marchitar

Spanish

Etymology

From marchito + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾt͡ʃiˈtaɾ/ [maɾ.t͡ʃiˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mar‧chi‧tar

Verb

marchitar (first-person singular present marchito, first-person singular preterite marchité, past participle marchitado)

1. to wilt
2. (pronominal) to wither, to wilt, to shrivel, to fade
   • 2014 June 10, “No quiero que mi hijo se marchite como el príncipe Carlos”, in El Tiempo‎^[1]:

     El Rey aseguró que "no quiero que mi hijo se marchite esperando como Carlos de Inglaterra. Hay que dejar paso. Yo he cumplido mi misión".

     The King assured that "I do not want my son to wither waiting like [Prince] Charles of England. I must make way. I have fulfilled my mission."

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marchitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			marchitar
gerund			marchitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		marchitado		marchitada
		plural		marchitados		marchitadas
		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	marchito	marchitastú marchitásvos	marchita	marchitamos	marchitáis	marchitan
	imperfect	marchitaba	marchitabas	marchitaba	marchitábamos	marchitabais	marchitaban
	preterite	marchité	marchitaste	marchitó	marchitamos	marchitasteis	marchitaron
	future	marchitaré	marchitarás	marchitará	marchitaremos	marchitaréis	marchitarán
	conditional	marchitaría	marchitarías	marchitaría	marchitaríamos	marchitaríais	marchitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	marchite	marchitestú marchitésvos2	marchite	marchitemos	marchitéis	marchiten
	imperfect (ra)	marchitara	marchitaras	marchitara	marchitáramos	marchitarais	marchitaran
	imperfect (se)	marchitase	marchitases	marchitase	marchitásemos	marchitaseis	marchitasen
	future1	marchitare	marchitares	marchitare	marchitáremos	marchitareis	marchitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		marchitatú marchitávos	marchite	marchitemos	marchitad	marchiten
	negative		no marchites	no marchite	no marchitemos	no marchitéis	no marchiten

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

    Selected combined forms of marchitar

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 marchitar	dative	marchitarme	marchitarte	marchitarle, marchitarse	marchitarnos	marchitaros	marchitarles, marchitarse
	accusative	marchitarme	marchitarte	marchitarlo, marchitarla, marchitarse	marchitarnos	marchitaros	marchitarlos, marchitarlas, marchitarse
with gerund marchitando	dative	marchitándome	marchitándote	marchitándole, marchitándose	marchitándonos	marchitándoos	marchitándoles, marchitándose
	accusative	marchitándome	marchitándote	marchitándolo, marchitándola, marchitándose	marchitándonos	marchitándoos	marchitándolos, marchitándolas, marchitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative marchita	dative	marchítame	marchítate	marchítale	marchítanos	not used	marchítales
	accusative	marchítame	marchítate	marchítalo, marchítala	marchítanos	not used	marchítalos, marchítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative marchitá	dative	marchitame	marchitate	marchitale	marchitanos	not used	marchitales
	accusative	marchitame	marchitate	marchitalo, marchitala	marchitanos	not used	marchitalos, marchitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative marchite	dative	marchíteme	not used	marchítele, marchítese	marchítenos	not used	marchíteles
	accusative	marchíteme	not used	marchítelo, marchítela, marchítese	marchítenos	not used	marchítelos, marchítelas
with first-person plural imperative marchitemos	dative	not used	marchitémoste	marchitémosle	marchitémonos	marchitémoos	marchitémosles
	accusative	not used	marchitémoste	marchitémoslo, marchitémosla	marchitémonos	marchitémoos	marchitémoslos, marchitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative marchitad	dative	marchitadme	not used	marchitadle	marchitadnos	marchitaos	marchitadles
	accusative	marchitadme	not used	marchitadlo, marchitadla	marchitadnos	marchitaos	marchitadlos, marchitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative marchiten	dative	marchítenme	not used	marchítenle	marchítennos	not used	marchítenles, marchítense
	accusative	marchítenme	not used	marchítenlo, marchítenla	marchítennos	not used	marchítenlos, marchítenlas, marchítense

Derived terms

• marchitable
• marchitamiento

Further reading

• “marchitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025