entumecer

Spanish

Alternative forms
  • entomecer (nonstandard)
  • entormecer, atormecer, atomecer (crossed with adormecer)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intumēscere. According to Coromines & Pascual, first attested in Baltasar Gracián (17th century). The verb was partly affected by the inherited verb adormecer, producing some of the alternative forms shown above.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /entumeˈθeɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪u.meˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /entumeˈseɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪u.meˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧tu‧me‧cer

Verb

entumecer (first-person singular present entumezco, first-person singular preterite entumecí, past participle entumecido)

  1. (transitive) to numb
  2. (reflexive) to go numb
    Se me entumeció el dedo.
    My finger went numb.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of entumecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive entumecer
gerund entumeciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular entumecido entumecida
plural entumecidos entumecidas
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 entumezco entumecestú
entumecésvos		 entumece entumecemos entumecéis entumecen
imperfect entumecía entumecías entumecía entumecíamos entumecíais entumecían
preterite entumecí entumeciste entumeció entumecimos entumecisteis entumecieron
future entumeceré entumecerás entumecerá entumeceremos entumeceréis entumecerán
conditional entumecería entumecerías entumecería entumeceríamos entumeceríais entumecerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present entumezca entumezcastú
entumezcásvos2		 entumezca entumezcamos entumezcáis entumezcan
imperfect
(ra)		 entumeciera entumecieras entumeciera entumeciéramos entumecierais entumecieran
imperfect
(se)		 entumeciese entumecieses entumeciese entumeciésemos entumecieseis entumeciesen
future1 entumeciere entumecieres entumeciere entumeciéremos entumeciereis entumecieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative entumecetú
entumecévos		 entumezca entumezcamos entumeced entumezcan
negative no entumezcas no entumezca no entumezcamos no entumezcáis no entumezcan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of entumecer (c-zc alternation)

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 entumecer
dative entumecerme entumecerte entumecerle, entumecerse entumecernos entumeceros entumecerles, entumecerse
accusative entumecerme entumecerte entumecerlo, entumecerla, entumecerse entumecernos entumeceros entumecerlos, entumecerlas, entumecerse
with gerund entumeciendo
dative entumeciéndome entumeciéndote entumeciéndole, entumeciéndose entumeciéndonos entumeciéndoos entumeciéndoles, entumeciéndose
accusative entumeciéndome entumeciéndote entumeciéndolo, entumeciéndola, entumeciéndose entumeciéndonos entumeciéndoos entumeciéndolos, entumeciéndolas, entumeciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative entumece
dative entuméceme entumécete entumécele entumécenos not used entuméceles
accusative entuméceme entumécete entumécelo, entumécela entumécenos not used entumécelos, entumécelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative entumecé
dative entumeceme entumecete entumecele entumecenos not used entumeceles
accusative entumeceme entumecete entumecelo, entumecela entumecenos not used entumecelos, entumecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative entumezca
dative entumézcame not used entumézcale, entumézcase entumézcanos not used entumézcales
accusative entumézcame not used entumézcalo, entumézcala, entumézcase entumézcanos not used entumézcalos, entumézcalas
with first-person plural imperative entumezcamos
dative not used entumezcámoste entumezcámosle entumezcámonos entumezcámoos entumezcámosles
accusative not used entumezcámoste entumezcámoslo, entumezcámosla entumezcámonos entumezcámoos entumezcámoslos, entumezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative entumeced
dative entumecedme not used entumecedle entumecednos entumeceos entumecedles
accusative entumecedme not used entumecedlo, entumecedla entumecednos entumeceos entumecedlos, entumecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative entumezcan
dative entumézcanme not used entumézcanle entumézcannos not used entumézcanles, entumézcanse
accusative entumézcanme not used entumézcanlo, entumézcanla entumézcannos not used entumézcanlos, entumézcanlas, entumézcanse

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