infrautilizar

Spanish

Etymology

From infra- +‎ utilizar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /infɾautiliˈθaɾ/ [ĩɱ.fɾau̯.t̪i.liˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /infɾautiliˈsaɾ/ [ĩɱ.fɾau̯.t̪i.liˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧frau‧ti‧li‧zar

Verb

infrautilizar (first-person singular present infrautilizo, first-person singular preterite infrautilicé, past participle infrautilizado)

  1. (transitive) to underutilize, underuse
    • 2015 July 19, “Las olas de calor disparan la quema de carbón para generar electricidad”, in El País‎:
      Esto ha hecho que las infrautilizadas centrales de ciclo combinado hayan empezado a funcionar durante este mes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of infrautilizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive infrautilizar
gerund infrautilizando
past participle masculine feminine
singular infrautilizado infrautilizada
plural infrautilizados infrautilizadas
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 infrautilizo infrautilizastú
infrautilizásvos		 infrautiliza infrautilizamos infrautilizáis infrautilizan
imperfect infrautilizaba infrautilizabas infrautilizaba infrautilizábamos infrautilizabais infrautilizaban
preterite infrautilicé infrautilizaste infrautilizó infrautilizamos infrautilizasteis infrautilizaron
future infrautilizaré infrautilizarás infrautilizará infrautilizaremos infrautilizaréis infrautilizarán
conditional infrautilizaría infrautilizarías infrautilizaría infrautilizaríamos infrautilizaríais infrautilizarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present infrautilice infrautilicestú
infrautilicésvos2		 infrautilice infrautilicemos infrautilicéis infrautilicen
imperfect
(ra)		 infrautilizara infrautilizaras infrautilizara infrautilizáramos infrautilizarais infrautilizaran
imperfect
(se)		 infrautilizase infrautilizases infrautilizase infrautilizásemos infrautilizaseis infrautilizasen
future1 infrautilizare infrautilizares infrautilizare infrautilizáremos infrautilizareis infrautilizaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative infrautilizatú
infrautilizávos		 infrautilice infrautilicemos infrautilizad infrautilicen
negative no infrautilices no infrautilice no infrautilicemos no infrautilicéis no infrautilicen

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

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