ensecar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exsiccāre (“to dry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enseˈkaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧se‧car

Verb

ensecar (first-person singular present enseco, first-person singular preterite ensequé, past participle ensecado)

(archaic, transitive) to dry

Conjugation

Conjugation of ensecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ensecar
gerund			ensecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ensecado		ensecada
		plural		ensecados		ensecadas
		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	enseco	ensecas^{^tú} ensecás^{^vos}	enseca	ensecamos	ensecáis	ensecan
	imperfect	ensecaba	ensecabas	ensecaba	ensecábamos	ensecabais	ensecaban
	preterite	ensequé	ensecaste	ensecó	ensecamos	ensecasteis	ensecaron
	future	ensecaré	ensecarás	ensecará	ensecaremos	ensecaréis	ensecarán
	conditional	ensecaría	ensecarías	ensecaría	ensecaríamos	ensecaríais	ensecarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enseque	enseques^{^tú} ensequés^{^vos²}	enseque	ensequemos	ensequéis	ensequen
	imperfect (ra)	ensecara	ensecaras	ensecara	ensecáramos	ensecarais	ensecaran
	imperfect (se)	ensecase	ensecases	ensecase	ensecásemos	ensecaseis	ensecasen
	future¹	ensecare	ensecares	ensecare	ensecáremos	ensecareis	ensecaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enseca^{^tú} ensecá^{^vos}	enseque	ensequemos	ensecad	ensequen
	negative		no enseques	no enseque	no ensequemos	no ensequéis	no ensequen

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

Selected combined forms of ensecar (c-qu 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 ensecar	dative	ensecarme	ensecarte	ensecarle, ensecarse	ensecarnos	ensecaros	ensecarles, ensecarse
with infinitive ensecar	accusative	ensecarme	ensecarte	ensecarlo, ensecarla, ensecarse	ensecarnos	ensecaros	ensecarlos, ensecarlas, ensecarse

with gerund ensecando	dative	ensecándome	ensecándote	ensecándole, ensecándose	ensecándonos	ensecándoos	ensecándoles, ensecándose
with gerund ensecando	accusative	ensecándome	ensecándote	ensecándolo, ensecándola, ensecándose	ensecándonos	ensecándoos	ensecándolos, ensecándolas, ensecándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative enseca	dative	ensécame	ensécate	ensécale	ensécanos	not used	ensécales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enseca	accusative	ensécame	ensécate	ensécalo, ensécala	ensécanos	not used	ensécalos, ensécalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative ensecá	dative	ensecame	ensecate	ensecale	ensecanos	not used	ensecales
	accusative	ensecame	ensecate	ensecalo, ensecala	ensecanos	not used	ensecalos, ensecalas

with formal second-person singular imperative enseque	dative	enséqueme	not used	enséquele, enséquese	enséquenos	not used	enséqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative enseque	accusative	enséqueme	not used	enséquelo, enséquela, enséquese	enséquenos	not used	enséquelos, enséquelas

with first-person plural imperative ensequemos	dative	not used	ensequémoste	ensequémosle	ensequémonos	ensequémoos	ensequémosles
with first-person plural imperative ensequemos	accusative	not used	ensequémoste	ensequémoslo, ensequémosla	ensequémonos	ensequémoos	ensequémoslos, ensequémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ensecad	dative	ensecadme	not used	ensecadle	ensecadnos	ensecaos	ensecadles
with informal second-person plural imperative ensecad	accusative	ensecadme	not used	ensecadlo, ensecadla	ensecadnos	ensecaos	ensecadlos, ensecadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ensequen	dative	enséquenme	not used	enséquenle	enséquennos	not used	enséquenles, enséquense
with formal second-person plural imperative ensequen	accusative	enséquenme	not used	enséquenlo, enséquenla	enséquennos	not used	enséquenlos, enséquenlas, enséquense

Related terms

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