amenizar
Portuguese
Etymology
By surface analysis, ameno + -izar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.me.niˈza(ʁ)/ [a.me.niˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.me.niˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.me.niˈza(ʁ)/ [a.me.niˈza(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.me.niˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɨ.niˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɨ.niˈza.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧ni‧zar
Verb
amenizar (first-person singular present amenizo, first-person singular preterite amenizei, past participle amenizado)
- (transitive) to soothe (render calmer or softer)
Conjugation
Conjugation of amenizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “amenizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “amenizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ameniˈθaɾ/ [a.me.niˈθaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ameniˈsaɾ/ [a.me.niˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧me‧ni‧zar
Verb
amenizar (first-person singular present amenizo, first-person singular preterite amenicé, past participle amenizado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of amenizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of amenizar (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 amenizar | dative | amenizarme | amenizarte | amenizarle, amenizarse | amenizarnos | amenizaros | amenizarles, amenizarse |
| accusative | amenizarme | amenizarte | amenizarlo, amenizarla, amenizarse | amenizarnos | amenizaros | amenizarlos, amenizarlas, amenizarse | |
| with gerund amenizando | dative | amenizándome | amenizándote | amenizándole, amenizándose | amenizándonos | amenizándoos | amenizándoles, amenizándose |
| accusative | amenizándome | amenizándote | amenizándolo, amenizándola, amenizándose | amenizándonos | amenizándoos | amenizándolos, amenizándolas, amenizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ameniza | dative | amenízame | amenízate | amenízale | amenízanos | not used | amenízales |
| accusative | amenízame | amenízate | amenízalo, amenízala | amenízanos | not used | amenízalos, amenízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative amenizá | dative | amenizame | amenizate | amenizale | amenizanos | not used | amenizales |
| accusative | amenizame | amenizate | amenizalo, amenizala | amenizanos | not used | amenizalos, amenizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative amenice | dative | ameníceme | not used | amenícele, amenícese | amenícenos | not used | ameníceles |
| accusative | ameníceme | not used | amenícelo, amenícela, amenícese | amenícenos | not used | amenícelos, amenícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative amenicemos | dative | not used | amenicémoste | amenicémosle | amenicémonos | amenicémoos | amenicémosles |
| accusative | not used | amenicémoste | amenicémoslo, amenicémosla | amenicémonos | amenicémoos | amenicémoslos, amenicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative amenizad | dative | amenizadme | not used | amenizadle | amenizadnos | amenizaos | amenizadles |
| accusative | amenizadme | not used | amenizadlo, amenizadla | amenizadnos | amenizaos | amenizadlos, amenizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative amenicen | dative | amenícenme | not used | amenícenle | amenícennos | not used | amenícenles, amenícense |
| accusative | amenícenme | not used | amenícenlo, amenícenla | amenícennos | not used | amenícenlos, amenícenlas, amenícense | |
Further reading
- “amenizar”, 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