convulsionar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.vuw.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.vuw.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sjoˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.vuw.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.vuw.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sjoˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.vuw.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.vuw.sjoˈna(ɾ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sjoˈna(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.vuw.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.vuw.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sjoˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.vuw.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.vuw.sjoˈna(ɻ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯.sjoˈna(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vul.sjuˈnaɾ/ [kõ.vuɫ.sjuˈnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vul.sjuˈnaɾ/ [kõ.vuɫ.sjuˈnaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bul.sjuˈnaɾ/ [kõ.buɫ.sjuˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vul.sjuˈna.ɾi/ [kõ.vuɫ.sjuˈna.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: con‧vul‧si‧o‧nar

Verb

convulsionar (first-person singular present convulsiono, first-person singular preterite convulsionei, past participle convulsionado)

1. to convulse
2. to have a seizure
3. (reflexive) to seize (to have a seizure)

   Synonyms: convulsionar, convulsar, convelir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convulsionar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	convulsionar
Personal	convulsionar	convulsionares	convulsionar	convulsionarmos	convulsionardes	convulsionarem
Gerund
	convulsionando
Past participle
Masculine	convulsionado			convulsionados
Feminine	convulsionada			convulsionadas
Indicative
Present	convulsiono	convulsionas	convulsiona	convulsionamos	convulsionais	convulsionam
Imperfect	convulsionava	convulsionavas	convulsionava	convulsionávamos	convulsionáveis	convulsionavam
Preterite	convulsionei	convulsionaste	convulsionou	convulsionamos1, convulsionámos2	convulsionastes	convulsionaram
Pluperfect	convulsionara	convulsionaras	convulsionara	convulsionáramos	convulsionáreis	convulsionaram
Future	convulsionarei	convulsionarás	convulsionará	convulsionaremos	convulsionareis	convulsionarão
Conditional	convulsionaria	convulsionarias	convulsionaria	convulsionaríamos	convulsionaríeis	convulsionariam
Subjunctive
Present	convulsione	convulsiones	convulsione	convulsionemos	convulsioneis	convulsionem
Imperfect	convulsionasse	convulsionasses	convulsionasse	convulsionássemos	convulsionásseis	convulsionassem
Future	convulsionar	convulsionares	convulsionar	convulsionarmos	convulsionardes	convulsionarem
Imperative
Affirmative		convulsiona	convulsione	convulsionemos	convulsionai	convulsionem
Negative (não)		não convulsiones	não convulsione	não convulsionemos	não convulsioneis	não convulsionem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From convulsión (“convulsion”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombulsjoˈnaɾ/ [kõm.bul.sjoˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧vul‧sio‧nar

Verb

convulsionar (first-person singular present convulsiono, first-person singular preterite convulsioné, past participle convulsionado)

1. to convulse
2. to have a seizure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convulsionar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			convulsionar
gerund			convulsionando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convulsionado		convulsionada
		plural		convulsionados		convulsionadas
		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	convulsiono	convulsionastú convulsionásvos	convulsiona	convulsionamos	convulsionáis	convulsionan
	imperfect	convulsionaba	convulsionabas	convulsionaba	convulsionábamos	convulsionabais	convulsionaban
	preterite	convulsioné	convulsionaste	convulsionó	convulsionamos	convulsionasteis	convulsionaron
	future	convulsionaré	convulsionarás	convulsionará	convulsionaremos	convulsionaréis	convulsionarán
	conditional	convulsionaría	convulsionarías	convulsionaría	convulsionaríamos	convulsionaríais	convulsionarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	convulsione	convulsionestú convulsionésvos2	convulsione	convulsionemos	convulsionéis	convulsionen
	imperfect (ra)	convulsionara	convulsionaras	convulsionara	convulsionáramos	convulsionarais	convulsionaran
	imperfect (se)	convulsionase	convulsionases	convulsionase	convulsionásemos	convulsionaseis	convulsionasen
	future1	convulsionare	convulsionares	convulsionare	convulsionáremos	convulsionareis	convulsionaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		convulsionatú convulsionávos	convulsione	convulsionemos	convulsionad	convulsionen
	negative		no convulsiones	no convulsione	no convulsionemos	no convulsionéis	no convulsionen

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

    Selected combined forms of convulsionar

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 convulsionar
	dative	convulsionarme	convulsionarte	convulsionarle, convulsionarse	convulsionarnos	convulsionaros	convulsionarles, convulsionarse
	accusative	convulsionarme	convulsionarte	convulsionarlo, convulsionarla, convulsionarse	convulsionarnos	convulsionaros	convulsionarlos, convulsionarlas, convulsionarse
with gerund convulsionando
	dative	convulsionándome	convulsionándote	convulsionándole, convulsionándose	convulsionándonos	convulsionándoos	convulsionándoles, convulsionándose
	accusative	convulsionándome	convulsionándote	convulsionándolo, convulsionándola, convulsionándose	convulsionándonos	convulsionándoos	convulsionándolos, convulsionándolas, convulsionándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative convulsiona
	dative	convulsióname	convulsiónate	convulsiónale	convulsiónanos	not used	convulsiónales
	accusative	convulsióname	convulsiónate	convulsiónalo, convulsiónala	convulsiónanos	not used	convulsiónalos, convulsiónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative convulsioná
	dative	convulsioname	convulsionate	convulsionale	convulsionanos	not used	convulsionales
	accusative	convulsioname	convulsionate	convulsionalo, convulsionala	convulsionanos	not used	convulsionalos, convulsionalas
with formal second-person singular imperative convulsione
	dative	convulsióneme	not used	convulsiónele, convulsiónese	convulsiónenos	not used	convulsióneles
	accusative	convulsióneme	not used	convulsiónelo, convulsiónela, convulsiónese	convulsiónenos	not used	convulsiónelos, convulsiónelas
with first-person plural imperative convulsionemos
	dative	not used	convulsionémoste	convulsionémosle	convulsionémonos	convulsionémoos	convulsionémosles
	accusative	not used	convulsionémoste	convulsionémoslo, convulsionémosla	convulsionémonos	convulsionémoos	convulsionémoslos, convulsionémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative convulsionad
	dative	convulsionadme	not used	convulsionadle	convulsionadnos	convulsionaos	convulsionadles
	accusative	convulsionadme	not used	convulsionadlo, convulsionadla	convulsionadnos	convulsionaos	convulsionadlos, convulsionadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative convulsionen
	dative	convulsiónenme	not used	convulsiónenle	convulsiónennos	not used	convulsiónenles, convulsiónense
	accusative	convulsiónenme	not used	convulsiónenlo, convulsiónenla	convulsiónennos	not used	convulsiónenlos, convulsiónenlas, convulsiónense

Further reading

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