desmenuzar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ menuza (from Latin minūtia) + -ar. Compare French menuiser, Italian minuzzare (archaic), sminuzzare, Occitan menusar, Portuguese esmiuçar.

Verb

desmenuzar (first-person singular present desmenuzo, first-person singular preterite desmenucé, past participle desmenuzado)

  1. to crumble
  2. to fine-tooth comb

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.
    Conjugation of desmenuzar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive desmenuzar
gerund desmenuzando
past participle masculine feminine
singular desmenuzado desmenuzada
plural desmenuzados desmenuzadas
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 desmenuzo desmenuzastú
desmenuzásvos		 desmenuza desmenuzamos desmenuzáis desmenuzan
imperfect desmenuzaba desmenuzabas desmenuzaba desmenuzábamos desmenuzabais desmenuzaban
preterite desmenucé desmenuzaste desmenuzó desmenuzamos desmenuzasteis desmenuzaron
future desmenuzaré desmenuzarás desmenuzará desmenuzaremos desmenuzaréis desmenuzarán
conditional desmenuzaría desmenuzarías desmenuzaría desmenuzaríamos desmenuzaríais desmenuzarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present desmenuce desmenucestú
desmenucésvos2		 desmenuce desmenucemos desmenucéis desmenucen
imperfect
(ra)		 desmenuzara desmenuzaras desmenuzara desmenuzáramos desmenuzarais desmenuzaran
imperfect
(se)		 desmenuzase desmenuzases desmenuzase desmenuzásemos desmenuzaseis desmenuzasen
future1 desmenuzare desmenuzares desmenuzare desmenuzáremos desmenuzareis desmenuzaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative desmenuzatú
desmenuzávos		 desmenuce desmenucemos desmenuzad desmenucen
negative no desmenuces no desmenuce no desmenucemos no desmenucéis no desmenucen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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