insensibilizar

Spanish

Etymology

From in- +‎ sensible +‎ -izar, from Latin sēnsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /insensibiliˈθaɾ/ [ĩn.sẽn.si.β̞i.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insensibiliˈsaɾ/ [ĩn.sẽn.si.β̞i.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧sen‧si‧bi‧li‧zar

Verb

insensibilizar (first-person singular present insensibilizo, first-person singular preterite insensibilicé, past participle insensibilizado)

1. (transitive) to desensitize

   Synonym: desensibilizar

2. (pronominal) to desensitize oneself

Conjugation

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

infinitive			insensibilizar
gerund			insensibilizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insensibilizado		insensibilizada
		plural		insensibilizados		insensibilizadas
		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	insensibilizo	insensibilizastú insensibilizásvos	insensibiliza	insensibilizamos	insensibilizáis	insensibilizan
	imperfect	insensibilizaba	insensibilizabas	insensibilizaba	insensibilizábamos	insensibilizabais	insensibilizaban
	preterite	insensibilicé	insensibilizaste	insensibilizó	insensibilizamos	insensibilizasteis	insensibilizaron
	future	insensibilizaré	insensibilizarás	insensibilizará	insensibilizaremos	insensibilizaréis	insensibilizarán
	conditional	insensibilizaría	insensibilizarías	insensibilizaría	insensibilizaríamos	insensibilizaríais	insensibilizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insensibilice	insensibilicestú insensibilicésvos2	insensibilice	insensibilicemos	insensibilicéis	insensibilicen
	imperfect (ra)	insensibilizara	insensibilizaras	insensibilizara	insensibilizáramos	insensibilizarais	insensibilizaran
	imperfect (se)	insensibilizase	insensibilizases	insensibilizase	insensibilizásemos	insensibilizaseis	insensibilizasen
	future1	insensibilizare	insensibilizares	insensibilizare	insensibilizáremos	insensibilizareis	insensibilizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		insensibilizatú insensibilizávos	insensibilice	insensibilicemos	insensibilizad	insensibilicen
	negative		no insensibilices	no insensibilice	no insensibilicemos	no insensibilicéis	no insensibilicen

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

    Selected combined forms of insensibilizar (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 insensibilizar
	dative	insensibilizarme	insensibilizarte	insensibilizarle, insensibilizarse	insensibilizarnos	insensibilizaros	insensibilizarles, insensibilizarse
	accusative	insensibilizarme	insensibilizarte	insensibilizarlo, insensibilizarla, insensibilizarse	insensibilizarnos	insensibilizaros	insensibilizarlos, insensibilizarlas, insensibilizarse
with gerund insensibilizando
	dative	insensibilizándome	insensibilizándote	insensibilizándole, insensibilizándose	insensibilizándonos	insensibilizándoos	insensibilizándoles, insensibilizándose
	accusative	insensibilizándome	insensibilizándote	insensibilizándolo, insensibilizándola, insensibilizándose	insensibilizándonos	insensibilizándoos	insensibilizándolos, insensibilizándolas, insensibilizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative insensibiliza
	dative	insensibilízame	insensibilízate	insensibilízale	insensibilízanos	not used	insensibilízales
	accusative	insensibilízame	insensibilízate	insensibilízalo, insensibilízala	insensibilízanos	not used	insensibilízalos, insensibilízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative insensibilizá
	dative	insensibilizame	insensibilizate	insensibilizale	insensibilizanos	not used	insensibilizales
	accusative	insensibilizame	insensibilizate	insensibilizalo, insensibilizala	insensibilizanos	not used	insensibilizalos, insensibilizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative insensibilice
	dative	insensibilíceme	not used	insensibilícele, insensibilícese	insensibilícenos	not used	insensibilíceles
	accusative	insensibilíceme	not used	insensibilícelo, insensibilícela, insensibilícese	insensibilícenos	not used	insensibilícelos, insensibilícelas
with first-person plural imperative insensibilicemos
	dative	not used	insensibilicémoste	insensibilicémosle	insensibilicémonos	insensibilicémoos	insensibilicémosles
	accusative	not used	insensibilicémoste	insensibilicémoslo, insensibilicémosla	insensibilicémonos	insensibilicémoos	insensibilicémoslos, insensibilicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative insensibilizad
	dative	insensibilizadme	not used	insensibilizadle	insensibilizadnos	insensibilizaos	insensibilizadles
	accusative	insensibilizadme	not used	insensibilizadlo, insensibilizadla	insensibilizadnos	insensibilizaos	insensibilizadlos, insensibilizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative insensibilicen
	dative	insensibilícenme	not used	insensibilícenle	insensibilícennos	not used	insensibilícenles, insensibilícense
	accusative	insensibilícenme	not used	insensibilícenlo, insensibilícenla	insensibilícennos	not used	insensibilícenlos, insensibilícenlas, insensibilícense

Further reading

• “insensibilizar”, 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