Spanish Word of the Day: derretir(se)

[Sam Wilson]

LiCR,

derretir 📢 - to melt (transitive verb)

derretirse 📢 - to melt (reflexive verb)

https://dle.rae.es/derretir  

derretir

TRANSITIVE VERB

(= fundir)

[mantequilla, helado] to melt

[metal] to melt ⧫ melt down

[nieve] to melt ⧫ thaw

derretirse

REFLEXIVE VERB

1.  (= fundirse)

[mantequilla, helado, metal] to melt

[nieve] to thaw ⧫ melt

2.  (informal) (= sulfurarse) to get worked up

3.  (informal) (= mostrarse sensible) to come over all sentimental

Verb conjugations for derretir

Presentyo derritotú derritesUd./él/ella derritenosotros, -as derretimosvosotros, -as derretísUds./ellos/ellas derritenFutureyo derretirétú derretirásUd./él/ella derretiránosotros, -as derretiremosvosotros, -as derretiréisUds./ellos/ellas derretiránPreteriteyo derretítú derretisteUd./él/ella derritiónosotros, -as derretimosvosotros, -as derretisteisUds./ellos/ellas derritieronImperfectyo derretíatú derretíasUd./él/ella derretíanosotros, -as derretíamosvosotros, -as derretíaisUds./ellos/ellas derretían

• Cuando veas el anillo que escoja, te vas a derretir.
  When you see the ring I picked out, you're gonna melt.
  
  
• Tu helado va a derretirse como no te lo comas pronto.
  Your ice cream is going to melt if you don't eat it soon.
  
  
• Vale la pena derretirse por ciertas personas y haces que me derrita.
  Some people are worth melting for and you make me melt.
  
  
• Te derrites cada vez que te habla.
  Whenever she speaks to you, you go all soppy.
  

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Sam

[Christopher Howard]

Hola Compas,

 

Derretir is a stem changing (ortographic) verb (e to i) in the present (except for nosotros and vosotros and often called “boot verbs” because the changes resemble a boot in the present tense), preterite (third person singular and plural) and gerund (ing) form of the verb.

There are also stem changes in both the present and past (imperfect) subjunctive but the rules are very confusing for the beginning and intermediate Spanish Student.

 

Whew! ¡Qué alivio!

 

Christopher Howard

www.costaricaspanish.net

www.liveincostarica.com

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[Christopher Howard]

For those who seriously want to study Spanish grammar or try to understand it, purchase “A New Reference – Grammar of Modern Spanish” by John Butt and Carmen Benjamin.

 

Christopher

[Sam Wilson]

Gene,

Should I call 9-1-1?  jajaja.  Just in case I've got my catalejo (spyglass) pointed towards your mountain to keep an eye on zopilote (buzzard) activity...   (☉_☉)

Heck!  I just got through figuring out what TRANSITIVE and REFLEXIVE verbs are in English, now I can (almost) add stem-changing boot root buggers to my skill set!  Who knew this could be so much fun?!  As part of my study, I had to go find more examples of this exciting concept:

Reír: Yo reí - Tú reíste - Él rió - Nosotros reímos - Vosotros reísteis - Ellos rieron

Sentir: Yo sentí - Tú sentiste - Él sintió - Nosotros sentimos - Vosotros sentisteis - Ellos sintieron

Morir: Yo morí - Tú moriste - Él murió - Nosotros morimos - Vosotros moristeis - Ellos murieron

And, Moriarty... before you get started, let me remind you about those negative waves...

I guess there is no way around studying those verb tables.  To think, I actually had other plans for the year!  ;-)

Thanks for the tip on the book, Christopher.  Turns out I needed to order stuff from Amazon today -- I'll be sure to include a copy of that book.

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[Gene French]

Welfare check???

Why thanks sam...i thought you dont love me anymore!!!

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