marchitar

Spanish

Etymology

From marchito +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɾt͡ʃiˈtaɾ/ [maɾ.t͡ʃiˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mar‧chi‧tar

Verb

marchitar (first-person singular present marchito, first-person singular preterite marchité, past participle marchitado)

  1. to wilt
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to wither, to wilt, to shrivel, to fade
    • 2014 June 10, “No quiero que mi hijo se marchite como el príncipe Carlos”, in El Tiempo‎:
      El Rey aseguró que "no quiero que mi hijo se marchite esperando como Carlos de Inglaterra. Hay que dejar paso. Yo he cumplido mi misión".
      The King assured that "I do not want my son to wither waiting like [Prince] Charles of England. I must make way. I have fulfilled my mission."

Conjugation
    Conjugation of marchitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive marchitar
gerund marchitando
past participle masculine feminine
singular marchitado marchitada
plural marchitados marchitadas
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 marchito marchitastú
marchitásvos		 marchita marchitamos marchitáis marchitan
imperfect marchitaba marchitabas marchitaba marchitábamos marchitabais marchitaban
preterite marchité marchitaste marchitó marchitamos marchitasteis marchitaron
future marchitaré marchitarás marchitará marchitaremos marchitaréis marchitarán
conditional marchitaría marchitarías marchitaría marchitaríamos marchitaríais marchitarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present marchite marchitestú
marchitésvos2		 marchite marchitemos marchitéis marchiten
imperfect
(ra)		 marchitara marchitaras marchitara marchitáramos marchitarais marchitaran
imperfect
(se)		 marchitase marchitases marchitase marchitásemos marchitaseis marchitasen
future1 marchitare marchitares marchitare marchitáremos marchitareis marchitaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative marchitatú
marchitávos		 marchite marchitemos marchitad marchiten
negative no marchites no marchite no marchitemos no marchitéis no marchiten

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

    Selected combined forms of marchitar

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 marchitar
dative marchitarme marchitarte marchitarle, marchitarse marchitarnos marchitaros marchitarles, marchitarse
accusative marchitarme marchitarte marchitarlo, marchitarla, marchitarse marchitarnos marchitaros marchitarlos, marchitarlas, marchitarse
with gerund marchitando
dative marchitándome marchitándote marchitándole, marchitándose marchitándonos marchitándoos marchitándoles, marchitándose
accusative marchitándome marchitándote marchitándolo, marchitándola, marchitándose marchitándonos marchitándoos marchitándolos, marchitándolas, marchitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative marchita
dative marchítame marchítate marchítale marchítanos not used marchítales
accusative marchítame marchítate marchítalo, marchítala marchítanos not used marchítalos, marchítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative marchitá
dative marchitame marchitate marchitale marchitanos not used marchitales
accusative marchitame marchitate marchitalo, marchitala marchitanos not used marchitalos, marchitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative marchite
dative marchíteme not used marchítele, marchítese marchítenos not used marchíteles
accusative marchíteme not used marchítelo, marchítela, marchítese marchítenos not used marchítelos, marchítelas
with first-person plural imperative marchitemos
dative not used marchitémoste marchitémosle marchitémonos marchitémoos marchitémosles
accusative not used marchitémoste marchitémoslo, marchitémosla marchitémonos marchitémoos marchitémoslos, marchitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative marchitad
dative marchitadme not used marchitadle marchitadnos marchitaos marchitadles
accusative marchitadme not used marchitadlo, marchitadla marchitadnos marchitaos marchitadlos, marchitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative marchiten
dative marchítenme not used marchítenle marchítennos not used marchítenles, marchítense
accusative marchítenme not used marchítenlo, marchítenla marchítennos not used marchítenlos, marchítenlas, marchítense

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