memorizar

Occitan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

memorizar

1. to memorize

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		memorizar			aver memorizat
gerund		memorizant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		memorizat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	memorizi	memorizas	memoriza	memorizam	memorizatz	memorizan
	imperfect	memorizavi	memorizavas	memorizava	memorizàvem	memorizàvetz	memorizavan
	preterite	memorizèri	memorizères	memorizèt	memorizèrem	memorizèretz	memorizèron
	future	memorizarai	memorizaràs	memorizarà	memorizarem	memorizaretz	memorizaràn
	conditional	memorizariái	memorizariás	memorizariá	memorizariam	memorizariatz	memorizarián
	conditional 2nd form1	memorizèra	memorizèras	memorizèra	memorizeram	memorizeratz	memorizèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	memorize	memorizes	memorize	memorizem	memorizetz	memorizen
	imperfect	memorizèssi	memorizèsses	memorizèsse	memorizèssem	memorizèssetz	memorizèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			memoriza		memorizem	memorizatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		memorizar			aver memorizat
gerund		memorizant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		memorizat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	memorize	memorizes	memoriza	memorizam	memorizatz	memorizon
	imperfect	memorizave	memorizaves	memorizava	memorizaviam	memorizaviatz	memorizavon
	preterite	memorizere	memorizeres	memorizet	memorizem	memorizetz	memorizeron
	future	memorizarai	memorizaràs	memorizará	memorizarem	memorizaretz	memorizarán
	conditional	memorizariá	memorizariás	memorizariá	memorizariam	memorizariatz	memorizarián
	conditional 2nd form1	memorizèra	memorizèras	memorizèra	memorizeram	memorizeratz	memorizèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	memorize	memorizes	memorize	memorizassiam	memorizassiatz	memorizon
	imperfect	memorizesse	memorizesses	memorizesse	memorizessiam	memorizessiatz	memorizesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			memoriza		memorizassiam	memorizatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		memorizar			aver memorizat
gerund		memorizant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		memorizat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	memorizi	memorizas	memoriza	memorizam	memorizatz	memorizan
	imperfect	memorizavi	memorizavas	memorizava	memorizàvam	memorizàvatz	memorizavan
	preterite	memorizèi	memorizès	memorizè	memorizèm	memorizètz	memorizèn
	future	memorizarèi	memorizaràs	memorizarà	memorizaram	memorizaratz	memorizaràn
	conditional	memorizarí	memorizarés	memorizaré	memorizarem	memorizaretz	memorizarén
	conditional 2nd form1	memorizèra	memorizèras	memorizèra	memorizeram	memorizeratz	memorizèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	memorizi	memorizes	memorize	memorizem	memorizetz	memorizen
	imperfect	memorizèssi	memorizèsses	memorizèsse	memorizèssem	memorizèssetz	memorizèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			memoriza		memorizem	memorizatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		memorizar			aver memorizat
gerund		memorizant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		memorizat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	memorize	memorizas	memoriza	memorizam	memorizatz	memorizan
	imperfect	memorizava	memorizavas	memorizava	memorizàvam	memorizàvatz	memorizavan
	preterite	memorizei	memorizeras	memorizet	memorizèram	memorizèratz	memorizeran
	future	memorizarai	memorizaràs	memorizará	memorizarem	memorizaretz	memorizarán
	conditional	memorizariá	memorizariàs	memorizariá	memorizariam	memorizariatz	memorizarián
	conditional 2nd form1	memorizèra	memorizèras	memorizèra	memorizeram	memorizeratz	memorizèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	memorize	memorizes	memorize	memorizem	memorizetz	memorizen
	imperfect	memorizèsse	memorizèsses	memorizèsse	memorizèssem	memorizèssetz	memorizèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			memoriza		memorizem	memorizatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		memorizar			aver memorizat
gerund		memorizant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		memorizat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	memorize	memorizes	memoriza	memorizam	memorizatz	memorizan
	imperfect	memorizavi	memorizavas	memorizava	memorizàvem	memorizàvetz	memorizavan
	preterite	memorizère	memorizères	memorizèt	memorizeriam	memorizeriatz	memorizèron
	future	memorizarai	memorizaràs	memorizarà	memorizarem	memorizaretz	memorizaràn
	conditional	memorizariáu	memorizariás	memorizariá	memorizariam	memorizariatz	memorizarián
	conditional 2nd form1	memorizèra	memorizèras	memorizèra	memorizeram	memorizeratz	memorizèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	memorize	memorizes	memorize	memorizem	memorizetz	memorizan
	imperfect	memorizèsse	memorizèsses	memorizèsse	memorizessiam	memorizessiatz	memorizèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			memoriza		memorizem	memorizatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

From memória (“memory”) +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.mo.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [me.mo.ɾiˈza(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.mu.ɾiˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.mu.ɾiˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.mu.ɾiˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: me‧mo‧ri‧zar

Verb

memorizar (first-person singular present memorizo, first-person singular preterite memorizei, past participle memorizado)

