sanitizar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sānitās + -izar. Compare Italian sanitizzare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sanitiˈθaɾ/ [sa.ni.t̪iˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sanitiˈsaɾ/ [sa.ni.t̪iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧ni‧ti‧zar

Verb

sanitizar (first-person singular present sanitizo, first-person singular preterite saniticé, past participle sanitizado)

1. to sanitize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sanitizar
gerund			sanitizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sanitizado		sanitizada
		plural		sanitizados		sanitizadas
		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	sanitizo	sanitizastú sanitizásvos	sanitiza	sanitizamos	sanitizáis	sanitizan
	imperfect	sanitizaba	sanitizabas	sanitizaba	sanitizábamos	sanitizabais	sanitizaban
	preterite	saniticé	sanitizaste	sanitizó	sanitizamos	sanitizasteis	sanitizaron
	future	sanitizaré	sanitizarás	sanitizará	sanitizaremos	sanitizaréis	sanitizarán
	conditional	sanitizaría	sanitizarías	sanitizaría	sanitizaríamos	sanitizaríais	sanitizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sanitice	saniticestú saniticésvos2	sanitice	saniticemos	saniticéis	saniticen
	imperfect (ra)	sanitizara	sanitizaras	sanitizara	sanitizáramos	sanitizarais	sanitizaran
	imperfect (se)	sanitizase	sanitizases	sanitizase	sanitizásemos	sanitizaseis	sanitizasen
	future1	sanitizare	sanitizares	sanitizare	sanitizáremos	sanitizareis	sanitizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sanitizatú sanitizávos	sanitice	saniticemos	sanitizad	saniticen
	negative		no sanitices	no sanitice	no saniticemos	no saniticéis	no saniticen

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

Related terms

• sanitización
• sanitizante