erizar

Spanish

Etymology

From erizo (“hedgehog”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɾiˈθaɾ/ [e.ɾiˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɾiˈsaɾ/ [e.ɾiˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧ri‧zar

Verb

erizar (first-person singular present erizo, first-person singular preterite ericé, past participle erizado)

1. (transitive) to bristle
2. (by extension) to become uneasy, tense, nervous

Conjugation

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

infinitive			erizar
gerund			erizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		erizado		erizada
		plural		erizados		erizadas
		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	erizo	erizastú erizásvos	eriza	erizamos	erizáis	erizan
	imperfect	erizaba	erizabas	erizaba	erizábamos	erizabais	erizaban
	preterite	ericé	erizaste	erizó	erizamos	erizasteis	erizaron
	future	erizaré	erizarás	erizará	erizaremos	erizaréis	erizarán
	conditional	erizaría	erizarías	erizaría	erizaríamos	erizaríais	erizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	erice	ericestú ericésvos2	erice	ericemos	ericéis	ericen
	imperfect (ra)	erizara	erizaras	erizara	erizáramos	erizarais	erizaran
	imperfect (se)	erizase	erizases	erizase	erizásemos	erizaseis	erizasen
	future1	erizare	erizares	erizare	erizáremos	erizareis	erizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		erizatú erizávos	erice	ericemos	erizad	ericen
	negative		no erices	no erice	no ericemos	no ericéis	no ericen

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

    Selected combined forms of erizar (c-z 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 erizar
	dative	erizarme	erizarte	erizarle, erizarse	erizarnos	erizaros	erizarles, erizarse
	accusative	erizarme	erizarte	erizarlo, erizarla, erizarse	erizarnos	erizaros	erizarlos, erizarlas, erizarse
with gerund erizando
	dative	erizándome	erizándote	erizándole, erizándose	erizándonos	erizándoos	erizándoles, erizándose
	accusative	erizándome	erizándote	erizándolo, erizándola, erizándose	erizándonos	erizándoos	erizándolos, erizándolas, erizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative eriza
	dative	erízame	erízate	erízale	erízanos	not used	erízales
	accusative	erízame	erízate	erízalo, erízala	erízanos	not used	erízalos, erízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative erizá
	dative	erizame	erizate	erizale	erizanos	not used	erizales
	accusative	erizame	erizate	erizalo, erizala	erizanos	not used	erizalos, erizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative erice
	dative	eríceme	not used	erícele, erícese	erícenos	not used	eríceles
	accusative	eríceme	not used	erícelo, erícela, erícese	erícenos	not used	erícelos, erícelas
with first-person plural imperative ericemos
	dative	not used	ericémoste	ericémosle	ericémonos	ericémoos	ericémosles
	accusative	not used	ericémoste	ericémoslo, ericémosla	ericémonos	ericémoos	ericémoslos, ericémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative erizad
	dative	erizadme	not used	erizadle	erizadnos	erizaos	erizadles
	accusative	erizadme	not used	erizadlo, erizadla	erizadnos	erizaos	erizadlos, erizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ericen
	dative	erícenme	not used	erícenle	erícennos	not used	erícenles, erícense
	accusative	erícenme	not used	erícenlo, erícenla	erícennos	not used	erícenlos, erícenlas, erícense

Related terms

• erizo
• rizar
• rizo

 

Further reading

• “erizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

• “erizar” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.