cristianar

Spanish

Etymology

From cristiano (“Christian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾistjaˈnaɾ/ [kɾis.t̪jaˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧nar

Verb

cristianar (first-person singular present cristiano, first-person singular preterite cristiané, past participle cristianado)

1. (Christianity) to baptise

   Synonym: bautizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cristianar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cristianar
gerund			cristianando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cristianado		cristianada
		plural		cristianados		cristianadas
		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	cristiano	cristianastú cristianásvos	cristiana	cristianamos	cristianáis	cristianan
	imperfect	cristianaba	cristianabas	cristianaba	cristianábamos	cristianabais	cristianaban
	preterite	cristiané	cristianaste	cristianó	cristianamos	cristianasteis	cristianaron
	future	cristianaré	cristianarás	cristianará	cristianaremos	cristianaréis	cristianarán
	conditional	cristianaría	cristianarías	cristianaría	cristianaríamos	cristianaríais	cristianarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cristiane	cristianestú cristianésvos2	cristiane	cristianemos	cristianéis	cristianen
	imperfect (ra)	cristianara	cristianaras	cristianara	cristianáramos	cristianarais	cristianaran
	imperfect (se)	cristianase	cristianases	cristianase	cristianásemos	cristianaseis	cristianasen
	future1	cristianare	cristianares	cristianare	cristianáremos	cristianareis	cristianaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cristianatú cristianávos	cristiane	cristianemos	cristianad	cristianen
	negative		no cristianes	no cristiane	no cristianemos	no cristianéis	no cristianen

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

    Selected combined forms of cristianar

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 cristianar
	dative	cristianarme	cristianarte	cristianarle, cristianarse	cristianarnos	cristianaros	cristianarles, cristianarse
	accusative	cristianarme	cristianarte	cristianarlo, cristianarla, cristianarse	cristianarnos	cristianaros	cristianarlos, cristianarlas, cristianarse
with gerund cristianando
	dative	cristianándome	cristianándote	cristianándole, cristianándose	cristianándonos	cristianándoos	cristianándoles, cristianándose
	accusative	cristianándome	cristianándote	cristianándolo, cristianándola, cristianándose	cristianándonos	cristianándoos	cristianándolos, cristianándolas, cristianándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cristiana
	dative	cristiáname	cristiánate	cristiánale	cristiánanos	not used	cristiánales
	accusative	cristiáname	cristiánate	cristiánalo, cristiánala	cristiánanos	not used	cristiánalos, cristiánalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cristianá
	dative	cristianame	cristianate	cristianale	cristiananos	not used	cristianales
	accusative	cristianame	cristianate	cristianalo, cristianala	cristiananos	not used	cristianalos, cristianalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cristiane
	dative	cristiáneme	not used	cristiánele, cristiánese	cristiánenos	not used	cristiáneles
	accusative	cristiáneme	not used	cristiánelo, cristiánela, cristiánese	cristiánenos	not used	cristiánelos, cristiánelas
with first-person plural imperative cristianemos
	dative	not used	cristianémoste	cristianémosle	cristianémonos	cristianémoos	cristianémosles
	accusative	not used	cristianémoste	cristianémoslo, cristianémosla	cristianémonos	cristianémoos	cristianémoslos, cristianémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cristianad
	dative	cristianadme	not used	cristianadle	cristianadnos	cristianaos	cristianadles
	accusative	cristianadme	not used	cristianadlo, cristianadla	cristianadnos	cristianaos	cristianadlos, cristianadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cristianen
	dative	cristiánenme	not used	cristiánenle	cristiánennos	not used	cristiánenles, cristiánense
	accusative	cristiánenme	not used	cristiánenlo, cristiánenla	cristiánennos	not used	cristiánenlos, cristiánenlas, cristiánense

Further reading

• “cristianar”, 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