Etymology
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From Medieval Latin matizare, from Byzantine Greek λαμματίζειν (lammatízein), from λάμμα (lámma)[1] (from λόμα (lóma, “band, trimming, edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂).[2]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /matiˈθaɾ/ [ma.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /matiˈsaɾ/ [ma.t̪iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧ti‧zar
matizar (first-person singular present matizo, first-person singular preterite maticé, past participle matizado)
- (transitive) to clarify a concept, to be more specific
- to blend colours in an agreeable way
- to nuance (redefine in a subtle way)
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of matizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive matizar
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dative
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matizarme
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matizarte
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matizarle, matizarse
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matizarnos
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matizaros
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matizarles, matizarse
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accusative
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matizarme
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matizarte
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matizarlo, matizarla, matizarse
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matizarnos
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matizaros
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matizarlos, matizarlas, matizarse
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with gerund matizando
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dative
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matizándome
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matizándote
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matizándole, matizándose
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matizándonos
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matizándoos
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matizándoles, matizándose
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accusative
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matizándome
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matizándote
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matizándolo, matizándola, matizándose
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matizándonos
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matizándoos
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matizándolos, matizándolas, matizándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative matiza
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dative
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matízame
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matízate
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matízale
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matízanos
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not used
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matízales
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accusative
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matízame
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matízate
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matízalo, matízala
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matízanos
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not used
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matízalos, matízalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative matizá
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dative
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matizame
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matizate
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matizale
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matizanos
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not used
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matizales
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accusative
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matizame
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matizate
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matizalo, matizala
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matizanos
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not used
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matizalos, matizalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative matice
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dative
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matíceme
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not used
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matícele, matícese
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matícenos
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not used
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matíceles
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accusative
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matíceme
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not used
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matícelo, matícela, matícese
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matícenos
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not used
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matícelos, matícelas
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with first-person plural imperative maticemos
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dative
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not used
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maticémoste
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maticémosle
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maticémonos
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maticémoos
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maticémosles
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accusative
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not used
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maticémoste
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maticémoslo, maticémosla
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maticémonos
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maticémoos
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maticémoslos, maticémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative matizad
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dative
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matizadme
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not used
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matizadle
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matizadnos
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matizaos
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matizadles
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accusative
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matizadme
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not used
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matizadlo, matizadla
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matizadnos
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matizaos
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matizadlos, matizadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative maticen
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dative
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matícenme
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not used
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matícenle
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matícennos
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not used
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matícenles, matícense
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accusative
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matícenme
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not used
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matícenlo, matícenla
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matícennos
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not used
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matícenlos, matícenlas, matícense
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Derived terms
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References
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- ^ “matizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 937
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