marchitar

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Spanish

Etymology

From marchito +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɾt͡ʃiˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mar‧chi‧tar

Verb

marchitar (first-person singular present marchito, first-person singular preterite marchité, past participle marchitado)

  1. to wilt
  2. (pronominal) to wither, to wilt, to shrivel, to fade
    • 2014 June 10, “No quiero que mi hijo se marchite como el príncipe Carlos”, in El Tiempo‎:
      El Rey aseguró que "no quiero que mi hijo se marchite esperando como Carlos de Inglaterra. Hay que dejar paso. Yo he cumplido mi misión".
      The King assured that "I do not want my son to wither waiting like Charles of England. I must make way. I have fulfilled my mission."

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marchitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive marchitar
gerund marchitando
past participle masculine feminine
singular marchitado marchitada
plural marchitados marchitadas
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 marchito marchitastú
marchitásvos 		marchita marchitamos marchitáis marchitan
imperfect marchitaba marchitabas marchitaba marchitábamos marchitabais marchitaban
preterite marchité marchitaste marchitó marchitamos marchitasteis marchitaron
future marchitaré marchitarás marchitará marchitaremos marchitaréis marchitarán
conditional marchitaría marchitarías marchitaría marchitaríamos marchitaríais marchitarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present marchite marchitestú
marchitésvos2 		marchite marchitemos marchitéis marchiten
imperfect
(ra) 		marchitara marchitaras marchitara marchitáramos marchitarais marchitaran
imperfect
(se) 		marchitase marchitases marchitase marchitásemos marchitaseis marchitasen
future1 marchitare marchitares marchitare marchitáremos marchitareis marchitaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative marchitatú
marchitávos 		marchite marchitemos marchitad marchiten
negative no marchites no marchite no marchitemos no marchitéis no marchiten

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

    Selected combined forms of marchitar

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 marchitar dative marchitarme marchitarte marchitarle, marchitarse marchitarnos marchitaros marchitarles, marchitarse
accusative marchitarme marchitarte marchitarlo, marchitarla, marchitarse marchitarnos marchitaros marchitarlos, marchitarlas, marchitarse
with gerund marchitando dative marchitándome marchitándote marchitándole, marchitándose marchitándonos marchitándoos marchitándoles, marchitándose
accusative marchitándome marchitándote marchitándolo, marchitándola, marchitándose marchitándonos marchitándoos marchitándolos, marchitándolas, marchitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative marchita dative marchítame marchítate marchítale marchítanos not used marchítales
accusative marchítame marchítate marchítalo, marchítala marchítanos not used marchítalos, marchítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative marchitá dative marchitame marchitate marchitale marchitanos not used marchitales
accusative marchitame marchitate marchitalo, marchitala marchitanos not used marchitalos, marchitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative marchite dative marchíteme not used marchítele, marchítese marchítenos not used marchíteles
accusative marchíteme not used marchítelo, marchítela, marchítese marchítenos not used marchítelos, marchítelas
with first-person plural imperative marchitemos dative not used marchitémoste marchitémosle marchitémonos marchitémoos marchitémosles
accusative not used marchitémoste marchitémoslo, marchitémosla marchitémonos marchitémoos marchitémoslos, marchitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative marchitad dative marchitadme not used marchitadle marchitadnos marchitaos marchitadles
accusative marchitadme not used marchitadlo, marchitadla marchitadnos marchitaos marchitadlos, marchitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative marchiten dative marchítenme not used marchítenle marchítennos not used marchítenles, marchítense
accusative marchítenme not used marchítenlo, marchítenla marchítennos not used marchítenlos, marchítenlas, marchítense

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