sintetizar Preterite Conjugation
sintetizar — to summarize
Sintetizar has a spelling change in the first person (yo) to 'sinteticé', but is otherwise regular.
sintetizar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for summaries completed at a specific point in the past, like finishing a brief or a project report yesterday.
Notes on sintetizar in the Preterite
There is a 'z' to 'c' spelling change in the 'yo' form (sinteticé) to maintain the soft 's' sound before the letter 'e'. All other forms are regular.
Example Sentences
Sinteticé el informe en dos páginas.
I summarized the report in two pages.
yo
Usted sintetizó el problema perfectamente.
You summarized the problem perfectly.
él/ella/usted
Sintetizamos los resultados ayer.
We summarized the results yesterday.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'sintetizé' with a 'z'.
Correct: sinteticé
Why: In Spanish, 'z' almost never appears before 'e' or 'i'; it changes to 'c'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sintetizo
Sintetizar is regular in the present tense: sintetizo, sintetizas, sintetiza, sintetizamos, sintetizáis, sintetizan.
Imperfect
yo: sintetizaba
Sintetizar is regular in the imperfect: sintetizaba, sintetizabas, sintetizaba, sintetizábamos, sintetizabais, sintetizaban.
Future
yo: sintetizaré
Sintetizar is regular in the future: sintetizaré, sintetizarás, sintetizará, sintetizaremos, sintetizaréis, sintetizarán.
Conditional
yo: sintetizaría
Sintetizar is regular in the conditional: sintetizaría, sintetizarías, sintetizaría, sintetizaríamos, sintetizaríais, sintetizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sintetice
Sintetizar changes 'z' to 'c' in all forms: sintetice, sintetices, sintetice, sinteticemos, sinteticéis, sinteticen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sintetizara
Sintetizar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive: sintetizara, sintetizaras, sintetizara, sintetizáramos, sintetizarais, sintetizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sintetiza
The imperative uses 'sintetiza' (tú) and 'sintetice' (usted/ustedes) for commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sintetices
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no sintetices, no sintetice, no sinteticemos, no sinteticéis, no sinteticen.