jibarizar
Spanish
Etymology
From jíbaro + -izar, after the Jivaroan peoples' practice of making shrunken heads.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /xibaɾiˈθaɾ/ [xi.β̞a.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /xibaɾiˈsaɾ/ [xi.β̞a.ɾiˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ji‧ba‧ri‧zar
Verb
jibarizar (first-person singular present jibarizo, first-person singular preterite jibaricé, past participle jibarizado)
- (colloquial, with a negative connotation) to reduce, to diminish, to shrink
- 1994, Eduardo Labarca Goddard, Butamalón:
- nuestras virtudes se jibarizan y nuestros defectos engordan elefantiásicamente
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2015 July 24, “Si hubiese Gobierno”, in El País:
- Si el Gobierno tuviese presidente, se instalaría en Barcelona, o en Castellfollit de la Roca (se supone que son también España), durante unas semanas, escuchando, hasta tener una idea, un proyecto, una reforma que fuese algo más que hacer nada, jibarizar el Estado autonómico o preanunciar escarmientos.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of jibarizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos |
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subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 |
tú||||||
imperfect (ra) |
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imperfect (se) |
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imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | vos |
tú||||||
negative | no jibarices | no jibarice | no jibaricemos | no jibaricéis | no jibaricen |
Derived terms
- jibarización
- jibarizador
Further reading
- “jibarizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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