censar

Spanish

Etymology

From censo (“census”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenˈsaɾ/ [θẽnˈsaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /senˈsaɾ/ [sẽnˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧sar
• Homophone: (with seseo) sensar

Verb

censar (first-person singular present censo, first-person singular preterite censé, past participle censado)

1. to take a census

Conjugation

    Conjugation of censar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			censar
gerund			censando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		censado		censada
		plural		censados		censadas
		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	censo	censastú censásvos	censa	censamos	censáis	censan
	imperfect	censaba	censabas	censaba	censábamos	censabais	censaban
	preterite	censé	censaste	censó	censamos	censasteis	censaron
	future	censaré	censarás	censará	censaremos	censaréis	censarán
	conditional	censaría	censarías	censaría	censaríamos	censaríais	censarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cense	censestú censésvos2	cense	censemos	censéis	censen
	imperfect (ra)	censara	censaras	censara	censáramos	censarais	censaran
	imperfect (se)	censase	censases	censase	censásemos	censaseis	censasen
	future1	censare	censares	censare	censáremos	censareis	censaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		censatú censávos	cense	censemos	censad	censen
	negative		no censes	no cense	no censemos	no censéis	no censen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of censar

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 censar	dative	censarme	censarte	censarle, censarse	censarnos	censaros	censarles, censarse
	accusative	censarme	censarte	censarlo, censarla, censarse	censarnos	censaros	censarlos, censarlas, censarse
with gerund censando	dative	censándome	censándote	censándole, censándose	censándonos	censándoos	censándoles, censándose
	accusative	censándome	censándote	censándolo, censándola, censándose	censándonos	censándoos	censándolos, censándolas, censándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative censa	dative	cénsame	cénsate	cénsale	cénsanos	not used	cénsales
	accusative	cénsame	cénsate	cénsalo, cénsala	cénsanos	not used	cénsalos, cénsalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative censá	dative	censame	censate	censale	censanos	not used	censales
	accusative	censame	censate	censalo, censala	censanos	not used	censalos, censalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cense	dative	cénseme	not used	cénsele, cénsese	cénsenos	not used	cénseles
	accusative	cénseme	not used	cénselo, cénsela, cénsese	cénsenos	not used	cénselos, cénselas
with first-person plural imperative censemos	dative	not used	censémoste	censémosle	censémonos	censémoos	censémosles
	accusative	not used	censémoste	censémoslo, censémosla	censémonos	censémoos	censémoslos, censémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative censad	dative	censadme	not used	censadle	censadnos	censaos	censadles
	accusative	censadme	not used	censadlo, censadla	censadnos	censaos	censadlos, censadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative censen	dative	cénsenme	not used	cénsenle	cénsennos	not used	cénsenles, cénsense
	accusative	cénsenme	not used	cénsenlo, cénsenla	cénsennos	not used	cénsenlos, cénsenlas, cénsense

Related terms

• censista m
• censo m

Further reading

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