biodegradar

Spanish

Verb

biodegradar (first-person singular present biodegrado, first-person singular preterite biodegradé, past participle biodegradado)

1. (transitive) to biodegrade
   • 2017 April 24, “Unos gusanos degradan el plástico en tiempo récord”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     “Hemos comprobado que 100 gusanos de la cera son capaces de biodegradar 92 miligramos de polietileno en 12 horas, algo realmente muy rápido”, destaca Bertocchini.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of biodegradar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			biodegradar
gerund			biodegradando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		biodegradado		biodegradada
		plural		biodegradados		biodegradadas
		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	biodegrado	biodegradastú biodegradásvos	biodegrada	biodegradamos	biodegradáis	biodegradan
	imperfect	biodegradaba	biodegradabas	biodegradaba	biodegradábamos	biodegradabais	biodegradaban
	preterite	biodegradé	biodegradaste	biodegradó	biodegradamos	biodegradasteis	biodegradaron
	future	biodegradaré	biodegradarás	biodegradará	biodegradaremos	biodegradaréis	biodegradarán
	conditional	biodegradaría	biodegradarías	biodegradaría	biodegradaríamos	biodegradaríais	biodegradarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	biodegrade	biodegradestú biodegradésvos2	biodegrade	biodegrademos	biodegradéis	biodegraden
	imperfect (ra)	biodegradara	biodegradaras	biodegradara	biodegradáramos	biodegradarais	biodegradaran
	imperfect (se)	biodegradase	biodegradases	biodegradase	biodegradásemos	biodegradaseis	biodegradasen
	future1	biodegradare	biodegradares	biodegradare	biodegradáremos	biodegradareis	biodegradaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		biodegradatú biodegradávos	biodegrade	biodegrademos	biodegradad	biodegraden
	negative		no biodegrades	no biodegrade	no biodegrademos	no biodegradéis	no biodegraden

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

    Selected combined forms of biodegradar

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 biodegradar
	dative	biodegradarme	biodegradarte	biodegradarle, biodegradarse	biodegradarnos	biodegradaros	biodegradarles, biodegradarse
	accusative	biodegradarme	biodegradarte	biodegradarlo, biodegradarla, biodegradarse	biodegradarnos	biodegradaros	biodegradarlos, biodegradarlas, biodegradarse
with gerund biodegradando
	dative	biodegradándome	biodegradándote	biodegradándole, biodegradándose	biodegradándonos	biodegradándoos	biodegradándoles, biodegradándose
	accusative	biodegradándome	biodegradándote	biodegradándolo, biodegradándola, biodegradándose	biodegradándonos	biodegradándoos	biodegradándolos, biodegradándolas, biodegradándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative biodegrada
	dative	biodegrádame	biodegrádate	biodegrádale	biodegrádanos	not used	biodegrádales
	accusative	biodegrádame	biodegrádate	biodegrádalo, biodegrádala	biodegrádanos	not used	biodegrádalos, biodegrádalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative biodegradá
	dative	biodegradame	biodegradate	biodegradale	biodegradanos	not used	biodegradales
	accusative	biodegradame	biodegradate	biodegradalo, biodegradala	biodegradanos	not used	biodegradalos, biodegradalas
with formal second-person singular imperative biodegrade
	dative	biodegrádeme	not used	biodegrádele, biodegrádese	biodegrádenos	not used	biodegrádeles
	accusative	biodegrádeme	not used	biodegrádelo, biodegrádela, biodegrádese	biodegrádenos	not used	biodegrádelos, biodegrádelas
with first-person plural imperative biodegrademos
	dative	not used	biodegradémoste	biodegradémosle	biodegradémonos	biodegradémoos	biodegradémosles
	accusative	not used	biodegradémoste	biodegradémoslo, biodegradémosla	biodegradémonos	biodegradémoos	biodegradémoslos, biodegradémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative biodegradad
	dative	biodegradadme	not used	biodegradadle	biodegradadnos	biodegradaos	biodegradadles
	accusative	biodegradadme	not used	biodegradadlo, biodegradadla	biodegradadnos	biodegradaos	biodegradadlos, biodegradadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative biodegraden
	dative	biodegrádenme	not used	biodegrádenle	biodegrádennos	not used	biodegrádenles, biodegrádense
	accusative	biodegrádenme	not used	biodegrádenlo, biodegrádenla	biodegrádennos	not used	biodegrádenlos, biodegrádenlas, biodegrádense

Further reading

• “biodegradar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28