exorcizar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoʁ.siˈza(ʁ)/ [e.zoh.siˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoʁ.siˈza(ʁ)/ [e.zoh.siˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.zoɾ.siˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.zoʁ.siˈza(ʁ)/ [e.zoχ.siˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoɻ.siˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zuɾ.siˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zuɾ.siˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zuɾ.siˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧xor‧ci‧zar

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcizei, past participle exorcizado)

1. (transitive, religion, parapsychology) to exorcise (to drive out an evil spirit from someone or something)
2. (figurative) to get rid of something evil or reprehensible

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exorcizar (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	exorcizar
Personal	exorcizar	exorcizares	exorcizar	exorcizarmos	exorcizardes	exorcizarem
Gerund
	exorcizando
Past participle
Masculine	exorcizado			exorcizados
Feminine	exorcizada			exorcizadas
Indicative
Present	exorcizo	exorcizas	exorciza	exorcizamos	exorcizais	exorcizam
Imperfect	exorcizava	exorcizavas	exorcizava	exorcizávamos	exorcizáveis	exorcizavam
Preterite	exorcizei	exorcizaste	exorcizou	exorcizamos1, exorcizámos2	exorcizastes	exorcizaram
Pluperfect	exorcizara	exorcizaras	exorcizara	exorcizáramos	exorcizáreis	exorcizaram
Future	exorcizarei	exorcizarás	exorcizará	exorcizaremos	exorcizareis	exorcizarão
Conditional	exorcizaria	exorcizarias	exorcizaria	exorcizaríamos	exorcizaríeis	exorcizariam
Subjunctive
Present	exorcize	exorcizes	exorcize	exorcizemos	exorcizeis	exorcizem
Imperfect	exorcizasse	exorcizasses	exorcizasse	exorcizássemos	exorcizásseis	exorcizassem
Future	exorcizar	exorcizares	exorcizar	exorcizarmos	exorcizardes	exorcizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		exorciza	exorcize	exorcizemos	exorcizai	exorcizem
Negative (não)		não exorcizes	não exorcize	não exorcizemos	não exorcizeis	não exorcizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin exorcizāre, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsoɾθiˈθaɾ/ [eɣ̞.soɾ.θiˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡsoɾsiˈsaɾ/ [eɣ̞.soɾ.siˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧xor‧ci‧zar

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcicé, past participle exorcizado)

1. to exorcise

Conjugation

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

infinitive			exorcizar
gerund			exorcizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exorcizado		exorcizada
		plural		exorcizados		exorcizadas
		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	exorcizo	exorcizastú exorcizásvos	exorciza	exorcizamos	exorcizáis	exorcizan
	imperfect	exorcizaba	exorcizabas	exorcizaba	exorcizábamos	exorcizabais	exorcizaban
	preterite	exorcicé	exorcizaste	exorcizó	exorcizamos	exorcizasteis	exorcizaron
	future	exorcizaré	exorcizarás	exorcizará	exorcizaremos	exorcizaréis	exorcizarán
	conditional	exorcizaría	exorcizarías	exorcizaría	exorcizaríamos	exorcizaríais	exorcizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	exorcice	exorcicestú exorcicésvos2	exorcice	exorcicemos	exorcicéis	exorcicen
	imperfect (ra)	exorcizara	exorcizaras	exorcizara	exorcizáramos	exorcizarais	exorcizaran
	imperfect (se)	exorcizase	exorcizases	exorcizase	exorcizásemos	exorcizaseis	exorcizasen
	future1	exorcizare	exorcizares	exorcizare	exorcizáremos	exorcizareis	exorcizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		exorcizatú exorcizávos	exorcice	exorcicemos	exorcizad	exorcicen
	negative		no exorcices	no exorcice	no exorcicemos	no exorcicéis	no exorcicen

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

    Selected combined forms of exorcizar (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 exorcizar
	dative	exorcizarme	exorcizarte	exorcizarle, exorcizarse	exorcizarnos	exorcizaros	exorcizarles, exorcizarse
	accusative	exorcizarme	exorcizarte	exorcizarlo, exorcizarla, exorcizarse	exorcizarnos	exorcizaros	exorcizarlos, exorcizarlas, exorcizarse
with gerund exorcizando
	dative	exorcizándome	exorcizándote	exorcizándole, exorcizándose	exorcizándonos	exorcizándoos	exorcizándoles, exorcizándose
	accusative	exorcizándome	exorcizándote	exorcizándolo, exorcizándola, exorcizándose	exorcizándonos	exorcizándoos	exorcizándolos, exorcizándolas, exorcizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative exorciza
	dative	exorcízame	exorcízate	exorcízale	exorcízanos	not used	exorcízales
	accusative	exorcízame	exorcízate	exorcízalo, exorcízala	exorcízanos	not used	exorcízalos, exorcízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative exorcizá
	dative	exorcizame	exorcizate	exorcizale	exorcizanos	not used	exorcizales
	accusative	exorcizame	exorcizate	exorcizalo, exorcizala	exorcizanos	not used	exorcizalos, exorcizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative exorcice
	dative	exorcíceme	not used	exorcícele, exorcícese	exorcícenos	not used	exorcíceles
	accusative	exorcíceme	not used	exorcícelo, exorcícela, exorcícese	exorcícenos	not used	exorcícelos, exorcícelas
with first-person plural imperative exorcicemos
	dative	not used	exorcicémoste	exorcicémosle	exorcicémonos	exorcicémoos	exorcicémosles
	accusative	not used	exorcicémoste	exorcicémoslo, exorcicémosla	exorcicémonos	exorcicémoos	exorcicémoslos, exorcicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative exorcizad
	dative	exorcizadme	not used	exorcizadle	exorcizadnos	exorcizaos	exorcizadles
	accusative	exorcizadme	not used	exorcizadlo, exorcizadla	exorcizadnos	exorcizaos	exorcizadlos, exorcizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exorcicen
	dative	exorcícenme	not used	exorcícenle	exorcícennos	not used	exorcícenles, exorcícense
	accusative	exorcícenme	not used	exorcícenlo, exorcícenla	exorcícennos	not used	exorcícenlos, exorcícenlas, exorcícense

Related terms

• exorcismo
• exorcista

 

Further reading

• “exorcizar”, 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