sensibilizar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin sēnsibilis + -izar, from Latin sēnsus.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sensibilizar (first-person singular present sensibilizo, first-person singular preterite sensibilicé, past participle sensibilizado)

1. to raise awareness
2. (transitive) to sensitize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sensibilizar
gerund			sensibilizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sensibilizado		sensibilizada
		plural		sensibilizados		sensibilizadas
		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	sensibilizo	sensibilizastú sensibilizásvos	sensibiliza	sensibilizamos	sensibilizáis	sensibilizan
	imperfect	sensibilizaba	sensibilizabas	sensibilizaba	sensibilizábamos	sensibilizabais	sensibilizaban
	preterite	sensibilicé	sensibilizaste	sensibilizó	sensibilizamos	sensibilizasteis	sensibilizaron
	future	sensibilizaré	sensibilizarás	sensibilizará	sensibilizaremos	sensibilizaréis	sensibilizarán
	conditional	sensibilizaría	sensibilizarías	sensibilizaría	sensibilizaríamos	sensibilizaríais	sensibilizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sensibilice	sensibilicestú sensibilicésvos2	sensibilice	sensibilicemos	sensibilicéis	sensibilicen
	imperfect (ra)	sensibilizara	sensibilizaras	sensibilizara	sensibilizáramos	sensibilizarais	sensibilizaran
	imperfect (se)	sensibilizase	sensibilizases	sensibilizase	sensibilizásemos	sensibilizaseis	sensibilizasen
	future1	sensibilizare	sensibilizares	sensibilizare	sensibilizáremos	sensibilizareis	sensibilizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sensibilizatú sensibilizávos	sensibilice	sensibilicemos	sensibilizad	sensibilicen
	negative		no sensibilices	no sensibilice	no sensibilicemos	no sensibilicéis	no sensibilicen

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

    Selected combined forms of sensibilizar (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 sensibilizar
	dative	sensibilizarme	sensibilizarte	sensibilizarle, sensibilizarse	sensibilizarnos	sensibilizaros	sensibilizarles, sensibilizarse
	accusative	sensibilizarme	sensibilizarte	sensibilizarlo, sensibilizarla, sensibilizarse	sensibilizarnos	sensibilizaros	sensibilizarlos, sensibilizarlas, sensibilizarse
with gerund sensibilizando
	dative	sensibilizándome	sensibilizándote	sensibilizándole, sensibilizándose	sensibilizándonos	sensibilizándoos	sensibilizándoles, sensibilizándose
	accusative	sensibilizándome	sensibilizándote	sensibilizándolo, sensibilizándola, sensibilizándose	sensibilizándonos	sensibilizándoos	sensibilizándolos, sensibilizándolas, sensibilizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sensibiliza
	dative	sensibilízame	sensibilízate	sensibilízale	sensibilízanos	not used	sensibilízales
	accusative	sensibilízame	sensibilízate	sensibilízalo, sensibilízala	sensibilízanos	not used	sensibilízalos, sensibilízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sensibilizá
	dative	sensibilizame	sensibilizate	sensibilizale	sensibilizanos	not used	sensibilizales
	accusative	sensibilizame	sensibilizate	sensibilizalo, sensibilizala	sensibilizanos	not used	sensibilizalos, sensibilizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sensibilice
	dative	sensibilíceme	not used	sensibilícele, sensibilícese	sensibilícenos	not used	sensibilíceles
	accusative	sensibilíceme	not used	sensibilícelo, sensibilícela, sensibilícese	sensibilícenos	not used	sensibilícelos, sensibilícelas
with first-person plural imperative sensibilicemos
	dative	not used	sensibilicémoste	sensibilicémosle	sensibilicémonos	sensibilicémoos	sensibilicémosles
	accusative	not used	sensibilicémoste	sensibilicémoslo, sensibilicémosla	sensibilicémonos	sensibilicémoos	sensibilicémoslos, sensibilicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sensibilizad
	dative	sensibilizadme	not used	sensibilizadle	sensibilizadnos	sensibilizaos	sensibilizadles
	accusative	sensibilizadme	not used	sensibilizadlo, sensibilizadla	sensibilizadnos	sensibilizaos	sensibilizadlos, sensibilizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sensibilicen
	dative	sensibilícenme	not used	sensibilícenle	sensibilícennos	not used	sensibilícenles, sensibilícense
	accusative	sensibilícenme	not used	sensibilícenlo, sensibilícenla	sensibilícennos	not used	sensibilícenlos, sensibilícenlas, sensibilícense

Derived terms

• sensibilizador

 

Related terms

• sensible
• seso

 

Further reading

• “sensibilizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28