dry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enseˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧se‧car

Verb

ensecar (first-person singular present enseco, first-person singular preterite ensequé, past participle ensecado)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to dry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ensecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ensecar
gerund ensecando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ensecado ensecada
plural ensecados ensecadas
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 enseco ensecastú
ensecásvos 		enseca ensecamos ensecáis ensecan
imperfect ensecaba ensecabas ensecaba ensecábamos ensecabais ensecaban
preterite ensequé ensecaste ensecó ensecamos ensecasteis ensecaron
future ensecaré ensecarás ensecará ensecaremos ensecaréis ensecarán
conditional ensecaría ensecarías ensecaría ensecaríamos ensecaríais ensecarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present enseque ensequestú
ensequésvos2 		enseque ensequemos ensequéis ensequen
imperfect
(ra) 		ensecara ensecaras ensecara ensecáramos ensecarais ensecaran
imperfect
(se) 		ensecase ensecases ensecase ensecásemos ensecaseis ensecasen
future1 ensecare ensecares ensecare ensecáremos ensecareis ensecaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ensecatú
ensecávos 		enseque ensequemos ensecad ensequen
negative no enseques no enseque no ensequemos no ensequéis no ensequen

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

    Selected combined forms of ensecar (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 ensecar
dative ensecarme ensecarte ensecarle, ensecarse ensecarnos ensecaros ensecarles, ensecarse
accusative ensecarme ensecarte ensecarlo, ensecarla, ensecarse ensecarnos ensecaros ensecarlos, ensecarlas, ensecarse
with gerund ensecando
dative ensecándome ensecándote ensecándole, ensecándose ensecándonos ensecándoos ensecándoles, ensecándose
accusative ensecándome ensecándote ensecándolo, ensecándola, ensecándose ensecándonos ensecándoos ensecándolos, ensecándolas, ensecándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enseca
dative ensécame ensécate ensécale ensécanos not used ensécales
accusative ensécame ensécate ensécalo, ensécala ensécanos not used ensécalos, ensécalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ensecá
dative ensecame ensecate ensecale ensecanos not used ensecales
accusative ensecame ensecate ensecalo, ensecala ensecanos not used ensecalos, ensecalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enseque
dative enséqueme not used enséquele, enséquese enséquenos not used enséqueles
accusative enséqueme not used enséquelo, enséquela, enséquese enséquenos not used enséquelos, enséquelas
with first-person plural imperative ensequemos
dative not used ensequémoste ensequémosle ensequémonos ensequémoos ensequémosles
accusative not used ensequémoste ensequémoslo, ensequémosla ensequémonos ensequémoos ensequémoslos, ensequémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ensecad
dative ensecadme not used ensecadle ensecadnos ensecaos ensecadles
accusative ensecadme not used ensecadlo, ensecadla ensecadnos ensecaos ensecadlos, ensecadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ensequen
dative enséquenme not used enséquenle enséquennos not used enséquenles, enséquense
accusative enséquenme not used enséquenlo, enséquenla enséquennos not used enséquenlos, enséquenlas, enséquense

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