lexicalizar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /leɡsikaliˈθaɾ/ [leɣ̞.si.ka.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /leɡsikaliˈsaɾ/ [leɣ̞.si.ka.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧xi‧ca‧li‧zar

Verb

lexicalizar (first-person singular present lexicalizo, first-person singular preterite lexicalicé, past participle lexicalizado)

1. (grammar, transitive) to lexicalize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			lexicalizar
gerund			lexicalizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lexicalizado		lexicalizada
		plural		lexicalizados		lexicalizadas
		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	lexicalizo	lexicalizastú lexicalizásvos	lexicaliza	lexicalizamos	lexicalizáis	lexicalizan
	imperfect	lexicalizaba	lexicalizabas	lexicalizaba	lexicalizábamos	lexicalizabais	lexicalizaban
	preterite	lexicalicé	lexicalizaste	lexicalizó	lexicalizamos	lexicalizasteis	lexicalizaron
	future	lexicalizaré	lexicalizarás	lexicalizará	lexicalizaremos	lexicalizaréis	lexicalizarán
	conditional	lexicalizaría	lexicalizarías	lexicalizaría	lexicalizaríamos	lexicalizaríais	lexicalizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lexicalice	lexicalicestú lexicalicésvos2	lexicalice	lexicalicemos	lexicalicéis	lexicalicen
	imperfect (ra)	lexicalizara	lexicalizaras	lexicalizara	lexicalizáramos	lexicalizarais	lexicalizaran
	imperfect (se)	lexicalizase	lexicalizases	lexicalizase	lexicalizásemos	lexicalizaseis	lexicalizasen
	future1	lexicalizare	lexicalizares	lexicalizare	lexicalizáremos	lexicalizareis	lexicalizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lexicalizatú lexicalizávos	lexicalice	lexicalicemos	lexicalizad	lexicalicen
	negative		no lexicalices	no lexicalice	no lexicalicemos	no lexicalicéis	no lexicalicen

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

    Selected combined forms of lexicalizar (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 lexicalizar	dative	lexicalizarme	lexicalizarte	lexicalizarle, lexicalizarse	lexicalizarnos	lexicalizaros	lexicalizarles, lexicalizarse
	accusative	lexicalizarme	lexicalizarte	lexicalizarlo, lexicalizarla, lexicalizarse	lexicalizarnos	lexicalizaros	lexicalizarlos, lexicalizarlas, lexicalizarse
with gerund lexicalizando	dative	lexicalizándome	lexicalizándote	lexicalizándole, lexicalizándose	lexicalizándonos	lexicalizándoos	lexicalizándoles, lexicalizándose
	accusative	lexicalizándome	lexicalizándote	lexicalizándolo, lexicalizándola, lexicalizándose	lexicalizándonos	lexicalizándoos	lexicalizándolos, lexicalizándolas, lexicalizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lexicaliza	dative	lexicalízame	lexicalízate	lexicalízale	lexicalízanos	not used	lexicalízales
	accusative	lexicalízame	lexicalízate	lexicalízalo, lexicalízala	lexicalízanos	not used	lexicalízalos, lexicalízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lexicalizá	dative	lexicalizame	lexicalizate	lexicalizale	lexicalizanos	not used	lexicalizales
	accusative	lexicalizame	lexicalizate	lexicalizalo, lexicalizala	lexicalizanos	not used	lexicalizalos, lexicalizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lexicalice	dative	lexicalíceme	not used	lexicalícele, lexicalícese	lexicalícenos	not used	lexicalíceles
	accusative	lexicalíceme	not used	lexicalícelo, lexicalícela, lexicalícese	lexicalícenos	not used	lexicalícelos, lexicalícelas
with first-person plural imperative lexicalicemos	dative	not used	lexicalicémoste	lexicalicémosle	lexicalicémonos	lexicalicémoos	lexicalicémosles
	accusative	not used	lexicalicémoste	lexicalicémoslo, lexicalicémosla	lexicalicémonos	lexicalicémoos	lexicalicémoslos, lexicalicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lexicalizad	dative	lexicalizadme	not used	lexicalizadle	lexicalizadnos	lexicalizaos	lexicalizadles
	accusative	lexicalizadme	not used	lexicalizadlo, lexicalizadla	lexicalizadnos	lexicalizaos	lexicalizadlos, lexicalizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lexicalicen	dative	lexicalícenme	not used	lexicalícenle	lexicalícennos	not used	lexicalícenles, lexicalícense
	accusative	lexicalícenme	not used	lexicalícenlo, lexicalícenla	lexicalícennos	not used	lexicalícenlos, lexicalícenlas, lexicalícense

Derived terms

• imperativo lexicalizado

Further reading

• “lexicalizar”, 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