surcir

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zurcir

Etymology

From Latin sarcīre, compare Portuguese cerzir.

Verb

surcir (first-person singular present surzo, first-person singular preterite surcí, past participle surcido)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to darn; to mend

Conjugation

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

infinitive			surcir
gerund			surciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		surcido		surcida
		plural		surcidos		surcidas
		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	surzo	surcestú surcísvos	surce	surcimos	surcís	surcen
	imperfect	surcía	surcías	surcía	surcíamos	surcíais	surcían
	preterite	surcí	surciste	surció	surcimos	surcisteis	surcieron
	future	surciré	surcirás	surcirá	surciremos	surciréis	surcirán
	conditional	surciría	surcirías	surciría	surciríamos	surciríais	surcirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	surza	surzastú surzásvos2	surza	surzamos	surzáis	surzan
	imperfect (ra)	surciera	surcieras	surciera	surciéramos	surcierais	surcieran
	imperfect (se)	surciese	surcieses	surciese	surciésemos	surcieseis	surciesen
	future1	surciere	surcieres	surciere	surciéremos	surciereis	surcieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		surcetú surcívos	surza	surzamos	surcid	surzan
	negative		no surzas	no surza	no surzamos	no surzáis	no surzan

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

Further reading

• “surcir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025