aterrorizar Present Conjugation
aterrorizar — to terrify
The present tense is fully regular: aterrorizo, aterrorizas, aterroriza, aterrorizamos, aterrorizáis, aterrorizan.
aterrorizar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this to describe things that currently terrify people or general facts, like 'Las arañas aterrorizan a mucha gente'.
Notes on aterrorizar in the Present
Aterrorizar is regular in the present indicative. The 'z' is kept throughout because the endings start with 'o' or 'a'.
Example Sentences
Esas historias aterrorizan a los niños.
Those stories terrify the children.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo no aterrorizo a nadie a propósito.
I don't terrify anyone on purpose.
yo
Tú siempre aterrorizas a tu hermana pequeña.
You always terrify your little sister.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Thinking it has a stem change like 'terror'.
Correct: aterrorizo (not aterriorizo)
Why: Aterrorizar does not have a stem-vowel change; it follows the standard -ar pattern.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: aterroricé
Aterrorizar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes 'z' to 'c': aterroricé.
Imperfect
yo: aterrorizaba
The imperfect is regular: aterrorizaba, aterrorizabas, aterrorizaba, aterrorizábamos, aterrorizabais, aterrorizaban.
Future
yo: aterrorizaré
The future tense is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: aterrorizaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: aterrorice
Aterrorizar undergoes a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' in all forms: aterrorice, aterrorices, aterrorice, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: aterrorizara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: aterrorizara, aterrorizaras, aterrorizara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: aterroriza
The imperative uses 'aterroriza' (tú) and 'aterroricen' (ustedes), with a spelling change in formal forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no aterrorices
All negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no aterrorices, no aterrorice, no aterroricen.