liberalizar

Spanish

Etymology

From liberal +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /libeɾaliˈθaɾ/ [li.β̞e.ɾa.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /libeɾaliˈsaɾ/ [li.β̞e.ɾa.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧be‧ra‧li‧zar

Verb

liberalizar (first-person singular present liberalizo, first-person singular preterite liberalicé, past participle liberalizado)

1. to liberalize
2. to deregulate
   • 2015 October 14, “Tribuna”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Que nadie podía liberalizar la economía italiana y reformar su política.

     That no one could deregulate the Italian economy and reform its politics.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			liberalizar
gerund			liberalizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		liberalizado		liberalizada
		plural		liberalizados		liberalizadas
		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	liberalizo	liberalizastú liberalizásvos	liberaliza	liberalizamos	liberalizáis	liberalizan
	imperfect	liberalizaba	liberalizabas	liberalizaba	liberalizábamos	liberalizabais	liberalizaban
	preterite	liberalicé	liberalizaste	liberalizó	liberalizamos	liberalizasteis	liberalizaron
	future	liberalizaré	liberalizarás	liberalizará	liberalizaremos	liberalizaréis	liberalizarán
	conditional	liberalizaría	liberalizarías	liberalizaría	liberalizaríamos	liberalizaríais	liberalizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	liberalice	liberalicestú liberalicésvos2	liberalice	liberalicemos	liberalicéis	liberalicen
	imperfect (ra)	liberalizara	liberalizaras	liberalizara	liberalizáramos	liberalizarais	liberalizaran
	imperfect (se)	liberalizase	liberalizases	liberalizase	liberalizásemos	liberalizaseis	liberalizasen
	future1	liberalizare	liberalizares	liberalizare	liberalizáremos	liberalizareis	liberalizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		liberalizatú liberalizávos	liberalice	liberalicemos	liberalizad	liberalicen
	negative		no liberalices	no liberalice	no liberalicemos	no liberalicéis	no liberalicen

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

    Selected combined forms of liberalizar (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 liberalizar
	dative	liberalizarme	liberalizarte	liberalizarle, liberalizarse	liberalizarnos	liberalizaros	liberalizarles, liberalizarse
	accusative	liberalizarme	liberalizarte	liberalizarlo, liberalizarla, liberalizarse	liberalizarnos	liberalizaros	liberalizarlos, liberalizarlas, liberalizarse
with gerund liberalizando
	dative	liberalizándome	liberalizándote	liberalizándole, liberalizándose	liberalizándonos	liberalizándoos	liberalizándoles, liberalizándose
	accusative	liberalizándome	liberalizándote	liberalizándolo, liberalizándola, liberalizándose	liberalizándonos	liberalizándoos	liberalizándolos, liberalizándolas, liberalizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative liberaliza
	dative	liberalízame	liberalízate	liberalízale	liberalízanos	not used	liberalízales
	accusative	liberalízame	liberalízate	liberalízalo, liberalízala	liberalízanos	not used	liberalízalos, liberalízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative liberalizá
	dative	liberalizame	liberalizate	liberalizale	liberalizanos	not used	liberalizales
	accusative	liberalizame	liberalizate	liberalizalo, liberalizala	liberalizanos	not used	liberalizalos, liberalizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative liberalice
	dative	liberalíceme	not used	liberalícele, liberalícese	liberalícenos	not used	liberalíceles
	accusative	liberalíceme	not used	liberalícelo, liberalícela, liberalícese	liberalícenos	not used	liberalícelos, liberalícelas
with first-person plural imperative liberalicemos
	dative	not used	liberalicémoste	liberalicémosle	liberalicémonos	liberalicémoos	liberalicémosles
	accusative	not used	liberalicémoste	liberalicémoslo, liberalicémosla	liberalicémonos	liberalicémoos	liberalicémoslos, liberalicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative liberalizad
	dative	liberalizadme	not used	liberalizadle	liberalizadnos	liberalizaos	liberalizadles
	accusative	liberalizadme	not used	liberalizadlo, liberalizadla	liberalizadnos	liberalizaos	liberalizadlos, liberalizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative liberalicen
	dative	liberalícenme	not used	liberalícenle	liberalícennos	not used	liberalícenles, liberalícense
	accusative	liberalícenme	not used	liberalícenlo, liberalícenla	liberalícennos	not used	liberalícenlos, liberalícenlas, liberalícense

Derived terms

• liberalización
• liberalizador

 

Further reading

• “liberalizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014