cronificar

Spanish

Etymology

From crónico +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾonifiˈkaɾ/ [kɾo.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cro‧ni‧fi‧car

Verb

cronificar (first-person singular present cronifico, first-person singular preterite cronifiqué, past participle cronificado)

1. (transitive) to make chronic or permanent
   • 2015 November 25, “Cáritas atiende a medio millón de catalanes en situación de pobreza”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La crisis económica ha cronificado la pobreza en Cataluña .

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (intransitive) to become chronic

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cronificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cronificar
gerund			cronificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cronificado		cronificada
		plural		cronificados		cronificadas
		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	cronifico	cronificastú cronificásvos	cronifica	cronificamos	cronificáis	cronifican
	imperfect	cronificaba	cronificabas	cronificaba	cronificábamos	cronificabais	cronificaban
	preterite	cronifiqué	cronificaste	cronificó	cronificamos	cronificasteis	cronificaron
	future	cronificaré	cronificarás	cronificará	cronificaremos	cronificaréis	cronificarán
	conditional	cronificaría	cronificarías	cronificaría	cronificaríamos	cronificaríais	cronificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cronifique	cronifiquestú cronifiquésvos2	cronifique	cronifiquemos	cronifiquéis	cronifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	cronificara	cronificaras	cronificara	cronificáramos	cronificarais	cronificaran
	imperfect (se)	cronificase	cronificases	cronificase	cronificásemos	cronificaseis	cronificasen
	future1	cronificare	cronificares	cronificare	cronificáremos	cronificareis	cronificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cronificatú cronificávos	cronifique	cronifiquemos	cronificad	cronifiquen
	negative		no cronifiques	no cronifique	no cronifiquemos	no cronifiquéis	no cronifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of cronificar (c-qu alternation)

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 cronificar
	dative	cronificarme	cronificarte	cronificarle, cronificarse	cronificarnos	cronificaros	cronificarles, cronificarse
	accusative	cronificarme	cronificarte	cronificarlo, cronificarla, cronificarse	cronificarnos	cronificaros	cronificarlos, cronificarlas, cronificarse
with gerund cronificando
	dative	cronificándome	cronificándote	cronificándole, cronificándose	cronificándonos	cronificándoos	cronificándoles, cronificándose
	accusative	cronificándome	cronificándote	cronificándolo, cronificándola, cronificándose	cronificándonos	cronificándoos	cronificándolos, cronificándolas, cronificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cronifica
	dative	cronifícame	cronifícate	cronifícale	cronifícanos	not used	cronifícales
	accusative	cronifícame	cronifícate	cronifícalo, cronifícala	cronifícanos	not used	cronifícalos, cronifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cronificá
	dative	cronificame	cronificate	cronificale	cronificanos	not used	cronificales
	accusative	cronificame	cronificate	cronificalo, cronificala	cronificanos	not used	cronificalos, cronificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cronifique
	dative	cronifíqueme	not used	cronifíquele, cronifíquese	cronifíquenos	not used	cronifíqueles
	accusative	cronifíqueme	not used	cronifíquelo, cronifíquela, cronifíquese	cronifíquenos	not used	cronifíquelos, cronifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative cronifiquemos
	dative	not used	cronifiquémoste	cronifiquémosle	cronifiquémonos	cronifiquémoos	cronifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	cronifiquémoste	cronifiquémoslo, cronifiquémosla	cronifiquémonos	cronifiquémoos	cronifiquémoslos, cronifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cronificad
	dative	cronificadme	not used	cronificadle	cronificadnos	cronificaos	cronificadles
	accusative	cronificadme	not used	cronificadlo, cronificadla	cronificadnos	cronificaos	cronificadlos, cronificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cronifiquen
	dative	cronifíquenme	not used	cronifíquenle	cronifíquennos	not used	cronifíquenles, cronifíquense
	accusative	cronifíquenme	not used	cronifíquenlo, cronifíquenla	cronifíquennos	not used	cronifíquenlos, cronifíquenlas, cronifíquense

Further reading

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