esterilizar
Portuguese
Verb
esterilizar (first-person singular present indicative esterilizo, past participle esterilizado)
- to sterilize
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb esterilizar
Derived terms
- esterilização f (“sterilization”)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /esteɾiliˈθaɾ/, [est̪eɾiliˈθaɾ]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /esteɾiliˈsaɾ/, [est̪eɾiliˈsaɾ]
Verb
esterilizar (first-person singular present esterilizo, first-person singular preterite esterilicé, past participle esterilizado)
- (transitive) to sterilize
Conjugation
- Rule: z becomes a c before e.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-zar)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -zar)</a>
Derived terms
- esterilización (“sterilization”)
Further reading
- “esterilizar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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