tamizar
Spanish
Etymology
From tamiz (“sieve”, noun) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tamiˈθaɾ/ [t̪a.miˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /tamiˈsaɾ/ [t̪a.miˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ta‧mi‧zar
Verb
tamizar (first-person singular present tamizo, first-person singular preterite tamicé, past participle tamizado)
- (transitive) to strain, sieve, sift
- Synonym: colar
- (transitive) to purify, remove defects from
- Synonym: depurar
Conjugation
Conjugation of tamizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of tamizar (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 tamizar | dative | tamizarme | tamizarte | tamizarle, tamizarse | tamizarnos | tamizaros | tamizarles, tamizarse |
| accusative | tamizarme | tamizarte | tamizarlo, tamizarla, tamizarse | tamizarnos | tamizaros | tamizarlos, tamizarlas, tamizarse | |
| with gerund tamizando | dative | tamizándome | tamizándote | tamizándole, tamizándose | tamizándonos | tamizándoos | tamizándoles, tamizándose |
| accusative | tamizándome | tamizándote | tamizándolo, tamizándola, tamizándose | tamizándonos | tamizándoos | tamizándolos, tamizándolas, tamizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative tamiza | dative | tamízame | tamízate | tamízale | tamízanos | not used | tamízales |
| accusative | tamízame | tamízate | tamízalo, tamízala | tamízanos | not used | tamízalos, tamízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tamizá | dative | tamizame | tamizate | tamizale | tamizanos | not used | tamizales |
| accusative | tamizame | tamizate | tamizalo, tamizala | tamizanos | not used | tamizalos, tamizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tamice | dative | tamíceme | not used | tamícele, tamícese | tamícenos | not used | tamíceles |
| accusative | tamíceme | not used | tamícelo, tamícela, tamícese | tamícenos | not used | tamícelos, tamícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tamicemos | dative | not used | tamicémoste | tamicémosle | tamicémonos | tamicémoos | tamicémosles |
| accusative | not used | tamicémoste | tamicémoslo, tamicémosla | tamicémonos | tamicémoos | tamicémoslos, tamicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tamizad | dative | tamizadme | not used | tamizadle | tamizadnos | tamizaos | tamizadles |
| accusative | tamizadme | not used | tamizadlo, tamizadla | tamizadnos | tamizaos | tamizadlos, tamizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tamicen | dative | tamícenme | not used | tamícenle | tamícennos | not used | tamícenles, tamícense |
| accusative | tamícenme | not used | tamícenlo, tamícenla | tamícennos | not used | tamícenlos, tamícenlas, tamícense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tamizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024