polemizar

Spanish

Verb

polemizar (first-person singular present polemizo, first-person singular preterite polemicé, past participle polemizado)

to argue, debate (about a controversial topic)
to polemicize

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			polemizar
gerund			polemizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		polemizado		polemizada
		plural		polemizados		polemizadas
		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	polemizo	polemizas^{^tú} polemizás^{^vos}	polemiza	polemizamos	polemizáis	polemizan
	imperfect	polemizaba	polemizabas	polemizaba	polemizábamos	polemizabais	polemizaban
	preterite	polemicé	polemizaste	polemizó	polemizamos	polemizasteis	polemizaron
	future	polemizaré	polemizarás	polemizará	polemizaremos	polemizaréis	polemizarán
	conditional	polemizaría	polemizarías	polemizaría	polemizaríamos	polemizaríais	polemizarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	polemice	polemices^{^tú} polemicés^{^vos²}	polemice	polemicemos	polemicéis	polemicen
	imperfect (ra)	polemizara	polemizaras	polemizara	polemizáramos	polemizarais	polemizaran
	imperfect (se)	polemizase	polemizases	polemizase	polemizásemos	polemizaseis	polemizasen
	future¹	polemizare	polemizares	polemizare	polemizáremos	polemizareis	polemizaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		polemiza^{^tú} polemizá^{^vos}	polemice	polemicemos	polemizad	polemicen
	negative		no polemices	no polemice	no polemicemos	no polemicéis	no polemicen

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

Selected combined forms of polemizar (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 polemizar	dative	polemizarme	polemizarte	polemizarle, polemizarse	polemizarnos	polemizaros	polemizarles, polemizarse
with infinitive polemizar	accusative	polemizarme	polemizarte	polemizarlo, polemizarla, polemizarse	polemizarnos	polemizaros	polemizarlos, polemizarlas, polemizarse

with gerund polemizando	dative	polemizándome	polemizándote	polemizándole, polemizándose	polemizándonos	polemizándoos	polemizándoles, polemizándose
with gerund polemizando	accusative	polemizándome	polemizándote	polemizándolo, polemizándola, polemizándose	polemizándonos	polemizándoos	polemizándolos, polemizándolas, polemizándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative polemiza	dative	polemízame	polemízate	polemízale	polemízanos	not used	polemízales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative polemiza	accusative	polemízame	polemízate	polemízalo, polemízala	polemízanos	not used	polemízalos, polemízalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative polemizá	dative	polemizame	polemizate	polemizale	polemizanos	not used	polemizales
	accusative	polemizame	polemizate	polemizalo, polemizala	polemizanos	not used	polemizalos, polemizalas

with formal second-person singular imperative polemice	dative	polemíceme	not used	polemícele, polemícese	polemícenos	not used	polemíceles
with formal second-person singular imperative polemice	accusative	polemíceme	not used	polemícelo, polemícela, polemícese	polemícenos	not used	polemícelos, polemícelas

with first-person plural imperative polemicemos	dative	not used	polemicémoste	polemicémosle	polemicémonos	polemicémoos	polemicémosles
with first-person plural imperative polemicemos	accusative	not used	polemicémoste	polemicémoslo, polemicémosla	polemicémonos	polemicémoos	polemicémoslos, polemicémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative polemizad	dative	polemizadme	not used	polemizadle	polemizadnos	polemizaos	polemizadles
with informal second-person plural imperative polemizad	accusative	polemizadme	not used	polemizadlo, polemizadla	polemizadnos	polemizaos	polemizadlos, polemizadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative polemicen	dative	polemícenme	not used	polemícenle	polemícennos	not used	polemícenles, polemícense
with formal second-person plural imperative polemicen	accusative	polemícenme	not used	polemícenlo, polemícenla	polemícennos	not used	polemícenlos, polemícenlas, polemícense

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