caseificar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caseus (“cheese”) +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaseifiˈkaɾ/ [ka.sei̯.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧sei‧fi‧car

Verb

caseificar (first-person singular present caseifico, first-person singular preterite caseifiqué, past participle caseificado)

1. (transitive) to caseate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caseificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			caseificar
gerund			caseificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		caseificado		caseificada
		plural		caseificados		caseificadas
		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	caseifico	caseificastú caseificásvos	caseifica	caseificamos	caseificáis	caseifican
	imperfect	caseificaba	caseificabas	caseificaba	caseificábamos	caseificabais	caseificaban
	preterite	caseifiqué	caseificaste	caseificó	caseificamos	caseificasteis	caseificaron
	future	caseificaré	caseificarás	caseificará	caseificaremos	caseificaréis	caseificarán
	conditional	caseificaría	caseificarías	caseificaría	caseificaríamos	caseificaríais	caseificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	caseifique	caseifiquestú caseifiquésvos2	caseifique	caseifiquemos	caseifiquéis	caseifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	caseificara	caseificaras	caseificara	caseificáramos	caseificarais	caseificaran
	imperfect (se)	caseificase	caseificases	caseificase	caseificásemos	caseificaseis	caseificasen
	future1	caseificare	caseificares	caseificare	caseificáremos	caseificareis	caseificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		caseificatú caseificávos	caseifique	caseifiquemos	caseificad	caseifiquen
	negative		no caseifiques	no caseifique	no caseifiquemos	no caseifiquéis	no caseifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of caseificar (c-qu 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 caseificar
	dative	caseificarme	caseificarte	caseificarle, caseificarse	caseificarnos	caseificaros	caseificarles, caseificarse
	accusative	caseificarme	caseificarte	caseificarlo, caseificarla, caseificarse	caseificarnos	caseificaros	caseificarlos, caseificarlas, caseificarse
with gerund caseificando
	dative	caseificándome	caseificándote	caseificándole, caseificándose	caseificándonos	caseificándoos	caseificándoles, caseificándose
	accusative	caseificándome	caseificándote	caseificándolo, caseificándola, caseificándose	caseificándonos	caseificándoos	caseificándolos, caseificándolas, caseificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative caseifica
	dative	caseifícame	caseifícate	caseifícale	caseifícanos	not used	caseifícales
	accusative	caseifícame	caseifícate	caseifícalo, caseifícala	caseifícanos	not used	caseifícalos, caseifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative caseificá
	dative	caseificame	caseificate	caseificale	caseificanos	not used	caseificales
	accusative	caseificame	caseificate	caseificalo, caseificala	caseificanos	not used	caseificalos, caseificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative caseifique
	dative	caseifíqueme	not used	caseifíquele, caseifíquese	caseifíquenos	not used	caseifíqueles
	accusative	caseifíqueme	not used	caseifíquelo, caseifíquela, caseifíquese	caseifíquenos	not used	caseifíquelos, caseifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative caseifiquemos
	dative	not used	caseifiquémoste	caseifiquémosle	caseifiquémonos	caseifiquémoos	caseifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	caseifiquémoste	caseifiquémoslo, caseifiquémosla	caseifiquémonos	caseifiquémoos	caseifiquémoslos, caseifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative caseificad
	dative	caseificadme	not used	caseificadle	caseificadnos	caseificaos	caseificadles
	accusative	caseificadme	not used	caseificadlo, caseificadla	caseificadnos	caseificaos	caseificadlos, caseificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative caseifiquen
	dative	caseifíquenme	not used	caseifíquenle	caseifíquennos	not used	caseifíquenles, caseifíquense
	accusative	caseifíquenme	not used	caseifíquenlo, caseifíquenla	caseifíquennos	not used	caseifíquenlos, caseifíquenlas, caseifíquense

Derived terms

• caseificante

 

Related terms

• caseoso

 

Further reading

• “caseificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014