customizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English customize +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kus.to.miˈza(ʁ)/ [kus.to.miˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kus.to.miˈza(ʁ)/ [kus.to.miˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kus.to.miˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.to.miˈza(ʁ)/ [kuʃ.to.miˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kus.to.miˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.tu.miˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.tu.miˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʃ.tu.miˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cus‧to‧mi‧zar

Verb

customizar (first-person singular present customizo, first-person singular preterite customizei, past participle customizado)

1. (transitive) to customize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of customizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	customizar
Personal	customizar	customizares	customizar	customizarmos	customizardes	customizarem
Gerund
	customizando
Past participle
Masculine	customizado			customizados
Feminine	customizada			customizadas
Indicative
Present	customizo	customizas	customiza	customizamos	customizais	customizam
Imperfect	customizava	customizavas	customizava	customizávamos	customizáveis	customizavam
Preterite	customizei	customizaste	customizou	customizamos1, customizámos2	customizastes	customizaram
Pluperfect	customizara	customizaras	customizara	customizáramos	customizáreis	customizaram
Future	customizarei	customizarás	customizará	customizaremos	customizareis	customizarão
Conditional	customizaria	customizarias	customizaria	customizaríamos	customizaríeis	customizariam
Subjunctive
Present	customize	customizes	customize	customizemos	customizeis	customizem
Imperfect	customizasse	customizasses	customizasse	customizássemos	customizásseis	customizassem
Future	customizar	customizares	customizar	customizarmos	customizardes	customizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		customiza	customize	customizemos	customizai	customizem
Negative (não)		não customizes	não customize	não customizemos	não customizeis	não customizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• customização
• customizável

Further reading

• “customizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “customizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• costumizar

Etymology

From English customize + Spanish -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kustomiˈθaɾ/ [kus.t̪o.miˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kustomiˈsaɾ/ [kus.t̪o.miˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cus‧to‧mi‧zar

Verb

customizar (first-person singular present customizo, first-person singular preterite customicé, past participle customizado)

1. (transitive) to customize
   • 2015 September 15, “La importancia de llamarse David Bowie”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Ha conseguido que su imagen sirva para customizar muñecos Lego, dibujos animados (como hizo la revista Rolling Stone con Homer Simpson) o ser el leitmotiv de las piezas de Bansky.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of customizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			customizar
gerund			customizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		customizado		customizada
		plural		customizados		customizadas
		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	customizo	customizastú customizásvos	customiza	customizamos	customizáis	customizan
	imperfect	customizaba	customizabas	customizaba	customizábamos	customizabais	customizaban
	preterite	customicé	customizaste	customizó	customizamos	customizasteis	customizaron
	future	customizaré	customizarás	customizará	customizaremos	customizaréis	customizarán
	conditional	customizaría	customizarías	customizaría	customizaríamos	customizaríais	customizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	customice	customicestú customicésvos2	customice	customicemos	customicéis	customicen
	imperfect (ra)	customizara	customizaras	customizara	customizáramos	customizarais	customizaran
	imperfect (se)	customizase	customizases	customizase	customizásemos	customizaseis	customizasen
	future1	customizare	customizares	customizare	customizáremos	customizareis	customizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		customizatú customizávos	customice	customicemos	customizad	customicen
	negative		no customices	no customice	no customicemos	no customicéis	no customicen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of customizar (c-z alternation)

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive customizar	dative	customizarme	customizarte	customizarle, customizarse	customizarnos	customizaros	customizarles, customizarse
	accusative	customizarme	customizarte	customizarlo, customizarla, customizarse	customizarnos	customizaros	customizarlos, customizarlas, customizarse
with gerund customizando	dative	customizándome	customizándote	customizándole, customizándose	customizándonos	customizándoos	customizándoles, customizándose
	accusative	customizándome	customizándote	customizándolo, customizándola, customizándose	customizándonos	customizándoos	customizándolos, customizándolas, customizándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative customiza	dative	customízame	customízate	customízale	customízanos	not used	customízales
	accusative	customízame	customízate	customízalo, customízala	customízanos	not used	customízalos, customízalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative customizá	dative	customizame	customizate	customizale	customizanos	not used	customizales
	accusative	customizame	customizate	customizalo, customizala	customizanos	not used	customizalos, customizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative customice	dative	customíceme	not used	customícele, customícese	customícenos	not used	customíceles
	accusative	customíceme	not used	customícelo, customícela, customícese	customícenos	not used	customícelos, customícelas
with first-person plural imperative customicemos	dative	not used	customicémoste	customicémosle	customicémonos	customicémoos	customicémosles
	accusative	not used	customicémoste	customicémoslo, customicémosla	customicémonos	customicémoos	customicémoslos, customicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative customizad	dative	customizadme	not used	customizadle	customizadnos	customizaos	customizadles
	accusative	customizadme	not used	customizadlo, customizadla	customizadnos	customizaos	customizadlos, customizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative customicen	dative	customícenme	not used	customícenle	customícennos	not used	customícenles, customícense
	accusative	customícenme	not used	customícenlo, customícenla	customícennos	not used	customícenlos, customícenlas, customícense

Further reading

• “customizar”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “customizar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• «adaptar» o «personalizar», alternativas a «customizar» | FundéuRAE
• Customizar - Qué es, definición y concepto