concientizar

Spanish

Etymology

From consciente +‎ -izar, with spelling influenced by concienciar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /konθjentiˈθaɾ/ [kõn̟.θjẽn̪.t̪iˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /konsjentiˈsaɾ/ [kõn.sjẽn̪.t̪iˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧cien‧ti‧zar

Verb

concientizar (first-person singular present concientizo, first-person singular preterite concienticé, past participle concientizado)

  1. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become aware, to be made aware (of something)
  2. (transitive) to raise awareness
    Synonym: concienciar
    • 2015 September 15, “De casa en casa para salvar la lengua nasa yuwe”, in El País‎:
      Nosotros lo que hacemos es concientizar de que nuestro idioma es importante y que la gente piense como nasa”, asegura.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of concientizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive concientizar
gerund concientizando
past participle masculine feminine
singular concientizado concientizada
plural concientizados concientizadas
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 concientizo concientizastú
concientizásvos		 concientiza concientizamos concientizáis concientizan
imperfect concientizaba concientizabas concientizaba concientizábamos concientizabais concientizaban
preterite concienticé concientizaste concientizó concientizamos concientizasteis concientizaron
future concientizaré concientizarás concientizará concientizaremos concientizaréis concientizarán
conditional concientizaría concientizarías concientizaría concientizaríamos concientizaríais concientizarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present concientice concienticestú
concienticésvos2		 concientice concienticemos concienticéis concienticen
imperfect
(ra)		 concientizara concientizaras concientizara concientizáramos concientizarais concientizaran
imperfect
(se)		 concientizase concientizases concientizase concientizásemos concientizaseis concientizasen
future1 concientizare concientizares concientizare concientizáremos concientizareis concientizaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative concientizatú
concientizávos		 concientice concienticemos concientizad concienticen
negative no concientices no concientice no concienticemos no concienticéis no concienticen

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

    Selected combined forms of concientizar (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 concientizar
dative concientizarme concientizarte concientizarle, concientizarse concientizarnos concientizaros concientizarles, concientizarse
accusative concientizarme concientizarte concientizarlo, concientizarla, concientizarse concientizarnos concientizaros concientizarlos, concientizarlas, concientizarse
with gerund concientizando
dative concientizándome concientizándote concientizándole, concientizándose concientizándonos concientizándoos concientizándoles, concientizándose
accusative concientizándome concientizándote concientizándolo, concientizándola, concientizándose concientizándonos concientizándoos concientizándolos, concientizándolas, concientizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative concientiza
dative concientízame concientízate concientízale concientízanos not used concientízales
accusative concientízame concientízate concientízalo, concientízala concientízanos not used concientízalos, concientízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative concientizá
dative concientizame concientizate concientizale concientizanos not used concientizales
accusative concientizame concientizate concientizalo, concientizala concientizanos not used concientizalos, concientizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative concientice
dative concientíceme not used concientícele, concientícese concientícenos not used concientíceles
accusative concientíceme not used concientícelo, concientícela, concientícese concientícenos not used concientícelos, concientícelas
with first-person plural imperative concienticemos
dative not used concienticémoste concienticémosle concienticémonos concienticémoos concienticémosles
accusative not used concienticémoste concienticémoslo, concienticémosla concienticémonos concienticémoos concienticémoslos, concienticémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative concientizad
dative concientizadme not used concientizadle concientizadnos concientizaos concientizadles
accusative concientizadme not used concientizadlo, concientizadla concientizadnos concientizaos concientizadlos, concientizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative concienticen
dative concientícenme not used concientícenle concientícennos not used concientícenles, concientícense
accusative concientícenme not used concientícenlo, concientícenla concientícennos not used concientícenlos, concientícenlas, concientícense

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