terciar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tertiāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /teɾˈθjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teɾˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ter‧ciar

Verb

terciar (first-person singular present tercio, first-person singular preterite tercié, past participle terciado)

  1. to divide into thirds
  2. to mediate (resolve differences, intervene)
  3. (reflexive) to turn out; end up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of terciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive terciar
gerund terciando
past participle masculine feminine
singular terciado terciada
plural terciados terciadas
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 tercio terciastú
terciásvos 		tercia terciamos terciáis tercian
imperfect terciaba terciabas terciaba terciábamos terciabais terciaban
preterite tercié terciaste terció terciamos terciasteis terciaron
future terciaré terciarás terciará terciaremos terciaréis terciarán
conditional terciaría terciarías terciaría terciaríamos terciaríais terciarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tercie terciestú
terciésvos2 		tercie terciemos terciéis tercien
imperfect
(ra) 		terciara terciaras terciara terciáramos terciarais terciaran
imperfect
(se) 		terciase terciases terciase terciásemos terciaseis terciasen
future1 terciare terciares terciare terciáremos terciareis terciaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative terciatú
terciávos 		tercie terciemos terciad tercien
negative no tercies no tercie no terciemos no terciéis no tercien

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

    Selected combined forms of terciar

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 terciar
dative terciarme terciarte terciarle, terciarse terciarnos terciaros terciarles, terciarse
accusative terciarme terciarte terciarlo, terciarla, terciarse terciarnos terciaros terciarlos, terciarlas, terciarse
with gerund terciando
dative terciándome terciándote terciándole, terciándose terciándonos terciándoos terciándoles, terciándose
accusative terciándome terciándote terciándolo, terciándola, terciándose terciándonos terciándoos terciándolos, terciándolas, terciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tercia
dative térciame térciate térciale tércianos not used térciales
accusative térciame térciate tércialo, térciala tércianos not used tércialos, tércialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative terciá
dative terciame terciate terciale tercianos not used terciales
accusative terciame terciate tercialo, terciala tercianos not used tercialos, tercialas
with formal second-person singular imperative tercie
dative tércieme not used térciele, térciese tércienos not used tércieles
accusative tércieme not used tércielo, térciela, térciese tércienos not used tércielos, tércielas
with first-person plural imperative terciemos
dative not used terciémoste terciémosle terciémonos terciémoos terciémosles
accusative not used terciémoste terciémoslo, terciémosla terciémonos terciémoos terciémoslos, terciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative terciad
dative terciadme not used terciadle terciadnos terciaos terciadles
accusative terciadme not used terciadlo, terciadla terciadnos terciaos terciadlos, terciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tercien
dative tércienme not used tércienle térciennos not used tércienles, térciense
accusative tércienme not used tércienlo, tércienla térciennos not used tércienlos, tércienlas, térciense

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