chuzar

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈθaɾ/ [t͡ʃuˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈsaɾ/ [t͡ʃuˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: chu‧zar

Verb

chuzar (first-person singular present chuzo, first-person singular preterite chucé, past participle chuzado)

1. (transitive, Bolivia, Colombia, Nicaragua) to prick

Conjugation

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

infinitive			chuzar
gerund			chuzando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chuzado		chuzada
		plural		chuzados		chuzadas
		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	chuzo	chuzastú chuzásvos	chuza	chuzamos	chuzáis	chuzan
	imperfect	chuzaba	chuzabas	chuzaba	chuzábamos	chuzabais	chuzaban
	preterite	chucé	chuzaste	chuzó	chuzamos	chuzasteis	chuzaron
	future	chuzaré	chuzarás	chuzará	chuzaremos	chuzaréis	chuzarán
	conditional	chuzaría	chuzarías	chuzaría	chuzaríamos	chuzaríais	chuzarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chuce	chucestú chucésvos2	chuce	chucemos	chucéis	chucen
	imperfect (ra)	chuzara	chuzaras	chuzara	chuzáramos	chuzarais	chuzaran
	imperfect (se)	chuzase	chuzases	chuzase	chuzásemos	chuzaseis	chuzasen
	future1	chuzare	chuzares	chuzare	chuzáremos	chuzareis	chuzaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chuzatú chuzávos	chuce	chucemos	chuzad	chucen
	negative		no chuces	no chuce	no chucemos	no chucéis	no chucen

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

Further reading

• “chuzar”, 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