enderezar

Galician

Alternative forms

• endereçar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese endereçar, from Vulgar Latin *indērēctiāre, from *dērēctiāre, from *dērēctus (“straight”), an alteration of Latin dīrēctus.

Verb

enderezar (first-person singular present enderezo, first-person singular preterite enderecei, past participle enderezado)

1. to address, superscribe
2. (archaic) to straighten

   Synonyms: apostar, endereitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enderezar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enderezar
Personal	enderezar	enderezares	enderezar	enderezarmos	enderezardes	enderezaren
Gerund
	enderezando
Past participle
Masculine	enderezado			enderezados
Feminine	enderezada			enderezadas
Indicative
Present	enderezo	enderezas	endereza	enderezamos	enderezades	enderezan
Imperfect	enderezaba	enderezabas	enderezaba	enderezabamos	enderezabades	enderezaban
Preterite	enderecei	enderezaches	enderezou	enderezamos	enderezastes	enderezaron
Pluperfect	enderezara	enderezaras	enderezara	enderezaramos	enderezarades	enderezaran
Future	enderezarei	enderezarás	enderezará	enderezaremos	enderezaredes	enderezarán
Conditional	enderezaría	enderezarías	enderezaría	enderezariamos	enderezariades	enderezarían
Subjunctive
Present	enderece	endereces	enderece	enderecemos	enderecedes	enderecen
Imperfect	enderezase	enderezases	enderezase	enderezásemos	enderezásedes	enderezasen
Future	enderezar	enderezares	enderezar	enderezarmos	enderezardes	enderezaren
Imperative
Affirmative		endereza	enderece	enderecemos	enderezade	enderecen
Negative (non)		non endereces	non enderece	non enderecemos	non enderecedes	non enderecen

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “endereçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “enderezar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enderezar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enderezar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ derezar, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctiāre or *dīrēctiāre, from Latin dīrēctus. Compare Italian drizzare. Alternatively, from *indīrēctiāre. Cf. Portuguese endereçar, Italian indirizzare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /endeɾeˈθaɾ/ [ẽn̪.d̪e.ɾeˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /endeɾeˈsaɾ/ [ẽn̪.d̪e.ɾeˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧de‧re‧zar

Verb

enderezar (first-person singular present enderezo, first-person singular preterite enderecé, past participle enderezado)

1. (transitive) to straighten, to straighten out
2. to address (“to aim”)

   Synonyms: aderezar, (archaic) derezar, (archaic) adrezar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			enderezar
gerund			enderezando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enderezado		enderezada
		plural		enderezados		enderezadas
		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	enderezo	enderezastú enderezásvos	endereza	enderezamos	enderezáis	enderezan
	imperfect	enderezaba	enderezabas	enderezaba	enderezábamos	enderezabais	enderezaban
	preterite	enderecé	enderezaste	enderezó	enderezamos	enderezasteis	enderezaron
	future	enderezaré	enderezarás	enderezará	enderezaremos	enderezaréis	enderezarán
	conditional	enderezaría	enderezarías	enderezaría	enderezaríamos	enderezaríais	enderezarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enderece	enderecestú enderecésvos2	enderece	enderecemos	enderecéis	enderecen
	imperfect (ra)	enderezara	enderezaras	enderezara	enderezáramos	enderezarais	enderezaran
	imperfect (se)	enderezase	enderezases	enderezase	enderezásemos	enderezaseis	enderezasen
	future1	enderezare	enderezares	enderezare	enderezáremos	enderezareis	enderezaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enderezatú enderezávos	enderece	enderecemos	enderezad	enderecen
	negative		no endereces	no enderece	no enderecemos	no enderecéis	no enderecen

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

    Selected combined forms of enderezar (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 enderezar	dative	enderezarme	enderezarte	enderezarle, enderezarse	enderezarnos	enderezaros	enderezarles, enderezarse
	accusative	enderezarme	enderezarte	enderezarlo, enderezarla, enderezarse	enderezarnos	enderezaros	enderezarlos, enderezarlas, enderezarse
with gerund enderezando	dative	enderezándome	enderezándote	enderezándole, enderezándose	enderezándonos	enderezándoos	enderezándoles, enderezándose
	accusative	enderezándome	enderezándote	enderezándolo, enderezándola, enderezándose	enderezándonos	enderezándoos	enderezándolos, enderezándolas, enderezándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative endereza	dative	enderézame	enderézate	enderézale	enderézanos	not used	enderézales
	accusative	enderézame	enderézate	enderézalo, enderézala	enderézanos	not used	enderézalos, enderézalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative enderezá	dative	enderezame	enderezate	enderezale	enderezanos	not used	enderezales
	accusative	enderezame	enderezate	enderezalo, enderezala	enderezanos	not used	enderezalos, enderezalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enderece	dative	enderéceme	not used	enderécele, enderécese	enderécenos	not used	enderéceles
	accusative	enderéceme	not used	enderécelo, enderécela, enderécese	enderécenos	not used	enderécelos, enderécelas
with first-person plural imperative enderecemos	dative	not used	enderecémoste	enderecémosle	enderecémonos	enderecémoos	enderecémosles
	accusative	not used	enderecémoste	enderecémoslo, enderecémosla	enderecémonos	enderecémoos	enderecémoslos, enderecémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enderezad	dative	enderezadme	not used	enderezadle	enderezadnos	enderezaos	enderezadles
	accusative	enderezadme	not used	enderezadlo, enderezadla	enderezadnos	enderezaos	enderezadlos, enderezadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enderecen	dative	enderécenme	not used	enderécenle	enderécennos	not used	enderécenles, enderécense
	accusative	enderécenme	not used	enderécenlo, enderécenla	enderécennos	not used	enderécenlos, enderécenlas, enderécense

Derived terms

• enderezador
• enderezamiento

Related terms

• aderezar
• derecho

Further reading

• “enderezar”, 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