translucir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾansluˈθiɾ/ [t̪ɾãns.luˈθiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾansluˈsiɾ/ [t̪ɾãns.luˈsiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: trans‧lu‧cir

Verb

translucir (first-person singular present transluzco, first-person singular preterite translucí, past participle translucido)

1. Alternative form of traslucir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of translucir (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			translucir
gerund			transluciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		translucido		translucida
		plural		translucidos		translucidas
		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	transluzco	translucestú translucísvos	transluce	translucimos	translucís	translucen
	imperfect	translucía	translucías	translucía	translucíamos	translucíais	translucían
	preterite	translucí	transluciste	translució	translucimos	translucisteis	translucieron
	future	transluciré	translucirás	translucirá	transluciremos	transluciréis	translucirán
	conditional	transluciría	translucirías	transluciría	transluciríamos	transluciríais	translucirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transluzca	transluzcastú transluzcásvos2	transluzca	transluzcamos	transluzcáis	transluzcan
	imperfect (ra)	transluciera	translucieras	transluciera	transluciéramos	translucierais	translucieran
	imperfect (se)	transluciese	translucieses	transluciese	transluciésemos	translucieseis	transluciesen
	future1	transluciere	translucieres	transluciere	transluciéremos	transluciereis	translucieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		translucetú translucívos	transluzca	transluzcamos	translucid	transluzcan
	negative		no transluzcas	no transluzca	no transluzcamos	no transluzcáis	no transluzcan

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

    Selected combined forms of translucir (c-zc 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 translucir	dative	translucirme	translucirte	translucirle, translucirse	translucirnos	transluciros	translucirles, translucirse
	accusative	translucirme	translucirte	translucirlo, translucirla, translucirse	translucirnos	transluciros	translucirlos, translucirlas, translucirse
with gerund transluciendo	dative	transluciéndome	transluciéndote	transluciéndole, transluciéndose	transluciéndonos	transluciéndoos	transluciéndoles, transluciéndose
	accusative	transluciéndome	transluciéndote	transluciéndolo, transluciéndola, transluciéndose	transluciéndonos	transluciéndoos	transluciéndolos, transluciéndolas, transluciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative transluce	dative	translúceme	translúcete	translúcele	translúcenos	not used	translúceles
	accusative	translúceme	translúcete	translúcelo, translúcela	translúcenos	not used	translúcelos, translúcelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative translucí	dative	translucime	translucite	translucile	translucinos	not used	transluciles
	accusative	translucime	translucite	translucilo, translucila	translucinos	not used	translucilos, translucilas
with formal second-person singular imperative transluzca	dative	translúzcame	not used	translúzcale, translúzcase	translúzcanos	not used	translúzcales
	accusative	translúzcame	not used	translúzcalo, translúzcala, translúzcase	translúzcanos	not used	translúzcalos, translúzcalas
with first-person plural imperative transluzcamos	dative	not used	transluzcámoste	transluzcámosle	transluzcámonos	transluzcámoos	transluzcámosles
	accusative	not used	transluzcámoste	transluzcámoslo, transluzcámosla	transluzcámonos	transluzcámoos	transluzcámoslos, transluzcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative translucid	dative	translucidme	not used	translucidle	translucidnos	translucíos	translucidles
	accusative	translucidme	not used	translucidlo, translucidla	translucidnos	translucíos	translucidlos, translucidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative transluzcan	dative	translúzcanme	not used	translúzcanle	translúzcannos	not used	translúzcanles, translúzcanse
	accusative	translúzcanme	not used	translúzcanlo, translúzcanla	translúzcannos	not used	translúzcanlos, translúzcanlas, translúzcanse

Further reading

• “translucir”, 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