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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fo‧ca‧li‧zar
Verb
focalizar (first-person singular present focalizo, first-person singular preterite focalizei, past participle focalizado)
- (transitive) to focus (to cause light to converge at a single point)
- (intransitive, of light rays) to converge at a single point
- (transitive) to focus (to adjust the lens of an optical instrument)
- (with em) to focus (to concentrate one’s attention)
- Synonyms: focar, concentrar-se
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English focalize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /fokaliˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fokaliˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fo‧ca‧li‧zar
Verb
focalizar (first-person singular present focalizo, first-person singular preterite focalicé, past participle focalizado)
- to focus
- (photography) to focus
- (investment) to target
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 focalizar (c-z 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 focalizar
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dative
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focalizarme
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focalizarte
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focalizarle, focalizarse
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focalizarnos
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focalizaros
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focalizarles, focalizarse
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accusative
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focalizarme
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focalizarte
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focalizarlo, focalizarla, focalizarse
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focalizarnos
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focalizaros
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focalizarlos, focalizarlas, focalizarse
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with gerund focalizando
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dative
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focalizándome
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focalizándote
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focalizándole, focalizándose
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focalizándonos
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focalizándoos
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focalizándoles, focalizándose
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accusative
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focalizándome
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focalizándote
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focalizándolo, focalizándola, focalizándose
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focalizándonos
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focalizándoos
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focalizándolos, focalizándolas, focalizándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative focaliza
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dative
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focalízame
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focalízate
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focalízale
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focalízanos
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not used
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focalízales
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accusative
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focalízame
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focalízate
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focalízalo, focalízala
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focalízanos
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not used
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focalízalos, focalízalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative focalizá
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dative
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focalizame
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focalizate
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focalizale
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focalizanos
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not used
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focalizales
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accusative
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focalizame
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focalizate
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focalizalo, focalizala
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focalizanos
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not used
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focalizalos, focalizalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative focalice
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dative
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focalíceme
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not used
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focalícele, focalícese
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focalícenos
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not used
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focalíceles
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accusative
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focalíceme
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not used
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focalícelo, focalícela, focalícese
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focalícenos
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not used
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focalícelos, focalícelas
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with first-person plural imperative focalicemos
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dative
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not used
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focalicémoste
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focalicémosle
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focalicémonos
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focalicémoos
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focalicémosles
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accusative
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not used
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focalicémoste
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focalicémoslo, focalicémosla
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focalicémonos
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focalicémoos
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focalicémoslos, focalicémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative focalizad
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dative
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focalizadme
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not used
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focalizadle
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focalizadnos
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focalizaos
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focalizadles
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accusative
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focalizadme
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not used
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focalizadlo, focalizadla
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focalizadnos
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focalizaos
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focalizadlos, focalizadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative focalicen
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dative
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focalícenme
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not used
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focalícenle
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focalícennos
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not used
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focalícenles, focalícense
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accusative
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focalícenme
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not used
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focalícenlo, focalícenla
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focalícennos
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not used
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focalícenlos, focalícenlas, focalícense
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