horrorizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin horrōremlbor.

Portuguese horror

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izārelbor.

Portuguese -izar

Portuguese horrorizar

From horror + -izar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ʁo.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [o.ho.ɾiˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ʁo.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [o.ho.ɾiˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.ʁo.ɾiˈza(ɾ)/ [o.ho.ɾiˈza(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.ʁo.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [o.χo.ɾiˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /o.ʁo.ɾiˈza(ɻ)/ [o.ho.ɾiˈza(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁu.ɾiˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁu.ɾiˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁu.ɾiˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: hor‧ro‧ri‧zar

Verb

horrorizar (first-person singular present horrorizo, first-person singular preterite horrorizei, past participle horrorizado)

1. (transitive) to horrify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of horrorizar (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	horrorizar
Personal	horrorizar	horrorizares	horrorizar	horrorizarmos	horrorizardes	horrorizarem
Gerund
	horrorizando
Past participle
Masculine	horrorizado			horrorizados
Feminine	horrorizada			horrorizadas
Indicative
Present	horrorizo	horrorizas	horroriza	horrorizamos	horrorizais	horrorizam
Imperfect	horrorizava	horrorizavas	horrorizava	horrorizávamos	horrorizáveis	horrorizavam
Preterite	horrorizei	horrorizaste	horrorizou	horrorizamos1, horrorizámos2	horrorizastes	horrorizaram
Pluperfect	horrorizara	horrorizaras	horrorizara	horrorizáramos	horrorizáreis	horrorizaram
Future	horrorizarei	horrorizarás	horrorizará	horrorizaremos	horrorizareis	horrorizarão
Conditional	horrorizaria	horrorizarias	horrorizaria	horrorizaríamos	horrorizaríeis	horrorizariam
Subjunctive
Present	horrorize	horrorizes	horrorize	horrorizemos	horrorizeis	horrorizem
Imperfect	horrorizasse	horrorizasses	horrorizasse	horrorizássemos	horrorizásseis	horrorizassem
Future	horrorizar	horrorizares	horrorizar	horrorizarmos	horrorizardes	horrorizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		horroriza	horrorize	horrorizemos	horrorizai	horrorizem
Negative (não)		não horrorizes	não horrorize	não horrorizemos	não horrorizeis	não horrorizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “horrorizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish horror

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōlbor.

Old Spanish -izar

Spanish -izar

Spanish horrorizar

From horror + -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oroɾiˈθaɾ/ [o.ro.ɾiˈθaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /oroɾiˈsaɾ/ [o.ro.ɾiˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ho‧rro‧ri‧zar

Verb

horrorizar (first-person singular present horrorizo, first-person singular preterite horroricé, past participle horrorizado)

1. (transitive) to horrify

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			horrorizar
gerund			horrorizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		horrorizado		horrorizada
		plural		horrorizados		horrorizadas
		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	horrorizo	horrorizastú horrorizásvos	horroriza	horrorizamos	horrorizáis	horrorizan
	imperfect	horrorizaba	horrorizabas	horrorizaba	horrorizábamos	horrorizabais	horrorizaban
	preterite	horroricé	horrorizaste	horrorizó	horrorizamos	horrorizasteis	horrorizaron
	future	horrorizaré	horrorizarás	horrorizará	horrorizaremos	horrorizaréis	horrorizarán
	conditional	horrorizaría	horrorizarías	horrorizaría	horrorizaríamos	horrorizaríais	horrorizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	horrorice	horroricestú horroricésvos2	horrorice	horroricemos	horroricéis	horroricen
	imperfect (ra)	horrorizara	horrorizaras	horrorizara	horrorizáramos	horrorizarais	horrorizaran
	imperfect (se)	horrorizase	horrorizases	horrorizase	horrorizásemos	horrorizaseis	horrorizasen
	future1	horrorizare	horrorizares	horrorizare	horrorizáremos	horrorizareis	horrorizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		horrorizatú horrorizávos	horrorice	horroricemos	horrorizad	horroricen
	negative		no horrorices	no horrorice	no horroricemos	no horroricéis	no horroricen

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

    Selected combined forms of horrorizar (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 horrorizar	dative	horrorizarme	horrorizarte	horrorizarle, horrorizarse	horrorizarnos	horrorizaros	horrorizarles, horrorizarse
	accusative	horrorizarme	horrorizarte	horrorizarlo, horrorizarla, horrorizarse	horrorizarnos	horrorizaros	horrorizarlos, horrorizarlas, horrorizarse
with gerund horrorizando	dative	horrorizándome	horrorizándote	horrorizándole, horrorizándose	horrorizándonos	horrorizándoos	horrorizándoles, horrorizándose
	accusative	horrorizándome	horrorizándote	horrorizándolo, horrorizándola, horrorizándose	horrorizándonos	horrorizándoos	horrorizándolos, horrorizándolas, horrorizándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative horroriza	dative	horrorízame	horrorízate	horrorízale	horrorízanos	not used	horrorízales
	accusative	horrorízame	horrorízate	horrorízalo, horrorízala	horrorízanos	not used	horrorízalos, horrorízalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative horrorizá	dative	horrorizame	horrorizate	horrorizale	horrorizanos	not used	horrorizales
	accusative	horrorizame	horrorizate	horrorizalo, horrorizala	horrorizanos	not used	horrorizalos, horrorizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative horrorice	dative	horroríceme	not used	horrorícele, horrorícese	horrorícenos	not used	horroríceles
	accusative	horroríceme	not used	horrorícelo, horrorícela, horrorícese	horrorícenos	not used	horrorícelos, horrorícelas
with first-person plural imperative horroricemos	dative	not used	horroricémoste	horroricémosle	horroricémonos	horroricémoos	horroricémosles
	accusative	not used	horroricémoste	horroricémoslo, horroricémosla	horroricémonos	horroricémoos	horroricémoslos, horroricémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative horrorizad	dative	horrorizadme	not used	horrorizadle	horrorizadnos	horrorizaos	horrorizadles
	accusative	horrorizadme	not used	horrorizadlo, horrorizadla	horrorizadnos	horrorizaos	horrorizadlos, horrorizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative horroricen	dative	horrorícenme	not used	horrorícenle	horrorícennos	not used	horrorícenles, horrorícense
	accusative	horrorícenme	not used	horrorícenlo, horrorícenla	horrorícennos	not used	horrorícenlos, horrorícenlas, horrorícense

Further reading

• “horrorizar”, 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