cubanizar

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kubaniˈθaɾ/ [ku.β̞a.niˈθaɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /kubaniˈsaɾ/ [ku.β̞a.niˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cu‧ba‧ni‧zar

Verb

cubanizar (first-person singular present cubanizo, first-person singular preterite cubanicé, past participle cubanizado)

(transitive) to Cubanize
- 2018 September 12, Leonardo Carvajal, Noventa miradas sobre el chavismo: En lo económico, social, gerencial, político, jurídico e ideológico‎^[1], AB Ediciones, →ISBN:
  Dos pasos claves en la estrategia "unionista" se han dado: apoyar económicamente a Cuba en todo lo que necesitara, […] e importar a Venezuela modelos de organización de la sociedad cubana, en los más disímiles campos, a fin de cubanizar, esto es, controlar férreamente al pueblo venezuelano
  Two key steps in the "unionist" strategy have been taken: financially supporting Cuba in whatever it needed, […] and importing Cuban models of social organization to Venezuela in various fields, in order to Cubanize, that is, tightly control the Venezuelan people.
- 1962, Universidad de La Habana, Universidad de La Habana‎^[2]:
  La solución marxista, martiana y cívica: cubanizar al negro: desafricanizarlo: civilizarlo. (También hay que cubanizar al blanco: desespañolizarlo: civilizarlo).
  The Marxist, Martian, and civic solution: Cubanize the black man: de-Africanize him: civilize him. (It is also necessary to Cubanize the white man: de-Spanishize him: civilize him).

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			cubanizar
gerund			cubanizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cubanizado		cubanizada
		plural		cubanizados		cubanizadas
		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	cubanizo	cubanizas^{^tú} cubanizás^{^vos}	cubaniza	cubanizamos	cubanizáis	cubanizan
	imperfect	cubanizaba	cubanizabas	cubanizaba	cubanizábamos	cubanizabais	cubanizaban
	preterite	cubanicé	cubanizaste	cubanizó	cubanizamos	cubanizasteis	cubanizaron
	future	cubanizaré	cubanizarás	cubanizará	cubanizaremos	cubanizaréis	cubanizarán
	conditional	cubanizaría	cubanizarías	cubanizaría	cubanizaríamos	cubanizaríais	cubanizarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cubanice	cubanices^{^tú} cubanicés^{^vos²}	cubanice	cubanicemos	cubanicéis	cubanicen
	imperfect (ra)	cubanizara	cubanizaras	cubanizara	cubanizáramos	cubanizarais	cubanizaran
	imperfect (se)	cubanizase	cubanizases	cubanizase	cubanizásemos	cubanizaseis	cubanizasen
	future¹	cubanizare	cubanizares	cubanizare	cubanizáremos	cubanizareis	cubanizaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cubaniza^{^tú} cubanizá^{^vos}	cubanice	cubanicemos	cubanizad	cubanicen
	negative		no cubanices	no cubanice	no cubanicemos	no cubanicéis	no cubanicen

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

Selected combined forms of cubanizar (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 cubanizar	dative	cubanizarme	cubanizarte	cubanizarle, cubanizarse	cubanizarnos	cubanizaros	cubanizarles, cubanizarse
with infinitive cubanizar	accusative	cubanizarme	cubanizarte	cubanizarlo, cubanizarla, cubanizarse	cubanizarnos	cubanizaros	cubanizarlos, cubanizarlas, cubanizarse

with gerund cubanizando	dative	cubanizándome	cubanizándote	cubanizándole, cubanizándose	cubanizándonos	cubanizándoos	cubanizándoles, cubanizándose
with gerund cubanizando	accusative	cubanizándome	cubanizándote	cubanizándolo, cubanizándola, cubanizándose	cubanizándonos	cubanizándoos	cubanizándolos, cubanizándolas, cubanizándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative cubaniza	dative	cubanízame	cubanízate	cubanízale	cubanízanos	not used	cubanízales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cubaniza	accusative	cubanízame	cubanízate	cubanízalo, cubanízala	cubanízanos	not used	cubanízalos, cubanízalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative cubanizá	dative	cubanizame	cubanizate	cubanizale	cubanizanos	not used	cubanizales
	accusative	cubanizame	cubanizate	cubanizalo, cubanizala	cubanizanos	not used	cubanizalos, cubanizalas

with formal second-person singular imperative cubanice	dative	cubaníceme	not used	cubanícele, cubanícese	cubanícenos	not used	cubaníceles
with formal second-person singular imperative cubanice	accusative	cubaníceme	not used	cubanícelo, cubanícela, cubanícese	cubanícenos	not used	cubanícelos, cubanícelas

with first-person plural imperative cubanicemos	dative	not used	cubanicémoste	cubanicémosle	cubanicémonos	cubanicémoos	cubanicémosles
with first-person plural imperative cubanicemos	accusative	not used	cubanicémoste	cubanicémoslo, cubanicémosla	cubanicémonos	cubanicémoos	cubanicémoslos, cubanicémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative cubanizad	dative	cubanizadme	not used	cubanizadle	cubanizadnos	cubanizaos	cubanizadles
with informal second-person plural imperative cubanizad	accusative	cubanizadme	not used	cubanizadlo, cubanizadla	cubanizadnos	cubanizaos	cubanizadlos, cubanizadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative cubanicen	dative	cubanícenme	not used	cubanícenle	cubanícennos	not used	cubanícenles, cubanícense
with formal second-person plural imperative cubanicen	accusative	cubanícenme	not used	cubanícenlo, cubanícenla	cubanícennos	not used	cubanícenlos, cubanícenlas, cubanícense