ridiculizar

Portuguese

Etymology

From ridículo +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [hi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [hi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ɾ)/ [hi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [χi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ɻ)/ [hi.d͡ʒi.ku.liˈza(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁi.di.ku.liˈzaɾ/ [ʁi.ði.ku.liˈzaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁi.di.ku.liˈzaɾ/ [ʁi.ði.ku.liˈzaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁi.di.ku.liˈza.ɾi/ [ʁi.ði.ku.liˈza.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ri‧di‧cu‧li‧zar

Verb

ridiculizar (first-person singular present ridiculizo, first-person singular preterite ridiculizei, past participle ridiculizado)

1. (transitive) to ridicule, to mock

   Synonym: ridicularizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ridiculizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ridiculizar
Personal	ridiculizar	ridiculizares	ridiculizar	ridiculizarmos	ridiculizardes	ridiculizarem
Gerund
	ridiculizando
Past participle
Masculine	ridiculizado			ridiculizados
Feminine	ridiculizada			ridiculizadas
Indicative
Present	ridiculizo	ridiculizas	ridiculiza	ridiculizamos	ridiculizais	ridiculizam
Imperfect	ridiculizava	ridiculizavas	ridiculizava	ridiculizávamos	ridiculizáveis	ridiculizavam
Preterite	ridiculizei	ridiculizaste	ridiculizou	ridiculizamos1, ridiculizámos2	ridiculizastes	ridiculizaram
Pluperfect	ridiculizara	ridiculizaras	ridiculizara	ridiculizáramos	ridiculizáreis	ridiculizaram
Future	ridiculizarei	ridiculizarás	ridiculizará	ridiculizaremos	ridiculizareis	ridiculizarão
Conditional	ridiculizaria	ridiculizarias	ridiculizaria	ridiculizaríamos	ridiculizaríeis	ridiculizariam
Subjunctive
Present	ridiculize	ridiculizes	ridiculize	ridiculizemos	ridiculizeis	ridiculizem
Imperfect	ridiculizasse	ridiculizasses	ridiculizasse	ridiculizássemos	ridiculizásseis	ridiculizassem
Future	ridiculizar	ridiculizares	ridiculizar	ridiculizarmos	ridiculizardes	ridiculizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ridiculiza	ridiculize	ridiculizemos	ridiculizai	ridiculizem
Negative (não)		não ridiculizes	não ridiculize	não ridiculizemos	não ridiculizeis	não ridiculizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From ridículo +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ridikuliˈθaɾ/ [ri.ð̞i.ku.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ridikuliˈsaɾ/ [ri.ð̞i.ku.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ri‧di‧cu‧li‧zar

Verb

ridiculizar (first-person singular present ridiculizo, first-person singular preterite ridiculicé, past participle ridiculizado)

1. (transitive) to ridicule, laugh at, mock

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ridiculizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ridiculizar
gerund			ridiculizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ridiculizado		ridiculizada
		plural		ridiculizados		ridiculizadas
		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	ridiculizo	ridiculizastú ridiculizásvos	ridiculiza	ridiculizamos	ridiculizáis	ridiculizan
	imperfect	ridiculizaba	ridiculizabas	ridiculizaba	ridiculizábamos	ridiculizabais	ridiculizaban
	preterite	ridiculicé	ridiculizaste	ridiculizó	ridiculizamos	ridiculizasteis	ridiculizaron
	future	ridiculizaré	ridiculizarás	ridiculizará	ridiculizaremos	ridiculizaréis	ridiculizarán
	conditional	ridiculizaría	ridiculizarías	ridiculizaría	ridiculizaríamos	ridiculizaríais	ridiculizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ridiculice	ridiculicestú ridiculicésvos2	ridiculice	ridiculicemos	ridiculicéis	ridiculicen
	imperfect (ra)	ridiculizara	ridiculizaras	ridiculizara	ridiculizáramos	ridiculizarais	ridiculizaran
	imperfect (se)	ridiculizase	ridiculizases	ridiculizase	ridiculizásemos	ridiculizaseis	ridiculizasen
	future1	ridiculizare	ridiculizares	ridiculizare	ridiculizáremos	ridiculizareis	ridiculizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ridiculizatú ridiculizávos	ridiculice	ridiculicemos	ridiculizad	ridiculicen
	negative		no ridiculices	no ridiculice	no ridiculicemos	no ridiculicéis	no ridiculicen

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

    Selected combined forms of ridiculizar (c-z 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 ridiculizar	dative	ridiculizarme	ridiculizarte	ridiculizarle, ridiculizarse	ridiculizarnos	ridiculizaros	ridiculizarles, ridiculizarse
	accusative	ridiculizarme	ridiculizarte	ridiculizarlo, ridiculizarla, ridiculizarse	ridiculizarnos	ridiculizaros	ridiculizarlos, ridiculizarlas, ridiculizarse
with gerund ridiculizando	dative	ridiculizándome	ridiculizándote	ridiculizándole, ridiculizándose	ridiculizándonos	ridiculizándoos	ridiculizándoles, ridiculizándose
	accusative	ridiculizándome	ridiculizándote	ridiculizándolo, ridiculizándola, ridiculizándose	ridiculizándonos	ridiculizándoos	ridiculizándolos, ridiculizándolas, ridiculizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ridiculiza	dative	ridiculízame	ridiculízate	ridiculízale	ridiculízanos	not used	ridiculízales
	accusative	ridiculízame	ridiculízate	ridiculízalo, ridiculízala	ridiculízanos	not used	ridiculízalos, ridiculízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ridiculizá	dative	ridiculizame	ridiculizate	ridiculizale	ridiculizanos	not used	ridiculizales
	accusative	ridiculizame	ridiculizate	ridiculizalo, ridiculizala	ridiculizanos	not used	ridiculizalos, ridiculizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ridiculice	dative	ridiculíceme	not used	ridiculícele, ridiculícese	ridiculícenos	not used	ridiculíceles
	accusative	ridiculíceme	not used	ridiculícelo, ridiculícela, ridiculícese	ridiculícenos	not used	ridiculícelos, ridiculícelas
with first-person plural imperative ridiculicemos	dative	not used	ridiculicémoste	ridiculicémosle	ridiculicémonos	ridiculicémoos	ridiculicémosles
	accusative	not used	ridiculicémoste	ridiculicémoslo, ridiculicémosla	ridiculicémonos	ridiculicémoos	ridiculicémoslos, ridiculicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ridiculizad	dative	ridiculizadme	not used	ridiculizadle	ridiculizadnos	ridiculizaos	ridiculizadles
	accusative	ridiculizadme	not used	ridiculizadlo, ridiculizadla	ridiculizadnos	ridiculizaos	ridiculizadlos, ridiculizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ridiculicen	dative	ridiculícenme	not used	ridiculícenle	ridiculícennos	not used	ridiculícenles, ridiculícense
	accusative	ridiculícenme	not used	ridiculícenlo, ridiculícenla	ridiculícennos	not used	ridiculícenlos, ridiculícenlas, ridiculícense

Further reading

• “ridiculizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10