evanescer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin evanescere. Doublet of the inherited desvanecer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ebanesˈθeɾ/ [e.β̞a.nesˈθeɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /ebaneˈseɾ/ [e.β̞a.neˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: e‧va‧nes‧cer

Verb

evanescer (first-person singular present evanesco, first-person singular preterite evanescí, past participle evanescido)

(transitive or reflexive) to fade out, vanish (slowly disappear)
Synonyms: desvanecer, esfumar

Conjugation

Conjugation of evanescer (hard-soft alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			evanescer
gerund			evanesciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evanescido		evanescida
		plural		evanescidos		evanescidas
		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	evanesco	evanesces^{^tú} evanescés^{^vos}	evanesce	evanescemos	evanescéis	evanescen
	imperfect	evanescía	evanescías	evanescía	evanescíamos	evanescíais	evanescían
	preterite	evanescí	evanesciste	evanesció	evanescimos	evanescisteis	evanescieron
	future	evanesceré	evanescerás	evanescerá	evanesceremos	evanesceréis	evanescerán
	conditional	evanescería	evanescerías	evanescería	evanesceríamos	evanesceríais	evanescerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evanesca	evanescas^{^tú} evanescás^{^vos²}	evanesca	evanescamos	evanescáis	evanescan
	imperfect (ra)	evanesciera	evanescieras	evanesciera	evanesciéramos	evanescierais	evanescieran
	imperfect (se)	evanesciese	evanescieses	evanesciese	evanesciésemos	evanescieseis	evanesciesen
	future¹	evanesciere	evanescieres	evanesciere	evanesciéremos	evanesciereis	evanescieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evanesce^{^tú} evanescé^{^vos}	evanesca	evanescamos	evanesced	evanescan
	negative		no evanescas	no evanesca	no evanescamos	no evanescáis	no evanescan

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

Selected combined forms of evanescer (hard-soft 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 evanescer	dative	evanescerme	evanescerte	evanescerle, evanescerse	evanescernos	evanesceros	evanescerles, evanescerse
with infinitive evanescer	accusative	evanescerme	evanescerte	evanescerlo, evanescerla, evanescerse	evanescernos	evanesceros	evanescerlos, evanescerlas, evanescerse

with gerund evanesciendo	dative	evanesciéndome	evanesciéndote	evanesciéndole, evanesciéndose	evanesciéndonos	evanesciéndoos	evanesciéndoles, evanesciéndose
with gerund evanesciendo	accusative	evanesciéndome	evanesciéndote	evanesciéndolo, evanesciéndola, evanesciéndose	evanesciéndonos	evanesciéndoos	evanesciéndolos, evanesciéndolas, evanesciéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative evanesce	dative	evanésceme	evanéscete	evanéscele	evanéscenos	not used	evanésceles
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evanesce	accusative	evanésceme	evanéscete	evanéscelo, evanéscela	evanéscenos	not used	evanéscelos, evanéscelas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative evanescé	dative	evanesceme	evanescete	evanescele	evanescenos	not used	evanesceles
	accusative	evanesceme	evanescete	evanescelo, evanescela	evanescenos	not used	evanescelos, evanescelas

with formal second-person singular imperative evanesca	dative	evanéscame	not used	evanéscale, evanéscase	evanéscanos	not used	evanéscales
with formal second-person singular imperative evanesca	accusative	evanéscame	not used	evanéscalo, evanéscala, evanéscase	evanéscanos	not used	evanéscalos, evanéscalas

with first-person plural imperative evanescamos	dative	not used	evanescámoste	evanescámosle	evanescámonos	evanescámoos	evanescámosles
with first-person plural imperative evanescamos	accusative	not used	evanescámoste	evanescámoslo, evanescámosla	evanescámonos	evanescámoos	evanescámoslos, evanescámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative evanesced	dative	evanescedme	not used	evanescedle	evanescednos	evanesceos	evanescedles
with informal second-person plural imperative evanesced	accusative	evanescedme	not used	evanescedlo, evanescedla	evanescednos	evanesceos	evanescedlos, evanescedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative evanescan	dative	evanéscanme	not used	evanéscanle	evanéscannos	not used	evanéscanles, evanéscanse
with formal second-person plural imperative evanescan	accusative	evanéscanme	not used	evanéscanlo, evanéscanla	evanéscannos	not used	evanéscanlos, evanéscanlas, evanéscanse

Related terms

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