esguazar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sguazzare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esɡwaˈθaɾ/ [ez.ɣ̞waˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esɡwaˈsaɾ/ [ez.ɣ̞waˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧gua‧zar

Verb

esguazar (first-person singular present esguazo, first-person singular preterite esguacé, past participle esguazado)

1. to ford (a river)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			esguazar
gerund			esguazando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esguazado		esguazada
		plural		esguazados		esguazadas
		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	esguazo	esguazastú esguazásvos	esguaza	esguazamos	esguazáis	esguazan
	imperfect	esguazaba	esguazabas	esguazaba	esguazábamos	esguazabais	esguazaban
	preterite	esguacé	esguazaste	esguazó	esguazamos	esguazasteis	esguazaron
	future	esguazaré	esguazarás	esguazará	esguazaremos	esguazaréis	esguazarán
	conditional	esguazaría	esguazarías	esguazaría	esguazaríamos	esguazaríais	esguazarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	esguace	esguacestú esguacésvos2	esguace	esguacemos	esguacéis	esguacen
	imperfect (ra)	esguazara	esguazaras	esguazara	esguazáramos	esguazarais	esguazaran
	imperfect (se)	esguazase	esguazases	esguazase	esguazásemos	esguazaseis	esguazasen
	future1	esguazare	esguazares	esguazare	esguazáremos	esguazareis	esguazaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		esguazatú esguazávos	esguace	esguacemos	esguazad	esguacen
	negative		no esguaces	no esguace	no esguacemos	no esguacéis	no esguacen

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

    Selected combined forms of esguazar (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 esguazar
	dative	esguazarme	esguazarte	esguazarle, esguazarse	esguazarnos	esguazaros	esguazarles, esguazarse
	accusative	esguazarme	esguazarte	esguazarlo, esguazarla, esguazarse	esguazarnos	esguazaros	esguazarlos, esguazarlas, esguazarse
with gerund esguazando
	dative	esguazándome	esguazándote	esguazándole, esguazándose	esguazándonos	esguazándoos	esguazándoles, esguazándose
	accusative	esguazándome	esguazándote	esguazándolo, esguazándola, esguazándose	esguazándonos	esguazándoos	esguazándolos, esguazándolas, esguazándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative esguaza
	dative	esguázame	esguázate	esguázale	esguázanos	not used	esguázales
	accusative	esguázame	esguázate	esguázalo, esguázala	esguázanos	not used	esguázalos, esguázalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative esguazá
	dative	esguazame	esguazate	esguazale	esguazanos	not used	esguazales
	accusative	esguazame	esguazate	esguazalo, esguazala	esguazanos	not used	esguazalos, esguazalas
with formal second-person singular imperative esguace
	dative	esguáceme	not used	esguácele, esguácese	esguácenos	not used	esguáceles
	accusative	esguáceme	not used	esguácelo, esguácela, esguácese	esguácenos	not used	esguácelos, esguácelas
with first-person plural imperative esguacemos
	dative	not used	esguacémoste	esguacémosle	esguacémonos	esguacémoos	esguacémosles
	accusative	not used	esguacémoste	esguacémoslo, esguacémosla	esguacémonos	esguacémoos	esguacémoslos, esguacémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative esguazad
	dative	esguazadme	not used	esguazadle	esguazadnos	esguazaos	esguazadles
	accusative	esguazadme	not used	esguazadlo, esguazadla	esguazadnos	esguazaos	esguazadlos, esguazadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative esguacen
	dative	esguácenme	not used	esguácenle	esguácennos	not used	esguácenles, esguácense
	accusative	esguácenme	not used	esguácenlo, esguácenla	esguácennos	not used	esguácenlos, esguácenlas, esguácense

Related terms

• desguazar

 

Further reading

• “esguazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28