ulcerar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ulcerāre, from ulcus (“ulcer, sore”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ulθeˈɾaɾ/ [ul̟.θeˈɾaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ulseˈɾaɾ/ [ul.seˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ul‧ce‧rar

Verb

ulcerar (first-person singular present ulcero, first-person singular preterite ulceré, past participle ulcerado)

to ulcerate
to fester

Usage notes

Also used as a reflexive verb meaning "to ulcerate".

Conjugation

Conjugation of ulcerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ulcerar
gerund			ulcerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ulcerado		ulcerada
		plural		ulcerados		ulceradas
		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	ulcero	ulceras^{^tú} ulcerás^{^vos}	ulcera	ulceramos	ulceráis	ulceran
	imperfect	ulceraba	ulcerabas	ulceraba	ulcerábamos	ulcerabais	ulceraban
	preterite	ulceré	ulceraste	ulceró	ulceramos	ulcerasteis	ulceraron
	future	ulceraré	ulcerarás	ulcerará	ulceraremos	ulceraréis	ulcerarán
	conditional	ulceraría	ulcerarías	ulceraría	ulceraríamos	ulceraríais	ulcerarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ulcere	ulceres^{^tú} ulcerés^{^vos²}	ulcere	ulceremos	ulceréis	ulceren
	imperfect (ra)	ulcerara	ulceraras	ulcerara	ulceráramos	ulcerarais	ulceraran
	imperfect (se)	ulcerase	ulcerases	ulcerase	ulcerásemos	ulceraseis	ulcerasen
	future¹	ulcerare	ulcerares	ulcerare	ulceráremos	ulcerareis	ulceraren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ulcera^{^tú} ulcerá^{^vos}	ulcere	ulceremos	ulcerad	ulceren
	negative		no ulceres	no ulcere	no ulceremos	no ulceréis	no ulceren

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

Selected combined forms of ulcerar

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 ulcerar	dative	ulcerarme	ulcerarte	ulcerarle, ulcerarse	ulcerarnos	ulceraros	ulcerarles, ulcerarse
with infinitive ulcerar	accusative	ulcerarme	ulcerarte	ulcerarlo, ulcerarla, ulcerarse	ulcerarnos	ulceraros	ulcerarlos, ulcerarlas, ulcerarse

with gerund ulcerando	dative	ulcerándome	ulcerándote	ulcerándole, ulcerándose	ulcerándonos	ulcerándoos	ulcerándoles, ulcerándose
with gerund ulcerando	accusative	ulcerándome	ulcerándote	ulcerándolo, ulcerándola, ulcerándose	ulcerándonos	ulcerándoos	ulcerándolos, ulcerándolas, ulcerándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative ulcera	dative	ulcérame	ulcérate	ulcérale	ulcéranos	not used	ulcérales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ulcera	accusative	ulcérame	ulcérate	ulcéralo, ulcérala	ulcéranos	not used	ulcéralos, ulcéralas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative ulcerá	dative	ulcerame	ulcerate	ulcerale	ulceranos	not used	ulcerales
	accusative	ulcerame	ulcerate	ulceralo, ulcerala	ulceranos	not used	ulceralos, ulceralas

with formal second-person singular imperative ulcere	dative	ulcéreme	not used	ulcérele, ulcérese	ulcérenos	not used	ulcéreles
with formal second-person singular imperative ulcere	accusative	ulcéreme	not used	ulcérelo, ulcérela, ulcérese	ulcérenos	not used	ulcérelos, ulcérelas

with first-person plural imperative ulceremos	dative	not used	ulcerémoste	ulcerémosle	ulcerémonos	ulcerémoos	ulcerémosles
with first-person plural imperative ulceremos	accusative	not used	ulcerémoste	ulcerémoslo, ulcerémosla	ulcerémonos	ulcerémoos	ulcerémoslos, ulcerémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ulcerad	dative	ulceradme	not used	ulceradle	ulceradnos	ulceraos	ulceradles
with informal second-person plural imperative ulcerad	accusative	ulceradme	not used	ulceradlo, ulceradla	ulceradnos	ulceraos	ulceradlos, ulceradlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ulceren	dative	ulcérenme	not used	ulcérenle	ulcérennos	not used	ulcérenles, ulcérense
with formal second-person plural imperative ulceren	accusative	ulcérenme	not used	ulcérenlo, ulcérenla	ulcérennos	not used	ulcérenlos, ulcérenlas, ulcérense