pulverizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulverizāre. See pó.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puw.ve.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [puʊ̯.ve.ɾiˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puw.ve.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [puʊ̯.ve.ɾiˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /puw.ve.ɾiˈza(ɾ)/ [puʊ̯.ve.ɾiˈza(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puw.ve.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [puʊ̯.ve.ɾiˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /puw.ve.ɾiˈza(ɻ)/ [puʊ̯.ve.ɾiˈza(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pul.vɨ.ɾiˈzaɾ/ [puɫ.vɨ.ɾiˈzaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pul.vɨ.ɾiˈzaɾ/ [puɫ.vɨ.ɾiˈzaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pul.bɨ.ɾiˈzaɾ/ [puɫ.βɨ.ɾiˈzaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pul.vɨ.ɾiˈza.ɾi/ [puɫ.vɨ.ɾiˈza.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pul‧ve‧ri‧zar

Verb

pulverizar (first-person singular present pulverizo, first-person singular preterite pulverizei, past participle pulverizado)

1. to pulverize, atomize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pulverizar (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	pulverizar
Personal	pulverizar	pulverizares	pulverizar	pulverizarmos	pulverizardes	pulverizarem
Gerund
	pulverizando
Past participle
Masculine	pulverizado			pulverizados
Feminine	pulverizada			pulverizadas
Indicative
Present	pulverizo	pulverizas	pulveriza	pulverizamos	pulverizais	pulverizam
Imperfect	pulverizava	pulverizavas	pulverizava	pulverizávamos	pulverizáveis	pulverizavam
Preterite	pulverizei	pulverizaste	pulverizou	pulverizamos1, pulverizámos2	pulverizastes	pulverizaram
Pluperfect	pulverizara	pulverizaras	pulverizara	pulverizáramos	pulverizáreis	pulverizaram
Future	pulverizarei	pulverizarás	pulverizará	pulverizaremos	pulverizareis	pulverizarão
Conditional	pulverizaria	pulverizarias	pulverizaria	pulverizaríamos	pulverizaríeis	pulverizariam
Subjunctive
Present	pulverize	pulverizes	pulverize	pulverizemos	pulverizeis	pulverizem
Imperfect	pulverizasse	pulverizasses	pulverizasse	pulverizássemos	pulverizásseis	pulverizassem
Future	pulverizar	pulverizares	pulverizar	pulverizarmos	pulverizardes	pulverizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pulveriza	pulverize	pulverizemos	pulverizai	pulverizem
Negative (não)		não pulverizes	não pulverize	não pulverizemos	não pulverizeis	não pulverizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• pulverizador

Related terms

• pó

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulverizāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pulbeɾiˈθaɾ/ [pul.β̞e.ɾiˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pulbeɾiˈsaɾ/ [pul.β̞e.ɾiˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pul‧ve‧ri‧zar

Verb

pulverizar (first-person singular present pulverizo, first-person singular preterite pulvericé, past participle pulverizado)

1. (transitive) to pulverize, atomize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			pulverizar
gerund			pulverizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pulverizado		pulverizada
		plural		pulverizados		pulverizadas
		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	pulverizo	pulverizastú pulverizásvos	pulveriza	pulverizamos	pulverizáis	pulverizan
	imperfect	pulverizaba	pulverizabas	pulverizaba	pulverizábamos	pulverizabais	pulverizaban
	preterite	pulvericé	pulverizaste	pulverizó	pulverizamos	pulverizasteis	pulverizaron
	future	pulverizaré	pulverizarás	pulverizará	pulverizaremos	pulverizaréis	pulverizarán
	conditional	pulverizaría	pulverizarías	pulverizaría	pulverizaríamos	pulverizaríais	pulverizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pulverice	pulvericestú pulvericésvos2	pulverice	pulvericemos	pulvericéis	pulvericen
	imperfect (ra)	pulverizara	pulverizaras	pulverizara	pulverizáramos	pulverizarais	pulverizaran
	imperfect (se)	pulverizase	pulverizases	pulverizase	pulverizásemos	pulverizaseis	pulverizasen
	future1	pulverizare	pulverizares	pulverizare	pulverizáremos	pulverizareis	pulverizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pulverizatú pulverizávos	pulverice	pulvericemos	pulverizad	pulvericen
	negative		no pulverices	no pulverice	no pulvericemos	no pulvericéis	no pulvericen

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

    Selected combined forms of pulverizar (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 pulverizar	dative	pulverizarme	pulverizarte	pulverizarle, pulverizarse	pulverizarnos	pulverizaros	pulverizarles, pulverizarse
	accusative	pulverizarme	pulverizarte	pulverizarlo, pulverizarla, pulverizarse	pulverizarnos	pulverizaros	pulverizarlos, pulverizarlas, pulverizarse
with gerund pulverizando	dative	pulverizándome	pulverizándote	pulverizándole, pulverizándose	pulverizándonos	pulverizándoos	pulverizándoles, pulverizándose
	accusative	pulverizándome	pulverizándote	pulverizándolo, pulverizándola, pulverizándose	pulverizándonos	pulverizándoos	pulverizándolos, pulverizándolas, pulverizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pulveriza	dative	pulverízame	pulverízate	pulverízale	pulverízanos	not used	pulverízales
	accusative	pulverízame	pulverízate	pulverízalo, pulverízala	pulverízanos	not used	pulverízalos, pulverízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pulverizá	dative	pulverizame	pulverizate	pulverizale	pulverizanos	not used	pulverizales
	accusative	pulverizame	pulverizate	pulverizalo, pulverizala	pulverizanos	not used	pulverizalos, pulverizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pulverice	dative	pulveríceme	not used	pulverícele, pulverícese	pulverícenos	not used	pulveríceles
	accusative	pulveríceme	not used	pulverícelo, pulverícela, pulverícese	pulverícenos	not used	pulverícelos, pulverícelas
with first-person plural imperative pulvericemos	dative	not used	pulvericémoste	pulvericémosle	pulvericémonos	pulvericémoos	pulvericémosles
	accusative	not used	pulvericémoste	pulvericémoslo, pulvericémosla	pulvericémonos	pulvericémoos	pulvericémoslos, pulvericémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pulverizad	dative	pulverizadme	not used	pulverizadle	pulverizadnos	pulverizaos	pulverizadles
	accusative	pulverizadme	not used	pulverizadlo, pulverizadla	pulverizadnos	pulverizaos	pulverizadlos, pulverizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pulvericen	dative	pulverícenme	not used	pulverícenle	pulverícennos	not used	pulverícenles, pulverícense
	accusative	pulverícenme	not used	pulverícenlo, pulverícenla	pulverícennos	not used	pulverícenlos, pulverícenlas, pulverícense

Derived terms

• pulverizable
• pulverización
• pulverizador

Related terms

• polvo
• pólvora

Further reading

• “pulverizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10