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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
humedecer (first-person singular present humedeço, first-person singular preterite humedeci, past participle humedecido) (European Portuguese spelling)
- to humidify
- to moisten
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
From húmedo + -ecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /umedeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /umedeˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: hu‧me‧de‧cer
Verb
humedecer (first-person singular present humedezco, first-person singular preterite humedecí, past participle humedecido)
- (transitive, reflexive) to dampen, moisten, wet, humidify
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 humedecer (c-zc 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 humedecer
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dative
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humedecerme
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humedecerte
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humedecerle, humedecerse
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humedecernos
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humedeceros
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humedecerles, humedecerse
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accusative
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humedecerme
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humedecerte
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humedecerlo, humedecerla, humedecerse
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humedecernos
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humedeceros
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humedecerlos, humedecerlas, humedecerse
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with gerund humedeciendo
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dative
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humedeciéndome
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humedeciéndote
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humedeciéndole, humedeciéndose
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humedeciéndonos
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humedeciéndoos
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humedeciéndoles, humedeciéndose
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accusative
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humedeciéndome
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humedeciéndote
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humedeciéndolo, humedeciéndola, humedeciéndose
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humedeciéndonos
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humedeciéndoos
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humedeciéndolos, humedeciéndolas, humedeciéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative humedece
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dative
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humedéceme
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humedécete
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humedécele
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humedécenos
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not used
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humedéceles
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accusative
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humedéceme
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humedécete
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humedécelo, humedécela
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humedécenos
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not used
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humedécelos, humedécelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative humedecé
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dative
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humedeceme
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humedecete
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humedecele
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humedecenos
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not used
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humedeceles
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accusative
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humedeceme
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humedecete
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humedecelo, humedecela
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humedecenos
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not used
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humedecelos, humedecelas
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with formal second-person singular imperative humedezca
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dative
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humedézcame
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not used
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humedézcale, humedézcase
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humedézcanos
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not used
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humedézcales
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accusative
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humedézcame
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not used
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humedézcalo, humedézcala, humedézcase
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humedézcanos
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not used
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humedézcalos, humedézcalas
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with first-person plural imperative humedezcamos
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dative
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not used
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humedezcámoste
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humedezcámosle
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humedezcámonos
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humedezcámoos
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humedezcámosles
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accusative
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not used
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humedezcámoste
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humedezcámoslo, humedezcámosla
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humedezcámonos
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humedezcámoos
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humedezcámoslos, humedezcámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative humedeced
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dative
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humedecedme
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not used
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humedecedle
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humedecednos
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humedeceos
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humedecedles
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accusative
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humedecedme
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not used
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humedecedlo, humedecedla
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humedecednos
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humedeceos
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humedecedlos, humedecedlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative humedezcan
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dative
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humedézcanme
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not used
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humedézcanle
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humedézcannos
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not used
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humedézcanles, humedézcanse
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accusative
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humedézcanme
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not used
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humedézcanlo, humedézcanla
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humedézcannos
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not used
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humedézcanlos, humedézcanlas, humedézcanse
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