atusar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin attōnsus, perfect passive participle of attondeō (“clip; crop, prune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atuˈsaɾ/ [a.t̪uˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tu‧sar

Verb

atusar (first-person singular present atuso, first-person singular preterite atusé, past participle atusado)

1. (transitive) to trim
2. (transitive) to prune

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atusar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			atusar
gerund			atusando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atusado		atusada
		plural		atusados		atusadas
		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	atuso	atusastú atusásvos	atusa	atusamos	atusáis	atusan
	imperfect	atusaba	atusabas	atusaba	atusábamos	atusabais	atusaban
	preterite	atusé	atusaste	atusó	atusamos	atusasteis	atusaron
	future	atusaré	atusarás	atusará	atusaremos	atusaréis	atusarán
	conditional	atusaría	atusarías	atusaría	atusaríamos	atusaríais	atusarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	atuse	atusestú atusésvos2	atuse	atusemos	atuséis	atusen
	imperfect (ra)	atusara	atusaras	atusara	atusáramos	atusarais	atusaran
	imperfect (se)	atusase	atusases	atusase	atusásemos	atusaseis	atusasen
	future1	atusare	atusares	atusare	atusáremos	atusareis	atusaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		atusatú atusávos	atuse	atusemos	atusad	atusen
	negative		no atuses	no atuse	no atusemos	no atuséis	no atusen

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

    Selected combined forms of atusar

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 atusar
	dative	atusarme	atusarte	atusarle, atusarse	atusarnos	atusaros	atusarles, atusarse
	accusative	atusarme	atusarte	atusarlo, atusarla, atusarse	atusarnos	atusaros	atusarlos, atusarlas, atusarse
with gerund atusando
	dative	atusándome	atusándote	atusándole, atusándose	atusándonos	atusándoos	atusándoles, atusándose
	accusative	atusándome	atusándote	atusándolo, atusándola, atusándose	atusándonos	atusándoos	atusándolos, atusándolas, atusándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative atusa
	dative	atúsame	atúsate	atúsale	atúsanos	not used	atúsales
	accusative	atúsame	atúsate	atúsalo, atúsala	atúsanos	not used	atúsalos, atúsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative atusá
	dative	atusame	atusate	atusale	atusanos	not used	atusales
	accusative	atusame	atusate	atusalo, atusala	atusanos	not used	atusalos, atusalas
with formal second-person singular imperative atuse
	dative	atúseme	not used	atúsele, atúsese	atúsenos	not used	atúseles
	accusative	atúseme	not used	atúselo, atúsela, atúsese	atúsenos	not used	atúselos, atúselas
with first-person plural imperative atusemos
	dative	not used	atusémoste	atusémosle	atusémonos	atusémoos	atusémosles
	accusative	not used	atusémoste	atusémoslo, atusémosla	atusémonos	atusémoos	atusémoslos, atusémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atusad
	dative	atusadme	not used	atusadle	atusadnos	atusaos	atusadles
	accusative	atusadme	not used	atusadlo, atusadla	atusadnos	atusaos	atusadlos, atusadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative atusen
	dative	atúsenme	not used	atúsenle	atúsennos	not used	atúsenles, atúsense
	accusative	atúsenme	not used	atúsenlo, atúsenla	atúsennos	not used	atúsenlos, atúsenlas, atúsense

See also

• mesar

Further reading

• “atusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28