particularizar

Spanish

Etymology

From particular +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paɾtikulaɾiˈθaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.ku.la.ɾiˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paɾtikulaɾiˈsaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.ku.la.ɾiˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: par‧ti‧cu‧la‧ri‧zar

Verb

particularizar (first-person singular present particularizo, first-person singular preterite particularicé, past participle particularizado)

1. to personalize
2. to single out
3. to explain in detail
4. to whittle down
5. (reflexive) to stand out

Conjugation

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

infinitive			particularizar
gerund			particularizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		particularizado		particularizada
		plural		particularizados		particularizadas
		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	particularizo	particularizastú particularizásvos	particulariza	particularizamos	particularizáis	particularizan
	imperfect	particularizaba	particularizabas	particularizaba	particularizábamos	particularizabais	particularizaban
	preterite	particularicé	particularizaste	particularizó	particularizamos	particularizasteis	particularizaron
	future	particularizaré	particularizarás	particularizará	particularizaremos	particularizaréis	particularizarán
	conditional	particularizaría	particularizarías	particularizaría	particularizaríamos	particularizaríais	particularizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	particularice	particularicestú particularicésvos2	particularice	particularicemos	particularicéis	particularicen
	imperfect (ra)	particularizara	particularizaras	particularizara	particularizáramos	particularizarais	particularizaran
	imperfect (se)	particularizase	particularizases	particularizase	particularizásemos	particularizaseis	particularizasen
	future1	particularizare	particularizares	particularizare	particularizáremos	particularizareis	particularizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		particularizatú particularizávos	particularice	particularicemos	particularizad	particularicen
	negative		no particularices	no particularice	no particularicemos	no particularicéis	no particularicen

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

    Selected combined forms of particularizar (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 particularizar	dative	particularizarme	particularizarte	particularizarle, particularizarse	particularizarnos	particularizaros	particularizarles, particularizarse
	accusative	particularizarme	particularizarte	particularizarlo, particularizarla, particularizarse	particularizarnos	particularizaros	particularizarlos, particularizarlas, particularizarse
with gerund particularizando	dative	particularizándome	particularizándote	particularizándole, particularizándose	particularizándonos	particularizándoos	particularizándoles, particularizándose
	accusative	particularizándome	particularizándote	particularizándolo, particularizándola, particularizándose	particularizándonos	particularizándoos	particularizándolos, particularizándolas, particularizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative particulariza	dative	particularízame	particularízate	particularízale	particularízanos	not used	particularízales
	accusative	particularízame	particularízate	particularízalo, particularízala	particularízanos	not used	particularízalos, particularízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative particularizá	dative	particularizame	particularizate	particularizale	particularizanos	not used	particularizales
	accusative	particularizame	particularizate	particularizalo, particularizala	particularizanos	not used	particularizalos, particularizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative particularice	dative	particularíceme	not used	particularícele, particularícese	particularícenos	not used	particularíceles
	accusative	particularíceme	not used	particularícelo, particularícela, particularícese	particularícenos	not used	particularícelos, particularícelas
with first-person plural imperative particularicemos	dative	not used	particularicémoste	particularicémosle	particularicémonos	particularicémoos	particularicémosles
	accusative	not used	particularicémoste	particularicémoslo, particularicémosla	particularicémonos	particularicémoos	particularicémoslos, particularicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative particularizad	dative	particularizadme	not used	particularizadle	particularizadnos	particularizaos	particularizadles
	accusative	particularizadme	not used	particularizadlo, particularizadla	particularizadnos	particularizaos	particularizadlos, particularizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative particularicen	dative	particularícenme	not used	particularícenle	particularícennos	not used	particularícenles, particularícense
	accusative	particularícenme	not used	particularícenlo, particularícenla	particularícennos	not used	particularícenlos, particularícenlas, particularícense

Derived terms

• particularización

Further reading

• “particularizar”, 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