tonsurar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tōnsūrāre, from Latin tōnsūra (“shearing, shaving”).

Verb

tonsurar (first-person singular present tonsuro, first-person singular preterite tonsuré, past participle tonsurado)

  1. to clip, shear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tonsurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tonsurar
gerund tonsurando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tonsurado tonsurada
plural tonsurados tonsuradas
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 tonsuro tonsurastú
tonsurásvos 		tonsura tonsuramos tonsuráis tonsuran
imperfect tonsuraba tonsurabas tonsuraba tonsurábamos tonsurabais tonsuraban
preterite tonsuré tonsuraste tonsuró tonsuramos tonsurasteis tonsuraron
future tonsuraré tonsurarás tonsurará tonsuraremos tonsuraréis tonsurarán
conditional tonsuraría tonsurarías tonsuraría tonsuraríamos tonsuraríais tonsurarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tonsure tonsurestú
tonsurésvos2 		tonsure tonsuremos tonsuréis tonsuren
imperfect
(ra) 		tonsurara tonsuraras tonsurara tonsuráramos tonsurarais tonsuraran
imperfect
(se) 		tonsurase tonsurases tonsurase tonsurásemos tonsuraseis tonsurasen
future1 tonsurare tonsurares tonsurare tonsuráremos tonsurareis tonsuraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tonsuratú
tonsurávos 		tonsure tonsuremos tonsurad tonsuren
negative no tonsures no tonsure no tonsuremos no tonsuréis no tonsuren

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

    Selected combined forms of tonsurar

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 tonsurar dative tonsurarme tonsurarte tonsurarle, tonsurarse tonsurarnos tonsuraros tonsurarles, tonsurarse
accusative tonsurarme tonsurarte tonsurarlo, tonsurarla, tonsurarse tonsurarnos tonsuraros tonsurarlos, tonsurarlas, tonsurarse
with gerund tonsurando dative tonsurándome tonsurándote tonsurándole, tonsurándose tonsurándonos tonsurándoos tonsurándoles, tonsurándose
accusative tonsurándome tonsurándote tonsurándolo, tonsurándola, tonsurándose tonsurándonos tonsurándoos tonsurándolos, tonsurándolas, tonsurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tonsura dative tonsúrame tonsúrate tonsúrale tonsúranos not used tonsúrales
accusative tonsúrame tonsúrate tonsúralo, tonsúrala tonsúranos not used tonsúralos, tonsúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tonsurá dative tonsurame tonsurate tonsurale tonsuranos not used tonsurales
accusative tonsurame tonsurate tonsuralo, tonsurala tonsuranos not used tonsuralos, tonsuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative tonsure dative tonsúreme not used tonsúrele, tonsúrese tonsúrenos not used tonsúreles
accusative tonsúreme not used tonsúrelo, tonsúrela, tonsúrese tonsúrenos not used tonsúrelos, tonsúrelas
with first-person plural imperative tonsuremos dative not used tonsurémoste tonsurémosle tonsurémonos tonsurémoos tonsurémosles
accusative not used tonsurémoste tonsurémoslo, tonsurémosla tonsurémonos tonsurémoos tonsurémoslos, tonsurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tonsurad dative tonsuradme not used tonsuradle tonsuradnos tonsuraos tonsuradles
accusative tonsuradme not used tonsuradlo, tonsuradla tonsuradnos tonsuraos tonsuradlos, tonsuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tonsuren dative tonsúrenme not used tonsúrenle tonsúrennos not used tonsúrenles, tonsúrense
accusative tonsúrenme not used tonsúrenlo, tonsúrenla tonsúrennos not used tonsúrenlos, tonsúrenlas, tonsúrense

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