centuplicar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin centuplicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θentupliˈkaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪u.pliˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sentupliˈkaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪u.pliˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧tu‧pli‧car

Verb

centuplicar (first-person singular present centuplico, first-person singular preterite centupliqué, past participle centuplicado)

1. (transitive) to centuplicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centuplicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			centuplicar
gerund			centuplicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		centuplicado		centuplicada
		plural		centuplicados		centuplicadas
		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	centuplico	centuplicastú centuplicásvos	centuplica	centuplicamos	centuplicáis	centuplican
	imperfect	centuplicaba	centuplicabas	centuplicaba	centuplicábamos	centuplicabais	centuplicaban
	preterite	centupliqué	centuplicaste	centuplicó	centuplicamos	centuplicasteis	centuplicaron
	future	centuplicaré	centuplicarás	centuplicará	centuplicaremos	centuplicaréis	centuplicarán
	conditional	centuplicaría	centuplicarías	centuplicaría	centuplicaríamos	centuplicaríais	centuplicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	centuplique	centupliquestú centupliquésvos2	centuplique	centupliquemos	centupliquéis	centupliquen
	imperfect (ra)	centuplicara	centuplicaras	centuplicara	centuplicáramos	centuplicarais	centuplicaran
	imperfect (se)	centuplicase	centuplicases	centuplicase	centuplicásemos	centuplicaseis	centuplicasen
	future1	centuplicare	centuplicares	centuplicare	centuplicáremos	centuplicareis	centuplicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		centuplicatú centuplicávos	centuplique	centupliquemos	centuplicad	centupliquen
	negative		no centupliques	no centuplique	no centupliquemos	no centupliquéis	no centupliquen

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

    Selected combined forms of centuplicar (c-qu 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 centuplicar
	dative	centuplicarme	centuplicarte	centuplicarle, centuplicarse	centuplicarnos	centuplicaros	centuplicarles, centuplicarse
	accusative	centuplicarme	centuplicarte	centuplicarlo, centuplicarla, centuplicarse	centuplicarnos	centuplicaros	centuplicarlos, centuplicarlas, centuplicarse
with gerund centuplicando
	dative	centuplicándome	centuplicándote	centuplicándole, centuplicándose	centuplicándonos	centuplicándoos	centuplicándoles, centuplicándose
	accusative	centuplicándome	centuplicándote	centuplicándolo, centuplicándola, centuplicándose	centuplicándonos	centuplicándoos	centuplicándolos, centuplicándolas, centuplicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative centuplica
	dative	centuplícame	centuplícate	centuplícale	centuplícanos	not used	centuplícales
	accusative	centuplícame	centuplícate	centuplícalo, centuplícala	centuplícanos	not used	centuplícalos, centuplícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative centuplicá
	dative	centuplicame	centuplicate	centuplicale	centuplicanos	not used	centuplicales
	accusative	centuplicame	centuplicate	centuplicalo, centuplicala	centuplicanos	not used	centuplicalos, centuplicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative centuplique
	dative	centuplíqueme	not used	centuplíquele, centuplíquese	centuplíquenos	not used	centuplíqueles
	accusative	centuplíqueme	not used	centuplíquelo, centuplíquela, centuplíquese	centuplíquenos	not used	centuplíquelos, centuplíquelas
with first-person plural imperative centupliquemos
	dative	not used	centupliquémoste	centupliquémosle	centupliquémonos	centupliquémoos	centupliquémosles
	accusative	not used	centupliquémoste	centupliquémoslo, centupliquémosla	centupliquémonos	centupliquémoos	centupliquémoslos, centupliquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative centuplicad
	dative	centuplicadme	not used	centuplicadle	centuplicadnos	centuplicaos	centuplicadles
	accusative	centuplicadme	not used	centuplicadlo, centuplicadla	centuplicadnos	centuplicaos	centuplicadlos, centuplicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative centupliquen
	dative	centuplíquenme	not used	centuplíquenle	centuplíquennos	not used	centuplíquenles, centuplíquense
	accusative	centuplíquenme	not used	centuplíquenlo, centuplíquenla	centuplíquennos	not used	centuplíquenlos, centuplíquenlas, centuplíquense

Related terms

• céntuplo

 

Further reading

• “centuplicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014