cerciorar
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin certiōrāre, from certior (“more certain, rather certain”).
Verb
cerciorar (first-person singular present cercioro, first-person singular preterite cercioré, past participle cerciorado)
Usage notes
- cerciorarse is considered more formal than asegurar and as such is not usually heard in everyday parlance.
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cerciorar | |||||||
dative | cerciorarme | cerciorarte | cerciorarle, cerciorarse | cerciorarnos | cercioraros | cerciorarles, cerciorarse | |
accusative | cerciorarme | cerciorarte | cerciorarlo, cerciorarla, cerciorarse | cerciorarnos | cercioraros | cerciorarlos, cerciorarlas, cerciorarse | |
with gerund cerciorando | |||||||
dative | cerciorándome | cerciorándote | cerciorándole, cerciorándose | cerciorándonos | cerciorándoos | cerciorándoles, cerciorándose | |
accusative | cerciorándome | cerciorándote | cerciorándolo, cerciorándola, cerciorándose | cerciorándonos | cerciorándoos | cerciorándolos, cerciorándolas, cerciorándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cerciora | |||||||
dative | cerciórame | cerciórate | cerciórale | cercióranos | not used | cerciórales | |
accusative | cerciórame | cerciórate | cercióralo, cerciórala | cercióranos | not used | cercióralos, cercióralas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cerciorá | |||||||
dative | cerciorame | cerciorate | cerciorale | cercioranos | not used | cerciorales | |
accusative | cerciorame | cerciorate | cercioralo, cerciorala | cercioranos | not used | cercioralos, cercioralas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cerciore | |||||||
dative | cercióreme | not used | cerciórele, cerciórese | cerciórenos | not used | cercióreles | |
accusative | cercióreme | not used | cerciórelo, cerciórela, cerciórese | cerciórenos | not used | cerciórelos, cerciórelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cercioremos | |||||||
dative | not used | cerciorémoste | cerciorémosle | cerciorémonos | cerciorémoos | cerciorémosles | |
accusative | not used | cerciorémoste | cerciorémoslo, cerciorémosla | cerciorémonos | cerciorémoos | cerciorémoslos, cerciorémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cerciorad | |||||||
dative | cercioradme | not used | cercioradle | cercioradnos | cercioraos | cercioradles | |
accusative | cercioradme | not used | cercioradlo, cercioradla | cercioradnos | cercioraos | cercioradlos, cercioradlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cercioren | |||||||
dative | cerciórenme | not used | cerciórenle | cerciórennos | not used | cerciórenles, cerciórense | |
accusative | cerciórenme | not used | cerciórenlo, cerciórenla | cerciórennos | not used | cerciórenlos, cerciórenlas, cerciórense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “cerciorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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