azotar
Portuguese
Etymology
From azoto + -ar, from French azote.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zoˈta(ʁ)/ [a.zoˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.zoˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.zoˈta(ʁ)/ [a.zoˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zoˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zuˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zuˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧zo‧tar
Verb
azotar (first-person singular present azoto, first-person singular preterite azotei, past participle azotado)
- to azotize, nitrogenize
Conjugation
Conjugation of azotar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
- ^ “azotar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “azotar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From azote (“whip”) + -ar, from Arabic اَلسَّوْط (as-sawṭ). Compare Portuguese açoitar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aθoˈtaɾ/ [a.θoˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /asoˈtaɾ/ [a.soˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧zo‧tar
Verb
azotar (first-person singular present azoto, first-person singular preterite azoté, past participle azotado)
- (transitive) to whip, flog
- Synonym: flagelar
- (transitive, of a disaster, etc.) to strike
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 316:
- La epidemia de cólera que azotó al país hace treinta años.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of azotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | azotar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | azotando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | azotado | azotada | |||||
| plural | azotados | azotadas | |||||
| 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 | azoto | azotastú azotásvos |
azota | azotamos | azotáis | azotan | |
| imperfect | azotaba | azotabas | azotaba | azotábamos | azotabais | azotaban | |
| preterite | azoté | azotaste | azotó | azotamos | azotasteis | azotaron | |
| future | azotaré | azotarás | azotará | azotaremos | azotaréis | azotarán | |
| conditional | azotaría | azotarías | azotaría | azotaríamos | azotaríais | azotarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | azote | azotestú azotésvos2 |
azote | azotemos | azotéis | azoten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
azotara | azotaras | azotara | azotáramos | azotarais | azotaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
azotase | azotases | azotase | azotásemos | azotaseis | azotasen | |
| future1 | azotare | azotares | azotare | azotáremos | azotareis | azotaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | azotatú azotávos |
azote | azotemos | azotad | azoten | ||
| negative | no azotes | no azote | no azotemos | no azotéis | no azoten | ||
Selected combined forms of azotar
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 azotar | dative | azotarme | azotarte | azotarle, azotarse | azotarnos | azotaros | azotarles, azotarse |
| accusative | azotarme | azotarte | azotarlo, azotarla, azotarse | azotarnos | azotaros | azotarlos, azotarlas, azotarse | |
| with gerund azotando | dative | azotándome | azotándote | azotándole, azotándose | azotándonos | azotándoos | azotándoles, azotándose |
| accusative | azotándome | azotándote | azotándolo, azotándola, azotándose | azotándonos | azotándoos | azotándolos, azotándolas, azotándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative azota | dative | azótame | azótate | azótale | azótanos | not used | azótales |
| accusative | azótame | azótate | azótalo, azótala | azótanos | not used | azótalos, azótalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative azotá | dative | azotame | azotate | azotale | azotanos | not used | azotales |
| accusative | azotame | azotate | azotalo, azotala | azotanos | not used | azotalos, azotalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative azote | dative | azóteme | not used | azótele, azótese | azótenos | not used | azóteles |
| accusative | azóteme | not used | azótelo, azótela, azótese | azótenos | not used | azótelos, azótelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative azotemos | dative | not used | azotémoste | azotémosle | azotémonos | azotémoos | azotémosles |
| accusative | not used | azotémoste | azotémoslo, azotémosla | azotémonos | azotémoos | azotémoslos, azotémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative azotad | dative | azotadme | not used | azotadle | azotadnos | azotaos | azotadles |
| accusative | azotadme | not used | azotadlo, azotadla | azotadnos | azotaos | azotadlos, azotadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative azoten | dative | azótenme | not used | azótenle | azótennos | not used | azótenles, azótense |
| accusative | azótenme | not used | azótenlo, azótenla | azótennos | not used | azótenlos, azótenlas, azótense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “azotar”, 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