metatizar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /metatiˈθaɾ/ [me.t̪a.t̪iˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /metatiˈsaɾ/ [me.t̪a.t̪iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧ti‧zar

Verb

metatizar (first-person singular present metatizo, first-person singular preterite metaticé, past participle metatizado)

1. To metathesize.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			metatizar
gerund			metatizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metatizado		metatizada
		plural		metatizados		metatizadas
		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	metatizo	metatizastú metatizásvos	metatiza	metatizamos	metatizáis	metatizan
	imperfect	metatizaba	metatizabas	metatizaba	metatizábamos	metatizabais	metatizaban
	preterite	metaticé	metatizaste	metatizó	metatizamos	metatizasteis	metatizaron
	future	metatizaré	metatizarás	metatizará	metatizaremos	metatizaréis	metatizarán
	conditional	metatizaría	metatizarías	metatizaría	metatizaríamos	metatizaríais	metatizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	metatice	metaticestú metaticésvos2	metatice	metaticemos	metaticéis	metaticen
	imperfect (ra)	metatizara	metatizaras	metatizara	metatizáramos	metatizarais	metatizaran
	imperfect (se)	metatizase	metatizases	metatizase	metatizásemos	metatizaseis	metatizasen
	future1	metatizare	metatizares	metatizare	metatizáremos	metatizareis	metatizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		metatizatú metatizávos	metatice	metaticemos	metatizad	metaticen
	negative		no metatices	no metatice	no metaticemos	no metaticéis	no metaticen

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

    Selected combined forms of metatizar (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 metatizar
	dative	metatizarme	metatizarte	metatizarle, metatizarse	metatizarnos	metatizaros	metatizarles, metatizarse
	accusative	metatizarme	metatizarte	metatizarlo, metatizarla, metatizarse	metatizarnos	metatizaros	metatizarlos, metatizarlas, metatizarse
with gerund metatizando
	dative	metatizándome	metatizándote	metatizándole, metatizándose	metatizándonos	metatizándoos	metatizándoles, metatizándose
	accusative	metatizándome	metatizándote	metatizándolo, metatizándola, metatizándose	metatizándonos	metatizándoos	metatizándolos, metatizándolas, metatizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative metatiza
	dative	metatízame	metatízate	metatízale	metatízanos	not used	metatízales
	accusative	metatízame	metatízate	metatízalo, metatízala	metatízanos	not used	metatízalos, metatízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative metatizá
	dative	metatizame	metatizate	metatizale	metatizanos	not used	metatizales
	accusative	metatizame	metatizate	metatizalo, metatizala	metatizanos	not used	metatizalos, metatizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative metatice
	dative	metatíceme	not used	metatícele, metatícese	metatícenos	not used	metatíceles
	accusative	metatíceme	not used	metatícelo, metatícela, metatícese	metatícenos	not used	metatícelos, metatícelas
with first-person plural imperative metaticemos
	dative	not used	metaticémoste	metaticémosle	metaticémonos	metaticémoos	metaticémosles
	accusative	not used	metaticémoste	metaticémoslo, metaticémosla	metaticémonos	metaticémoos	metaticémoslos, metaticémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative metatizad
	dative	metatizadme	not used	metatizadle	metatizadnos	metatizaos	metatizadles
	accusative	metatizadme	not used	metatizadlo, metatizadla	metatizadnos	metatizaos	metatizadlos, metatizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative metaticen
	dative	metatícenme	not used	metatícenle	metatícennos	not used	metatícenles, metatícense
	accusative	metatícenme	not used	metatícenlo, metatícenla	metatícennos	not used	metatícenlos, metatícenlas, metatícense

Further reading

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