tiznar

Spanish

Etymology

From tizón (“brand”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tiθˈnaɾ/ [t̪iθ̬ˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tisˈnaɾ/ [t̪izˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tiz‧nar

Verb

tiznar (first-person singular present tizno, first-person singular preterite tizné, past participle tiznado)

1. (transitive) to soil with soot; to blacken, to stain, to smudge
2. (figuratively, transitive) to tarnish, to stain
3. (reflexive, Central America, Argentina) to get drunk

Conjugation

infinitive			tiznar
gerund			tiznando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tiznado		tiznada
		plural		tiznados		tiznadas
		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	tizno	tiznastú tiznásvos	tizna	tiznamos	tiznáis	tiznan
	imperfect	tiznaba	tiznabas	tiznaba	tiznábamos	tiznabais	tiznaban
	preterite	tizné	tiznaste	tiznó	tiznamos	tiznasteis	tiznaron
	future	tiznaré	tiznarás	tiznará	tiznaremos	tiznaréis	tiznarán
	conditional	tiznaría	tiznarías	tiznaría	tiznaríamos	tiznaríais	tiznarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tizne	tiznestú tiznésvos2	tizne	tiznemos	tiznéis	tiznen
	imperfect (ra)	tiznara	tiznaras	tiznara	tiznáramos	tiznarais	tiznaran
	imperfect (se)	tiznase	tiznases	tiznase	tiznásemos	tiznaseis	tiznasen
	future1	tiznare	tiznares	tiznare	tiznáremos	tiznareis	tiznaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tiznatú tiznávos	tizne	tiznemos	tiznad	tiznen
	negative		no tiznes	no tizne	no tiznemos	no tiznéis	no tiznen

    Conjugation of tiznar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tiznar	dative	tiznarme	tiznarte	tiznarle, tiznarse	tiznarnos	tiznaros	tiznarles, tiznarse
	accusative	tiznarme	tiznarte	tiznarlo, tiznarla, tiznarse	tiznarnos	tiznaros	tiznarlos, tiznarlas, tiznarse
with gerund tiznando	dative	tiznándome	tiznándote	tiznándole, tiznándose	tiznándonos	tiznándoos	tiznándoles, tiznándose
	accusative	tiznándome	tiznándote	tiznándolo, tiznándola, tiznándose	tiznándonos	tiznándoos	tiznándolos, tiznándolas, tiznándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tizna	dative	tízname	tíznate	tíznale	tíznanos	not used	tíznales
	accusative	tízname	tíznate	tíznalo, tíznala	tíznanos	not used	tíznalos, tíznalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tizná	dative	tizname	tiznate	tiznale	tiznanos	not used	tiznales
	accusative	tizname	tiznate	tiznalo, tiznala	tiznanos	not used	tiznalos, tiznalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tizne	dative	tízneme	not used	tíznele, tíznese	tíznenos	not used	tízneles
	accusative	tízneme	not used	tíznelo, tíznela, tíznese	tíznenos	not used	tíznelos, tíznelas
with first-person plural imperative tiznemos	dative	not used	tiznémoste	tiznémosle	tiznémonos	tiznémoos	tiznémosles
	accusative	not used	tiznémoste	tiznémoslo, tiznémosla	tiznémonos	tiznémoos	tiznémoslos, tiznémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tiznad	dative	tiznadme	not used	tiznadle	tiznadnos	tiznaos	tiznadles
	accusative	tiznadme	not used	tiznadlo, tiznadla	tiznadnos	tiznaos	tiznadlos, tiznadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tiznen	dative	tíznenme	not used	tíznenle	tíznennos	not used	tíznenles, tíznense
	accusative	tíznenme	not used	tíznenlo, tíznenla	tíznennos	not used	tíznenlos, tíznenlas, tíznense

    Selected combined forms of tiznar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• le dijo la sartén al cazo ¡aparta que me tiznas!
• tizne

 

Further reading

• “tiznar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10