desratizar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ rato +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desratiˈθaɾ/ [d̪ez.ra.t̪iˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desratiˈsaɾ/ [d̪ez.ra.t̪iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ra‧ti‧zar

Verb

desratizar (first-person singular present desratizo, first-person singular preterite desraticé, past participle desratizado)

1. to remove or clear rats (from an area)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desratizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desratizar
gerund			desratizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desratizado		desratizada
		plural		desratizados		desratizadas
		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	desratizo	desratizastú desratizásvos	desratiza	desratizamos	desratizáis	desratizan
	imperfect	desratizaba	desratizabas	desratizaba	desratizábamos	desratizabais	desratizaban
	preterite	desraticé	desratizaste	desratizó	desratizamos	desratizasteis	desratizaron
	future	desratizaré	desratizarás	desratizará	desratizaremos	desratizaréis	desratizarán
	conditional	desratizaría	desratizarías	desratizaría	desratizaríamos	desratizaríais	desratizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desratice	desraticestú desraticésvos2	desratice	desraticemos	desraticéis	desraticen
	imperfect (ra)	desratizara	desratizaras	desratizara	desratizáramos	desratizarais	desratizaran
	imperfect (se)	desratizase	desratizases	desratizase	desratizásemos	desratizaseis	desratizasen
	future1	desratizare	desratizares	desratizare	desratizáremos	desratizareis	desratizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desratizatú desratizávos	desratice	desraticemos	desratizad	desraticen
	negative		no desratices	no desratice	no desraticemos	no desraticéis	no desraticen

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

Further reading

• “desratizar”, 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