relativizar

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /relatibiˈθaɾ/ [re.la.t̪i.β̞iˈθaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /relatibiˈsaɾ/ [re.la.t̪i.β̞iˈsaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: re‧la‧ti‧vi‧zar

Verb

relativizar (first-person singular present relativizo, first-person singular preterite relativicé, past participle relativizado)

(transitive) to play down, put into perspective

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			relativizar
gerund			relativizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		relativizado		relativizada
		plural		relativizados		relativizadas
		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	relativizo	relativizas^{^tú} relativizás^{^vos}	relativiza	relativizamos	relativizáis	relativizan
	imperfect	relativizaba	relativizabas	relativizaba	relativizábamos	relativizabais	relativizaban
	preterite	relativicé	relativizaste	relativizó	relativizamos	relativizasteis	relativizaron
	future	relativizaré	relativizarás	relativizará	relativizaremos	relativizaréis	relativizarán
	conditional	relativizaría	relativizarías	relativizaría	relativizaríamos	relativizaríais	relativizarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	relativice	relativices^{^tú} relativicés^{^vos²}	relativice	relativicemos	relativicéis	relativicen
	imperfect (ra)	relativizara	relativizaras	relativizara	relativizáramos	relativizarais	relativizaran
	imperfect (se)	relativizase	relativizases	relativizase	relativizásemos	relativizaseis	relativizasen
	future¹	relativizare	relativizares	relativizare	relativizáremos	relativizareis	relativizaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		relativiza^{^tú} relativizá^{^vos}	relativice	relativicemos	relativizad	relativicen
	negative		no relativices	no relativice	no relativicemos	no relativicéis	no relativicen

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

Selected combined forms of relativizar (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 relativizar	dative	relativizarme	relativizarte	relativizarle, relativizarse	relativizarnos	relativizaros	relativizarles, relativizarse
with infinitive relativizar	accusative	relativizarme	relativizarte	relativizarlo, relativizarla, relativizarse	relativizarnos	relativizaros	relativizarlos, relativizarlas, relativizarse

with gerund relativizando	dative	relativizándome	relativizándote	relativizándole, relativizándose	relativizándonos	relativizándoos	relativizándoles, relativizándose
with gerund relativizando	accusative	relativizándome	relativizándote	relativizándolo, relativizándola, relativizándose	relativizándonos	relativizándoos	relativizándolos, relativizándolas, relativizándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative relativiza	dative	relativízame	relativízate	relativízale	relativízanos	not used	relativízales
	accusative	relativízame	relativízate	relativízalo, relativízala	relativízanos	not used	relativízalos, relativízalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative relativizá	dative	relativizame	relativizate	relativizale	relativizanos	not used	relativizales
	accusative	relativizame	relativizate	relativizalo, relativizala	relativizanos	not used	relativizalos, relativizalas

with formal second-person singular imperative relativice	dative	relativíceme	not used	relativícele, relativícese	relativícenos	not used	relativíceles
with formal second-person singular imperative relativice	accusative	relativíceme	not used	relativícelo, relativícela, relativícese	relativícenos	not used	relativícelos, relativícelas

with first-person plural imperative relativicemos	dative	not used	relativicémoste	relativicémosle	relativicémonos	relativicémoos	relativicémosles
with first-person plural imperative relativicemos	accusative	not used	relativicémoste	relativicémoslo, relativicémosla	relativicémonos	relativicémoos	relativicémoslos, relativicémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative relativizad	dative	relativizadme	not used	relativizadle	relativizadnos	relativizaos	relativizadles
with informal second-person plural imperative relativizad	accusative	relativizadme	not used	relativizadlo, relativizadla	relativizadnos	relativizaos	relativizadlos, relativizadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative relativicen	dative	relativícenme	not used	relativícenle	relativícennos	not used	relativícenles, relativícense
with formal second-person plural imperative relativicen	accusative	relativícenme	not used	relativícenlo, relativícenla	relativícennos	not used	relativícenlos, relativícenlas, relativícense