Spanish Verb CARACTERIZAR - to characterize. Irregular ZAR family

Spanish Verb CARACTERIZAR: to characterize

The Spanish verb caracterizar means 'to characterize' and is an irregular Spanish ZAR verb.

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to characterize: caracterizar
Imagine that artists like to CHARACTERIZE TSAR!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE CARACTERIZAR - to characterize
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb caracterizar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente characterize	caracterizo	caracterizas	caracteriza	caracterizamos	caracterizáis	caracterizan
Imperfect Imperfecto characterized	caracterizaba	caracterizabas	caracterizaba	caracterizábamos	caracterizabais	caracterizaban
Preterit Pretérito characterized	caractericé	caracterizaste	caracterizó	caracterizamos	caracterizasteis	caracterizaron
Future Futuro will characterize	caracterizaré	caracterizarás	caracterizará	caracterizaremos	caracterizaréis	caracterizarán
Conditional Condicional would characterize	caracterizaría	caracterizarías	caracterizaría	caracterizaríamos	caracterizaríais	caracterizarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may characterize	caracterice	caracterices	caracterice	caractericemos	caractericéis	caractericen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might characterize	caracterizara	caracterizaras	caracterizara	caracterizáramos	caracterizarais	caracterizaran
	caracterizase	caracterizases	caracterizase	caracterizásemos	caracterizaseis	caracterizasen
Imperatives Spanish Verb caracterizar - to characterize
Imperative Imperativo characterize!		caracteriza!	caracterice!	caractericemos!	caracterizad!	caractericen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't characterize!		no caracterices!	no caracterice!	no ctualicemos!	no caractericéis!	no caractericen!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb CARACTERIZAR Past Participle: caracterizado - have characterized
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have characterized	he caracterizado	has caracterizado	ha caracterizado	hemos caracterizado	habéis caracterizado	han caracterizado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had characterized	hube caracterizado	hubiste caracterizado	hubo caracterizado	hubimos caracterizado	hubisteis caracterizado	hubieron caracterizado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had characterized	había caracterizado	habías caracterizado	había caracterizado	habíamos caracterizado	habíais caracterizado	habían caracterizado
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have characterized	haya caracterizado	hayas caracterizado	haya caracterizado	hayamos caracterizado	hayáis caracterizado	hayan caracterizado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have characterized	habré caracterizado	habrás caracterizado	habrá caracterizado	habremos caracterizado	habréis caracterizado	habrán caracterizado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have characterized	habría caracterizado	habrías caracterizado	habría caracterizado	habríamos caracterizado	habríais caracterizado	habrían caracterizado
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have characterized	hubiera caracterizado	hubieras caracterizado	hubiera caracterizado	hubiéramos caracterizado	hubierais caracterizado	hubieran caracterizado
	hubiese caracterizado	hubieses caracterizado	hubiese caracterizado	hubiésemos caracterizado	hubieseis caracterizado	hubiesen caracterizado
Progressive Tenses CARACTERIZAR Present Participle: caracterizando - characterizing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am characterizing	estoy caracterizando	estás caracterizando	está caracterizando	estamos caracterizando	está caracterizando	están caracterizando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was characterizing	estuve caracterizando	estuviste caracterizando	estuvo caracterizando	estuvimos caracterizando	estuvisteis caracterizando	estuvieron caracterizando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been characterizing	estaba caracterizando	estabas caracterizando	estaba caracterizando	estábamos caracterizando	estabais caracterizando	estaban caracterizando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be characterizing	estaré caracterizando	estarás caracterizando	estará caracterizando	estaremos caracterizando	estaréis caracterizando	estarán caracterizando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría caracterizando	estarías caracterizando	estabría caracterizando	estaríamos caracterizando	estaríais caracterizando	estarían caracterizando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been characterizing	que ~ caracterizando	que ~ caracterizando	que ~ caracterizando	que ~ caracterizando	que ~ caracterizando	que ~ caracterizando

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Spanish verb caracterizar - to characterize

caracterizar can also mean: to portray, to depict; to play.
caracterizarse por algo (vr): to be characterized/portrayed by something.
el carácter (nm): character, temperament, temper, the nature.
la caracterización (nf): characterization, portrayal, description.

la característica (nf): characteristic, feature.
característico / a (adj): characteristic, typical.
Also: el rasgo: characteristic, feature, gesture.

Spanish for to characterize is caracterizar

Eso es muy característico de Juan: That is typical of Juan.
La ciudad se caracteriza por numerosas rotondas: The city is characterised by numerous roundabouts.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ZAR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos caracterizás
Subjuntivo: vos caractericés
Imperativo: ¡caracterizá! ¡No caractericés!

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