rizar

Spanish

Etymology

From rizo or from erizar. Perhaps partly an adaptation of Italian arricciare; compare also Portuguese riçar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /riˈθaɾ/ [riˈθaɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /riˈsaɾ/ [riˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ri‧zar

Verb

rizar (first-person singular present rizo, first-person singular preterite ricé, past participle rizado)

(transitive) to curl, crinkle, crisp

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			rizar
gerund			rizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rizado		rizada
		plural		rizados		rizadas
		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	rizo	rizas^{^tú} rizás^{^vos}	riza	rizamos	rizáis	rizan
	imperfect	rizaba	rizabas	rizaba	rizábamos	rizabais	rizaban
	preterite	ricé	rizaste	rizó	rizamos	rizasteis	rizaron
	future	rizaré	rizarás	rizará	rizaremos	rizaréis	rizarán
	conditional	rizaría	rizarías	rizaría	rizaríamos	rizaríais	rizarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rice	rices^{^tú} ricés^{^vos²}	rice	ricemos	ricéis	ricen
	imperfect (ra)	rizara	rizaras	rizara	rizáramos	rizarais	rizaran
	imperfect (se)	rizase	rizases	rizase	rizásemos	rizaseis	rizasen
	future¹	rizare	rizares	rizare	rizáremos	rizareis	rizaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		riza^{^tú} rizá^{^vos}	rice	ricemos	rizad	ricen
	negative		no rices	no rice	no ricemos	no ricéis	no ricen

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

Selected combined forms of rizar (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 rizar	dative	rizarme	rizarte	rizarle, rizarse	rizarnos	rizaros	rizarles, rizarse
with infinitive rizar	accusative	rizarme	rizarte	rizarlo, rizarla, rizarse	rizarnos	rizaros	rizarlos, rizarlas, rizarse

with gerund rizando	dative	rizándome	rizándote	rizándole, rizándose	rizándonos	rizándoos	rizándoles, rizándose
with gerund rizando	accusative	rizándome	rizándote	rizándolo, rizándola, rizándose	rizándonos	rizándoos	rizándolos, rizándolas, rizándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative riza	dative	rízame	rízate	rízale	rízanos	not used	rízales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative riza	accusative	rízame	rízate	rízalo, rízala	rízanos	not used	rízalos, rízalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative rizá	dative	rizame	rizate	rizale	rizanos	not used	rizales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rizá	accusative	rizame	rizate	rizalo, rizala	rizanos	not used	rizalos, rizalas

with formal second-person singular imperative rice	dative	ríceme	not used	rícele, rícese	rícenos	not used	ríceles
with formal second-person singular imperative rice	accusative	ríceme	not used	rícelo, rícela, rícese	rícenos	not used	rícelos, rícelas

with first-person plural imperative ricemos	dative	not used	ricémoste	ricémosle	ricémonos	ricémoos	ricémosles
with first-person plural imperative ricemos	accusative	not used	ricémoste	ricémoslo, ricémosla	ricémonos	ricémoos	ricémoslos, ricémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative rizad	dative	rizadme	not used	rizadle	rizadnos	rizaos	rizadles
with informal second-person plural imperative rizad	accusative	rizadme	not used	rizadlo, rizadla	rizadnos	rizaos	rizadlos, rizadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ricen	dative	rícenme	not used	rícenle	rícennos	not used	rícenles, rícense
with formal second-person plural imperative ricen	accusative	rícenme	not used	rícenlo, rícenla	rícennos	not used	rícenlos, rícenlas, rícense

Derived terms

Related terms

rizo