metabolizar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.liˈza(ʁ)/ [me.ta.bo.liˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.liˈza(ʁ)/ [me.ta.bo.liˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.liˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.liˈza(ʁ)/ [me.ta.bo.liˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.liˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tɐ.bu.liˈzaɾ/ [mɨ.tɐ.βu.liˈzaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tɐ.bu.liˈzaɾ/ [mɨ.tɐ.βu.liˈzaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tɐ.bu.liˈza.ɾi/ [mɨ.tɐ.βu.liˈza.ɾi]

Verb

metabolizar (first-person singular present metabolizo, first-person singular preterite metabolizei, past participle metabolizado)

1. (biochemistry) to metabolize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of metabolizar (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	metabolizar
Personal	metabolizar	metabolizares	metabolizar	metabolizarmos	metabolizardes	metabolizarem
Gerund
	metabolizando
Past participle
Masculine	metabolizado			metabolizados
Feminine	metabolizada			metabolizadas
Indicative
Present	metabolizo	metabolizas	metaboliza	metabolizamos	metabolizais	metabolizam
Imperfect	metabolizava	metabolizavas	metabolizava	metabolizávamos	metabolizáveis	metabolizavam
Preterite	metabolizei	metabolizaste	metabolizou	metabolizamos1, metabolizámos2	metabolizastes	metabolizaram
Pluperfect	metabolizara	metabolizaras	metabolizara	metabolizáramos	metabolizáreis	metabolizaram
Future	metabolizarei	metabolizarás	metabolizará	metabolizaremos	metabolizareis	metabolizarão
Conditional	metabolizaria	metabolizarias	metabolizaria	metabolizaríamos	metabolizaríeis	metabolizariam
Subjunctive
Present	metabolize	metabolizes	metabolize	metabolizemos	metabolizeis	metabolizem
Imperfect	metabolizasse	metabolizasses	metabolizasse	metabolizássemos	metabolizásseis	metabolizassem
Future	metabolizar	metabolizares	metabolizar	metabolizarmos	metabolizardes	metabolizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		metaboliza	metabolize	metabolizemos	metabolizai	metabolizem
Negative (não)		não metabolizes	não metabolize	não metabolizemos	não metabolizeis	não metabolizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From metabolismo +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /metaboliˈθaɾ/ [me.t̪a.β̞o.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /metaboliˈsaɾ/ [me.t̪a.β̞o.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧bo‧li‧zar

Verb

metabolizar (first-person singular present metabolizo, first-person singular preterite metabolicé, past participle metabolizado)

1. (transitive) to metabolise

Conjugation

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

infinitive			metabolizar
gerund			metabolizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		metabolizado		metabolizada
		plural		metabolizados		metabolizadas
		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	metabolizo	metabolizastú metabolizásvos	metaboliza	metabolizamos	metabolizáis	metabolizan
	imperfect	metabolizaba	metabolizabas	metabolizaba	metabolizábamos	metabolizabais	metabolizaban
	preterite	metabolicé	metabolizaste	metabolizó	metabolizamos	metabolizasteis	metabolizaron
	future	metabolizaré	metabolizarás	metabolizará	metabolizaremos	metabolizaréis	metabolizarán
	conditional	metabolizaría	metabolizarías	metabolizaría	metabolizaríamos	metabolizaríais	metabolizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	metabolice	metabolicestú metabolicésvos2	metabolice	metabolicemos	metabolicéis	metabolicen
	imperfect (ra)	metabolizara	metabolizaras	metabolizara	metabolizáramos	metabolizarais	metabolizaran
	imperfect (se)	metabolizase	metabolizases	metabolizase	metabolizásemos	metabolizaseis	metabolizasen
	future1	metabolizare	metabolizares	metabolizare	metabolizáremos	metabolizareis	metabolizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		metabolizatú metabolizávos	metabolice	metabolicemos	metabolizad	metabolicen
	negative		no metabolices	no metabolice	no metabolicemos	no metabolicéis	no metabolicen

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

    Selected combined forms of metabolizar (c-z 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 metabolizar
	dative	metabolizarme	metabolizarte	metabolizarle, metabolizarse	metabolizarnos	metabolizaros	metabolizarles, metabolizarse
	accusative	metabolizarme	metabolizarte	metabolizarlo, metabolizarla, metabolizarse	metabolizarnos	metabolizaros	metabolizarlos, metabolizarlas, metabolizarse
with gerund metabolizando
	dative	metabolizándome	metabolizándote	metabolizándole, metabolizándose	metabolizándonos	metabolizándoos	metabolizándoles, metabolizándose
	accusative	metabolizándome	metabolizándote	metabolizándolo, metabolizándola, metabolizándose	metabolizándonos	metabolizándoos	metabolizándolos, metabolizándolas, metabolizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative metaboliza
	dative	metabolízame	metabolízate	metabolízale	metabolízanos	not used	metabolízales
	accusative	metabolízame	metabolízate	metabolízalo, metabolízala	metabolízanos	not used	metabolízalos, metabolízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative metabolizá
	dative	metabolizame	metabolizate	metabolizale	metabolizanos	not used	metabolizales
	accusative	metabolizame	metabolizate	metabolizalo, metabolizala	metabolizanos	not used	metabolizalos, metabolizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative metabolice
	dative	metabolíceme	not used	metabolícele, metabolícese	metabolícenos	not used	metabolíceles
	accusative	metabolíceme	not used	metabolícelo, metabolícela, metabolícese	metabolícenos	not used	metabolícelos, metabolícelas
with first-person plural imperative metabolicemos
	dative	not used	metabolicémoste	metabolicémosle	metabolicémonos	metabolicémoos	metabolicémosles
	accusative	not used	metabolicémoste	metabolicémoslo, metabolicémosla	metabolicémonos	metabolicémoos	metabolicémoslos, metabolicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative metabolizad
	dative	metabolizadme	not used	metabolizadle	metabolizadnos	metabolizaos	metabolizadles
	accusative	metabolizadme	not used	metabolizadlo, metabolizadla	metabolizadnos	metabolizaos	metabolizadlos, metabolizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative metabolicen
	dative	metabolícenme	not used	metabolícenle	metabolícennos	not used	metabolícenles, metabolícense
	accusative	metabolícenme	not used	metabolícenlo, metabolícenla	metabolícennos	not used	metabolícenlos, metabolícenlas, metabolícense

Derived terms

• metabolización

 

Further reading

• “metabolizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16