defoliar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defoˈljaɾ/ [d̪e.foˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fo‧liar

Verb

defoliar (first-person singular present defolio, first-person singular preterite defolié, past participle defoliado)

1. to defoliate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defoliar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			defoliar
gerund			defoliando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defoliado		defoliada
		plural		defoliados		defoliadas
		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	defolio	defoliastú defoliásvos	defolia	defoliamos	defoliáis	defolian
	imperfect	defoliaba	defoliabas	defoliaba	defoliábamos	defoliabais	defoliaban
	preterite	defolié	defoliaste	defolió	defoliamos	defoliasteis	defoliaron
	future	defoliaré	defoliarás	defoliará	defoliaremos	defoliaréis	defoliarán
	conditional	defoliaría	defoliarías	defoliaría	defoliaríamos	defoliaríais	defoliarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defolie	defoliestú defoliésvos2	defolie	defoliemos	defoliéis	defolien
	imperfect (ra)	defoliara	defoliaras	defoliara	defoliáramos	defoliarais	defoliaran
	imperfect (se)	defoliase	defoliases	defoliase	defoliásemos	defoliaseis	defoliasen
	future1	defoliare	defoliares	defoliare	defoliáremos	defoliareis	defoliaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defoliatú defoliávos	defolie	defoliemos	defoliad	defolien
	negative		no defolies	no defolie	no defoliemos	no defoliéis	no defolien

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

    Selected combined forms of defoliar

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 defoliar
	dative	defoliarme	defoliarte	defoliarle, defoliarse	defoliarnos	defoliaros	defoliarles, defoliarse
	accusative	defoliarme	defoliarte	defoliarlo, defoliarla, defoliarse	defoliarnos	defoliaros	defoliarlos, defoliarlas, defoliarse
with gerund defoliando
	dative	defoliándome	defoliándote	defoliándole, defoliándose	defoliándonos	defoliándoos	defoliándoles, defoliándose
	accusative	defoliándome	defoliándote	defoliándolo, defoliándola, defoliándose	defoliándonos	defoliándoos	defoliándolos, defoliándolas, defoliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defolia
	dative	defóliame	defóliate	defóliale	defólianos	not used	defóliales
	accusative	defóliame	defóliate	defólialo, defóliala	defólianos	not used	defólialos, defólialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative defoliá
	dative	defoliame	defoliate	defoliale	defolianos	not used	defoliales
	accusative	defoliame	defoliate	defolialo, defoliala	defolianos	not used	defolialos, defolialas
with formal second-person singular imperative defolie
	dative	defólieme	not used	defóliele, defóliese	defólienos	not used	defólieles
	accusative	defólieme	not used	defólielo, defóliela, defóliese	defólienos	not used	defólielos, defólielas
with first-person plural imperative defoliemos
	dative	not used	defoliémoste	defoliémosle	defoliémonos	defoliémoos	defoliémosles
	accusative	not used	defoliémoste	defoliémoslo, defoliémosla	defoliémonos	defoliémoos	defoliémoslos, defoliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative defoliad
	dative	defoliadme	not used	defoliadle	defoliadnos	defoliaos	defoliadles
	accusative	defoliadme	not used	defoliadlo, defoliadla	defoliadnos	defoliaos	defoliadlos, defoliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defolien
	dative	defólienme	not used	defólienle	defóliennos	not used	defólienles, defóliense
	accusative	defólienme	not used	defólienlo, defólienla	defóliennos	not used	defólienlos, defólienlas, defóliense

Related terms

• defoliante

 

Further reading

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