economizar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ko.no.miˈza(ʁ)/ [e.ko.no.miˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ko.no.miˈza(ʁ)/ [e.ko.no.miˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.ko.no.miˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.ko.no.miˈza(ʁ)/ [e.ko.no.miˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.ko.no.miˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ku.nu.miˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ku.nu.miˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ku.nu.miˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧co‧no‧mi‧zar

Verb

economizar (first-person singular present economizo, first-person singular preterite economizei, past participle economizado)

1. to economize, save

Conjugation

    Conjugation of economizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	economizar
Personal	economizar	economizares	economizar	economizarmos	economizardes	economizarem
Gerund
	economizando
Past participle
Masculine	economizado			economizados
Feminine	economizada			economizadas
Indicative
Present	economizo	economizas	economiza	economizamos	economizais	economizam
Imperfect	economizava	economizavas	economizava	economizávamos	economizáveis	economizavam
Preterite	economizei	economizaste	economizou	economizamos1, economizámos2	economizastes	economizaram
Pluperfect	economizara	economizaras	economizara	economizáramos	economizáreis	economizaram
Future	economizarei	economizarás	economizará	economizaremos	economizareis	economizarão
Conditional	economizaria	economizarias	economizaria	economizaríamos	economizaríeis	economizariam
Subjunctive
Present	economize	economizes	economize	economizemos	economizeis	economizem
Imperfect	economizasse	economizasses	economizasse	economizássemos	economizásseis	economizassem
Future	economizar	economizares	economizar	economizarmos	economizardes	economizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		economiza	economize	economizemos	economizai	economizem
Negative (não)		não economizes	não economize	não economizemos	não economizeis	não economizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “economizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “economizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekonomiˈθaɾ/ [e.ko.no.miˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ekonomiˈsaɾ/ [e.ko.no.miˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧co‧no‧mi‧zar

Verb

economizar (first-person singular present economizo, first-person singular preterite economicé, past participle economizado)

1. (transitive) to economize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			economizar
gerund			economizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		economizado		economizada
		plural		economizados		economizadas
		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	economizo	economizastú economizásvos	economiza	economizamos	economizáis	economizan
	imperfect	economizaba	economizabas	economizaba	economizábamos	economizabais	economizaban
	preterite	economicé	economizaste	economizó	economizamos	economizasteis	economizaron
	future	economizaré	economizarás	economizará	economizaremos	economizaréis	economizarán
	conditional	economizaría	economizarías	economizaría	economizaríamos	economizaríais	economizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	economice	economicestú economicésvos2	economice	economicemos	economicéis	economicen
	imperfect (ra)	economizara	economizaras	economizara	economizáramos	economizarais	economizaran
	imperfect (se)	economizase	economizases	economizase	economizásemos	economizaseis	economizasen
	future1	economizare	economizares	economizare	economizáremos	economizareis	economizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		economizatú economizávos	economice	economicemos	economizad	economicen
	negative		no economices	no economice	no economicemos	no economicéis	no economicen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of economizar (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 economizar	dative	economizarme	economizarte	economizarle, economizarse	economizarnos	economizaros	economizarles, economizarse
	accusative	economizarme	economizarte	economizarlo, economizarla, economizarse	economizarnos	economizaros	economizarlos, economizarlas, economizarse
with gerund economizando	dative	economizándome	economizándote	economizándole, economizándose	economizándonos	economizándoos	economizándoles, economizándose
	accusative	economizándome	economizándote	economizándolo, economizándola, economizándose	economizándonos	economizándoos	economizándolos, economizándolas, economizándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative economiza	dative	economízame	economízate	economízale	economízanos	not used	economízales
	accusative	economízame	economízate	economízalo, economízala	economízanos	not used	economízalos, economízalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative economizá	dative	economizame	economizate	economizale	economizanos	not used	economizales
	accusative	economizame	economizate	economizalo, economizala	economizanos	not used	economizalos, economizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative economice	dative	economíceme	not used	economícele, economícese	economícenos	not used	economíceles
	accusative	economíceme	not used	economícelo, economícela, economícese	economícenos	not used	economícelos, economícelas
with first-person plural imperative economicemos	dative	not used	economicémoste	economicémosle	economicémonos	economicémoos	economicémosles
	accusative	not used	economicémoste	economicémoslo, economicémosla	economicémonos	economicémoos	economicémoslos, economicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative economizad	dative	economizadme	not used	economizadle	economizadnos	economizaos	economizadles
	accusative	economizadme	not used	economizadlo, economizadla	economizadnos	economizaos	economizadlos, economizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative economicen	dative	economícenme	not used	economícenle	economícennos	not used	economícenles, economícense
	accusative	economícenme	not used	economícenlo, economícenla	economícennos	not used	economícenlos, economícenlas, economícense

Derived terms

• economización
• economizador

Further reading

• “economizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025