baptizar

Portuguese

Verb

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin baptizāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζειν (baptízein).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /babtiˈθaɾ/ [baβ̞.t̪iˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /babtiˈsaɾ/ [baβ̞.t̪iˈsaɾ]

Verb

baptizar (first-person singular present baptizo, first-person singular preterite bapticé, past participle baptizado)

1. (obsolete) to baptise

Conjugation

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

infinitive			baptizar
gerund			baptizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		baptizado		baptizada
		plural		baptizados		baptizadas
		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	baptizo	baptizastú baptizásvos	baptiza	baptizamos	baptizáis	baptizan
	imperfect	baptizaba	baptizabas	baptizaba	baptizábamos	baptizabais	baptizaban
	preterite	bapticé	baptizaste	baptizó	baptizamos	baptizasteis	baptizaron
	future	baptizaré	baptizarás	baptizará	baptizaremos	baptizaréis	baptizarán
	conditional	baptizaría	baptizarías	baptizaría	baptizaríamos	baptizaríais	baptizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	baptice	bapticestú bapticésvos2	baptice	bapticemos	bapticéis	bapticen
	imperfect (ra)	baptizara	baptizaras	baptizara	baptizáramos	baptizarais	baptizaran
	imperfect (se)	baptizase	baptizases	baptizase	baptizásemos	baptizaseis	baptizasen
	future1	baptizare	baptizares	baptizare	baptizáremos	baptizareis	baptizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		baptizatú baptizávos	baptice	bapticemos	baptizad	bapticen
	negative		no baptices	no baptice	no bapticemos	no bapticéis	no bapticen

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

    Selected combined forms of baptizar (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 baptizar
	dative	baptizarme	baptizarte	baptizarle, baptizarse	baptizarnos	baptizaros	baptizarles, baptizarse
	accusative	baptizarme	baptizarte	baptizarlo, baptizarla, baptizarse	baptizarnos	baptizaros	baptizarlos, baptizarlas, baptizarse
with gerund baptizando
	dative	baptizándome	baptizándote	baptizándole, baptizándose	baptizándonos	baptizándoos	baptizándoles, baptizándose
	accusative	baptizándome	baptizándote	baptizándolo, baptizándola, baptizándose	baptizándonos	baptizándoos	baptizándolos, baptizándolas, baptizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative baptiza
	dative	baptízame	baptízate	baptízale	baptízanos	not used	baptízales
	accusative	baptízame	baptízate	baptízalo, baptízala	baptízanos	not used	baptízalos, baptízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative baptizá
	dative	baptizame	baptizate	baptizale	baptizanos	not used	baptizales
	accusative	baptizame	baptizate	baptizalo, baptizala	baptizanos	not used	baptizalos, baptizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative baptice
	dative	baptíceme	not used	baptícele, baptícese	baptícenos	not used	baptíceles
	accusative	baptíceme	not used	baptícelo, baptícela, baptícese	baptícenos	not used	baptícelos, baptícelas
with first-person plural imperative bapticemos
	dative	not used	bapticémoste	bapticémosle	bapticémonos	bapticémoos	bapticémosles
	accusative	not used	bapticémoste	bapticémoslo, bapticémosla	bapticémonos	bapticémoos	bapticémoslos, bapticémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative baptizad
	dative	baptizadme	not used	baptizadle	baptizadnos	baptizaos	baptizadles
	accusative	baptizadme	not used	baptizadlo, baptizadla	baptizadnos	baptizaos	baptizadlos, baptizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bapticen
	dative	baptícenme	not used	baptícenle	baptícennos	not used	baptícenles, baptícense
	accusative	baptícenme	not used	baptícenlo, baptícenla	baptícennos	not used	baptícenlos, baptícenlas, baptícense

Further reading

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