desertificar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [de.zeh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [de.zeh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.zeɾ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [de.zeχ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zeɻ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɨɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɨɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɨɾ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [d͡zɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
• Hyphenation: de‧ser‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

desertificar (first-person singular present desertifico, first-person singular preterite desertifiquei, past participle desertificado)

1. to desertify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desertificar (c-qu alternation) (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	desertificar
Personal	desertificar	desertificares	desertificar	desertificarmos	desertificardes	desertificarem
Gerund
	desertificando
Past participle
Masculine	desertificado			desertificados
Feminine	desertificada			desertificadas
Indicative
Present	desertifico	desertificas	desertifica	desertificamos	desertificais	desertificam
Imperfect	desertificava	desertificavas	desertificava	desertificávamos	desertificáveis	desertificavam
Preterite	desertifiquei	desertificaste	desertificou	desertificamos1, desertificámos2	desertificastes	desertificaram
Pluperfect	desertificara	desertificaras	desertificara	desertificáramos	desertificáreis	desertificaram
Future	desertificarei	desertificarás	desertificará	desertificaremos	desertificareis	desertificarão
Conditional	desertificaria	desertificarias	desertificaria	desertificaríamos	desertificaríeis	desertificariam
Subjunctive
Present	desertifique	desertifiques	desertifique	desertifiquemos	desertifiqueis	desertifiquem
Imperfect	desertificasse	desertificasses	desertificasse	desertificássemos	desertificásseis	desertificassem
Future	desertificar	desertificares	desertificar	desertificarmos	desertificardes	desertificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desertifica	desertifique	desertifiquemos	desertificai	desertifiquem
Negative (não)		não desertifiques	não desertifique	não desertifiquemos	não desertifiqueis	não desertifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desertificação

Further reading

• “desertificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From desierto +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deseɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪e.seɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ser‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

desertificar (first-person singular present desertifico, first-person singular preterite desertifiqué, past participle desertificado)

1. (transitive) to desertify

   Synonym: desertizar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			desertificar
gerund			desertificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desertificado		desertificada
		plural		desertificados		desertificadas
		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	desertifico	desertificastú desertificásvos	desertifica	desertificamos	desertificáis	desertifican
	imperfect	desertificaba	desertificabas	desertificaba	desertificábamos	desertificabais	desertificaban
	preterite	desertifiqué	desertificaste	desertificó	desertificamos	desertificasteis	desertificaron
	future	desertificaré	desertificarás	desertificará	desertificaremos	desertificaréis	desertificarán
	conditional	desertificaría	desertificarías	desertificaría	desertificaríamos	desertificaríais	desertificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desertifique	desertifiquestú desertifiquésvos2	desertifique	desertifiquemos	desertifiquéis	desertifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	desertificara	desertificaras	desertificara	desertificáramos	desertificarais	desertificaran
	imperfect (se)	desertificase	desertificases	desertificase	desertificásemos	desertificaseis	desertificasen
	future1	desertificare	desertificares	desertificare	desertificáremos	desertificareis	desertificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desertificatú desertificávos	desertifique	desertifiquemos	desertificad	desertifiquen
	negative		no desertifiques	no desertifique	no desertifiquemos	no desertifiquéis	no desertifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of desertificar (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 desertificar	dative	desertificarme	desertificarte	desertificarle, desertificarse	desertificarnos	desertificaros	desertificarles, desertificarse
	accusative	desertificarme	desertificarte	desertificarlo, desertificarla, desertificarse	desertificarnos	desertificaros	desertificarlos, desertificarlas, desertificarse
with gerund desertificando	dative	desertificándome	desertificándote	desertificándole, desertificándose	desertificándonos	desertificándoos	desertificándoles, desertificándose
	accusative	desertificándome	desertificándote	desertificándolo, desertificándola, desertificándose	desertificándonos	desertificándoos	desertificándolos, desertificándolas, desertificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desertifica	dative	desertifícame	desertifícate	desertifícale	desertifícanos	not used	desertifícales
	accusative	desertifícame	desertifícate	desertifícalo, desertifícala	desertifícanos	not used	desertifícalos, desertifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desertificá	dative	desertificame	desertificate	desertificale	desertificanos	not used	desertificales
	accusative	desertificame	desertificate	desertificalo, desertificala	desertificanos	not used	desertificalos, desertificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desertifique	dative	desertifíqueme	not used	desertifíquele, desertifíquese	desertifíquenos	not used	desertifíqueles
	accusative	desertifíqueme	not used	desertifíquelo, desertifíquela, desertifíquese	desertifíquenos	not used	desertifíquelos, desertifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative desertifiquemos	dative	not used	desertifiquémoste	desertifiquémosle	desertifiquémonos	desertifiquémoos	desertifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	desertifiquémoste	desertifiquémoslo, desertifiquémosla	desertifiquémonos	desertifiquémoos	desertifiquémoslos, desertifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desertificad	dative	desertificadme	not used	desertificadle	desertificadnos	desertificaos	desertificadles
	accusative	desertificadme	not used	desertificadlo, desertificadla	desertificadnos	desertificaos	desertificadlos, desertificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desertifiquen	dative	desertifíquenme	not used	desertifíquenle	desertifíquennos	not used	desertifíquenles, desertifíquense
	accusative	desertifíquenme	not used	desertifíquenlo, desertifíquenla	desertifíquennos	not used	desertifíquenlos, desertifíquenlas, desertifíquense

Derived terms

• desertificación

Further reading

• “desertificar”, 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