debilitar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbilitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.βi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.bi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.bi.liˈtaɾ]

Verb

debilitar (first-person singular present debilito, first-person singular preterite debilití, past participle debilitat)

1. (transitive) to weaken

   Synonym: afeblir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debilitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			debilitar
gerund			debilitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		debilitat		debilitada
		plural		debilitats		debilitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	debilito	debilites	debilita	debilitem	debiliteu	debiliten
	imperfect	debilitava	debilitaves	debilitava	debilitàvem	debilitàveu	debilitaven
	future	debilitaré	debilitaràs	debilitarà	debilitarem	debilitareu	debilitaran
	preterite	debilití	debilitares	debilità	debilitàrem	debilitàreu	debilitaren
	conditional	debilitaria	debilitaries	debilitaria	debilitaríem	debilitaríeu	debilitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	debiliti	debilitis	debiliti	debilitem	debiliteu	debilitin
	imperfect	debilités	debilitessis	debilités	debilitéssim	debilitéssiu	debilitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	debilita	debiliti	debilitem	debiliteu	debilitin
	negative (no)	—	no debilitis	no debiliti	no debilitem	no debiliteu	no debilitin

Related terms

• dèbil
• debilitat

Further reading

• “debilitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “debilitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “debilitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “debilitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Interlingua

Verb

debilitar

1. to impair

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debilitar

infinitive		debilitar
participle		present	perfect
		debilitante	debilitate
active		simple	perfect
	present	debilita	ha debilitate
	past	debilitava	habeva debilitate
	future	debilitara	habera debilitate
	conditional	debilitarea	haberea debilitate
	imperative	debilita	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es debilitate	ha essite debilitate
	past	esseva debilitate	habeva essite debilitate
	future	essera debilitate	habera essite debilitate
	conditional	esserea debilitate	haberea essite debilitate
	imperative	sia debilitate	—

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēbilitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [de.bi.liˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [de.bi.liˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.bi.liˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [de.bi.liˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.bi.liˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bi.liˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.βi.liˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bi.liˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.βi.liˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bi.liˈta.ɾi/ [dɨ.βi.liˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧bi‧li‧tar

Verb

debilitar (first-person singular present debilito, first-person singular preterite debilitei, past participle debilitado)

1. (transitive) to enervate (to reduce strength or energy; debilitate)

   Synonym: enfraquecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debilitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	debilitar
Personal	debilitar	debilitares	debilitar	debilitarmos	debilitardes	debilitarem
Gerund
	debilitando
Past participle
Masculine	debilitado			debilitados
Feminine	debilitada			debilitadas
Indicative
Present	debilito	debilitas	debilita	debilitamos	debilitais	debilitam
Imperfect	debilitava	debilitavas	debilitava	debilitávamos	debilitáveis	debilitavam
Preterite	debilitei	debilitaste	debilitou	debilitamos1, debilitámos2	debilitastes	debilitaram
Pluperfect	debilitara	debilitaras	debilitara	debilitáramos	debilitáreis	debilitaram
Future	debilitarei	debilitarás	debilitará	debilitaremos	debilitareis	debilitarão
Conditional	debilitaria	debilitarias	debilitaria	debilitaríamos	debilitaríeis	debilitariam
Subjunctive
Present	debilite	debilites	debilite	debilitemos	debiliteis	debilitem
Imperfect	debilitasse	debilitasses	debilitasse	debilitássemos	debilitásseis	debilitassem
Future	debilitar	debilitares	debilitar	debilitarmos	debilitardes	debilitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		debilita	debilite	debilitemos	debilitai	debilitem
Negative (não)		não debilites	não debilite	não debilitemos	não debiliteis	não debilitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēbilitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /debiliˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞i.liˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧bi‧li‧tar

Verb

debilitar (first-person singular present debilito, first-person singular preterite debilité, past participle debilitado)

1. (transitive) to weaken

   Synonym: escaecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debilitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			debilitar
gerund			debilitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		debilitado		debilitada
		plural		debilitados		debilitadas
		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	debilito	debilitastú debilitásvos	debilita	debilitamos	debilitáis	debilitan
	imperfect	debilitaba	debilitabas	debilitaba	debilitábamos	debilitabais	debilitaban
	preterite	debilité	debilitaste	debilitó	debilitamos	debilitasteis	debilitaron
	future	debilitaré	debilitarás	debilitará	debilitaremos	debilitaréis	debilitarán
	conditional	debilitaría	debilitarías	debilitaría	debilitaríamos	debilitaríais	debilitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	debilite	debilitestú debilitésvos2	debilite	debilitemos	debilitéis	debiliten
	imperfect (ra)	debilitara	debilitaras	debilitara	debilitáramos	debilitarais	debilitaran
	imperfect (se)	debilitase	debilitases	debilitase	debilitásemos	debilitaseis	debilitasen
	future1	debilitare	debilitares	debilitare	debilitáremos	debilitareis	debilitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		debilitatú debilitávos	debilite	debilitemos	debilitad	debiliten
	negative		no debilites	no debilite	no debilitemos	no debilitéis	no debiliten

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

    Selected combined forms of debilitar

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 debilitar	dative	debilitarme	debilitarte	debilitarle, debilitarse	debilitarnos	debilitaros	debilitarles, debilitarse
	accusative	debilitarme	debilitarte	debilitarlo, debilitarla, debilitarse	debilitarnos	debilitaros	debilitarlos, debilitarlas, debilitarse
with gerund debilitando	dative	debilitándome	debilitándote	debilitándole, debilitándose	debilitándonos	debilitándoos	debilitándoles, debilitándose
	accusative	debilitándome	debilitándote	debilitándolo, debilitándola, debilitándose	debilitándonos	debilitándoos	debilitándolos, debilitándolas, debilitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative debilita	dative	debilítame	debilítate	debilítale	debilítanos	not used	debilítales
	accusative	debilítame	debilítate	debilítalo, debilítala	debilítanos	not used	debilítalos, debilítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative debilitá	dative	debilitame	debilitate	debilitale	debilitanos	not used	debilitales
	accusative	debilitame	debilitate	debilitalo, debilitala	debilitanos	not used	debilitalos, debilitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative debilite	dative	debilíteme	not used	debilítele, debilítese	debilítenos	not used	debilíteles
	accusative	debilíteme	not used	debilítelo, debilítela, debilítese	debilítenos	not used	debilítelos, debilítelas
with first-person plural imperative debilitemos	dative	not used	debilitémoste	debilitémosle	debilitémonos	debilitémoos	debilitémosles
	accusative	not used	debilitémoste	debilitémoslo, debilitémosla	debilitémonos	debilitémoos	debilitémoslos, debilitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative debilitad	dative	debilitadme	not used	debilitadle	debilitadnos	debilitaos	debilitadles
	accusative	debilitadme	not used	debilitadlo, debilitadla	debilitadnos	debilitaos	debilitadlos, debilitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative debiliten	dative	debilítenme	not used	debilítenle	debilítennos	not used	debilítenles, debilítense
	accusative	debilítenme	not used	debilítenlo, debilítenla	debilítennos	not used	debilítenlos, debilítenlas, debilítense

Related terms

• débil
• debilidad
• debilitación
• debilitado
• debilitamiento
• debilitante

Further reading

• “debilitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10