1. to memorize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of memorizar (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	memorizar
Personal	memorizar	memorizares	memorizar	memorizarmos	memorizardes	memorizarem
Gerund
	memorizando
Past participle
Masculine	memorizado			memorizados
Feminine	memorizada			memorizadas
Indicative
Present	memorizo	memorizas	memoriza	memorizamos	memorizais	memorizam
Imperfect	memorizava	memorizavas	memorizava	memorizávamos	memorizáveis	memorizavam
Preterite	memorizei	memorizaste	memorizou	memorizamos1, memorizámos2	memorizastes	memorizaram
Pluperfect	memorizara	memorizaras	memorizara	memorizáramos	memorizáreis	memorizaram
Future	memorizarei	memorizarás	memorizará	memorizaremos	memorizareis	memorizarão
Conditional	memorizaria	memorizarias	memorizaria	memorizaríamos	memorizaríeis	memorizariam
Subjunctive
Present	memorize	memorizes	memorize	memorizemos	memorizeis	memorizem
Imperfect	memorizasse	memorizasses	memorizasse	memorizássemos	memorizásseis	memorizassem
Future	memorizar	memorizares	memorizar	memorizarmos	memorizardes	memorizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		memoriza	memorize	memorizemos	memorizai	memorizem
Negative (não)		não memorizes	não memorize	não memorizemos	não memorizeis	não memorizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memoɾiˈθaɾ/ [me.mo.ɾiˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /memoɾiˈsaɾ/ [me.mo.ɾiˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧mo‧ri‧zar

Verb

memorizar (first-person singular present memorizo, first-person singular preterite memoricé, past participle memorizado)

1. (transitive) to memorize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			memorizar
gerund			memorizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		memorizado		memorizada
		plural		memorizados		memorizadas
		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	memorizo	memorizastú memorizásvos	memoriza	memorizamos	memorizáis	memorizan
	imperfect	memorizaba	memorizabas	memorizaba	memorizábamos	memorizabais	memorizaban
	preterite	memoricé	memorizaste	memorizó	memorizamos	memorizasteis	memorizaron
	future	memorizaré	memorizarás	memorizará	memorizaremos	memorizaréis	memorizarán
	conditional	memorizaría	memorizarías	memorizaría	memorizaríamos	memorizaríais	memorizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	memorice	memoricestú memoricésvos2	memorice	memoricemos	memoricéis	memoricen
	imperfect (ra)	memorizara	memorizaras	memorizara	memorizáramos	memorizarais	memorizaran
	imperfect (se)	memorizase	memorizases	memorizase	memorizásemos	memorizaseis	memorizasen
	future1	memorizare	memorizares	memorizare	memorizáremos	memorizareis	memorizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		memorizatú memorizávos	memorice	memoricemos	memorizad	memoricen
	negative		no memorices	no memorice	no memoricemos	no memoricéis	no memoricen

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

    Selected combined forms of memorizar (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 memorizar	dative	memorizarme	memorizarte	memorizarle, memorizarse	memorizarnos	memorizaros	memorizarles, memorizarse
	accusative	memorizarme	memorizarte	memorizarlo, memorizarla, memorizarse	memorizarnos	memorizaros	memorizarlos, memorizarlas, memorizarse
with gerund memorizando	dative	memorizándome	memorizándote	memorizándole, memorizándose	memorizándonos	memorizándoos	memorizándoles, memorizándose
	accusative	memorizándome	memorizándote	memorizándolo, memorizándola, memorizándose	memorizándonos	memorizándoos	memorizándolos, memorizándolas, memorizándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative memoriza	dative	memorízame	memorízate	memorízale	memorízanos	not used	memorízales
	accusative	memorízame	memorízate	memorízalo, memorízala	memorízanos	not used	memorízalos, memorízalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative memorizá	dative	memorizame	memorizate	memorizale	memorizanos	not used	memorizales
	accusative	memorizame	memorizate	memorizalo, memorizala	memorizanos	not used	memorizalos, memorizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative memorice	dative	memoríceme	not used	memorícele, memorícese	memorícenos	not used	memoríceles
	accusative	memoríceme	not used	memorícelo, memorícela, memorícese	memorícenos	not used	memorícelos, memorícelas
with first-person plural imperative memoricemos	dative	not used	memoricémoste	memoricémosle	memoricémonos	memoricémoos	memoricémosles
	accusative	not used	memoricémoste	memoricémoslo, memoricémosla	memoricémonos	memoricémoos	memoricémoslos, memoricémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative memorizad	dative	memorizadme	not used	memorizadle	memorizadnos	memorizaos	memorizadles
	accusative	memorizadme	not used	memorizadlo, memorizadla	memorizadnos	memorizaos	memorizadlos, memorizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative memoricen	dative	memorícenme	not used	memorícenle	memorícennos	not used	memorícenles, memorícense
	accusative	memorícenme	not used	memorícenlo, memorícenla	memorícennos	not used	memorícenlos, memorícenlas, memorícense

Related terms

• memoria

Further reading

• “memorizar”, 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