cerciorar
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin certiōrāre, present active infinitive of certiōrō, from certior (“more certain, rather certain”).
Verb
cerciorar (first-person singular present cercioro, first-person singular preterite cercioré, past participle cerciorado)
Usage notes
- cerciorarse is considered more formal than asegurar and as such is not usually heard in everyday parlance.
Conjugation
Conjugation of cerciorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of cerciorar
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 cerciorar | |||||||
| dative | cerciorarme | cerciorarte | cerciorarle, cerciorarse | cerciorarnos | cercioraros | cerciorarles, cerciorarse | |
| accusative | cerciorarme | cerciorarte | cerciorarlo, cerciorarla, cerciorarse | cerciorarnos | cercioraros | cerciorarlos, cerciorarlas, cerciorarse | |
| with gerund cerciorando | |||||||
| dative | cerciorándome | cerciorándote | cerciorándole, cerciorándose | cerciorándonos | cerciorándoos | cerciorándoles, cerciorándose | |
| accusative | cerciorándome | cerciorándote | cerciorándolo, cerciorándola, cerciorándose | cerciorándonos | cerciorándoos | cerciorándolos, cerciorándolas, cerciorándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative cerciora | |||||||
| dative | cerciórame | cerciórate | cerciórale | cercióranos | not used | cerciórales | |
| accusative | cerciórame | cerciórate | cercióralo, cerciórala | cercióranos | not used | cercióralos, cercióralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative cerciorá | |||||||
| dative | cerciorame | cerciorate | cerciorale | cercioranos | not used | cerciorales | |
| accusative | cerciorame | cerciorate | cercioralo, cerciorala | cercioranos | not used | cercioralos, cercioralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cerciore | |||||||
| dative | cercióreme | not used | cerciórele, cerciórese | cerciórenos | not used | cercióreles | |
| accusative | cercióreme | not used | cerciórelo, cerciórela, cerciórese | cerciórenos | not used | cerciórelos, cerciórelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cercioremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | cerciorémoste | cerciorémosle | cerciorémonos | cerciorémoos | cerciorémosles | |
| accusative | not used | cerciorémoste | cerciorémoslo, cerciorémosla | cerciorémonos | cerciorémoos | cerciorémoslos, cerciorémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cerciorad | |||||||
| dative | cercioradme | not used | cercioradle | cercioradnos | cercioraos | cercioradles | |
| accusative | cercioradme | not used | cercioradlo, cercioradla | cercioradnos | cercioraos | cercioradlos, cercioradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cercioren | |||||||
| dative | cerciórenme | not used | cerciórenle | cerciórennos | not used | cerciórenles, cerciórense | |
| accusative | cerciórenme | not used | cerciórenlo, cerciórenla | cerciórennos | not used | cerciórenlos, cerciórenlas, cerciórense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “cerciorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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