potabilizar

Spanish

Etymology

From potable +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /potabiliˈθaɾ/ [po.t̪a.β̞i.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /potabiliˈsaɾ/ [po.t̪a.β̞i.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧ta‧bi‧li‧zar

Verb

potabilizar (first-person singular present potabilizo, first-person singular preterite potabilicé, past participle potabilizado)

1. (transitive) to make something drinkable

Conjugation

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

infinitive			potabilizar
gerund			potabilizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		potabilizado		potabilizada
		plural		potabilizados		potabilizadas
		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	potabilizo	potabilizastú potabilizásvos	potabiliza	potabilizamos	potabilizáis	potabilizan
	imperfect	potabilizaba	potabilizabas	potabilizaba	potabilizábamos	potabilizabais	potabilizaban
	preterite	potabilicé	potabilizaste	potabilizó	potabilizamos	potabilizasteis	potabilizaron
	future	potabilizaré	potabilizarás	potabilizará	potabilizaremos	potabilizaréis	potabilizarán
	conditional	potabilizaría	potabilizarías	potabilizaría	potabilizaríamos	potabilizaríais	potabilizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	potabilice	potabilicestú potabilicésvos2	potabilice	potabilicemos	potabilicéis	potabilicen
	imperfect (ra)	potabilizara	potabilizaras	potabilizara	potabilizáramos	potabilizarais	potabilizaran
	imperfect (se)	potabilizase	potabilizases	potabilizase	potabilizásemos	potabilizaseis	potabilizasen
	future1	potabilizare	potabilizares	potabilizare	potabilizáremos	potabilizareis	potabilizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		potabilizatú potabilizávos	potabilice	potabilicemos	potabilizad	potabilicen
	negative		no potabilices	no potabilice	no potabilicemos	no potabilicéis	no potabilicen

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

    Selected combined forms of potabilizar (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 potabilizar
	dative	potabilizarme	potabilizarte	potabilizarle, potabilizarse	potabilizarnos	potabilizaros	potabilizarles, potabilizarse
	accusative	potabilizarme	potabilizarte	potabilizarlo, potabilizarla, potabilizarse	potabilizarnos	potabilizaros	potabilizarlos, potabilizarlas, potabilizarse
with gerund potabilizando
	dative	potabilizándome	potabilizándote	potabilizándole, potabilizándose	potabilizándonos	potabilizándoos	potabilizándoles, potabilizándose
	accusative	potabilizándome	potabilizándote	potabilizándolo, potabilizándola, potabilizándose	potabilizándonos	potabilizándoos	potabilizándolos, potabilizándolas, potabilizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative potabiliza
	dative	potabilízame	potabilízate	potabilízale	potabilízanos	not used	potabilízales
	accusative	potabilízame	potabilízate	potabilízalo, potabilízala	potabilízanos	not used	potabilízalos, potabilízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative potabilizá
	dative	potabilizame	potabilizate	potabilizale	potabilizanos	not used	potabilizales
	accusative	potabilizame	potabilizate	potabilizalo, potabilizala	potabilizanos	not used	potabilizalos, potabilizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative potabilice
	dative	potabilíceme	not used	potabilícele, potabilícese	potabilícenos	not used	potabilíceles
	accusative	potabilíceme	not used	potabilícelo, potabilícela, potabilícese	potabilícenos	not used	potabilícelos, potabilícelas
with first-person plural imperative potabilicemos
	dative	not used	potabilicémoste	potabilicémosle	potabilicémonos	potabilicémoos	potabilicémosles
	accusative	not used	potabilicémoste	potabilicémoslo, potabilicémosla	potabilicémonos	potabilicémoos	potabilicémoslos, potabilicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative potabilizad
	dative	potabilizadme	not used	potabilizadle	potabilizadnos	potabilizaos	potabilizadles
	accusative	potabilizadme	not used	potabilizadlo, potabilizadla	potabilizadnos	potabilizaos	potabilizadlos, potabilizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative potabilicen
	dative	potabilícenme	not used	potabilícenle	potabilícennos	not used	potabilícenles, potabilícense
	accusative	potabilícenme	not used	potabilícenlo, potabilícenla	potabilícennos	not used	potabilícenlos, potabilícenlas, potabilícense

Derived terms

• potabilización
• potabilizador

 

Related terms

• potabilidad
• potable

 

Further reading

• “potabilizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16