evanescer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin evanescere. Doublet of the inherited desvanecer.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive or reflexive) to fade out, vanish (slowly disappear)

   Synonyms: desvanecer, esfumar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			evanescer
gerund			evanesciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evanescido		evanescida
		plural		evanescidos		evanescidas
		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	evanesco	evanescestú evanescésvos	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	evanescastú evanescásvos2	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		evanescetú evanescévos	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
	accusative	evanescerme	evanescerte	evanescerlo, evanescerla, evanescerse	evanescernos	evanesceros	evanescerlos, evanescerlas, evanescerse
with gerund evanesciendo
	dative	evanesciéndome	evanesciéndote	evanesciéndole, evanesciéndose	evanesciéndonos	evanesciéndoos	evanesciéndoles, evanesciéndose
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	accusative	evanéscanme	not used	evanéscanlo, evanéscanla	evanéscannos	not used	evanéscanlos, evanéscanlas, evanéscanse

Related terms

• vano

 

Further reading

• “evanescer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28