rociar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ruciar, from Vulgar Latin *rōscidāre, from Latin rōscidus, from rōs (“dew”). Compare Portuguese rociar, Catalan ruixar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /roˈθjaɾ/ [roˈθjaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /roˈsjaɾ/ [roˈsjaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ro‧ciar

Verb

rociar (first-person singular present rocío, first-person singular preterite rocié, past participle rociado)

(transitive) to sprinkle, spatter
(transitive) to spray, to dowse
(intransitive) to drizzle or rain as dew

Conjugation

Conjugation of rociar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			rociar
gerund			rociando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rociado		rociada
		plural		rociados		rociadas
		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	rocío	rocías^{^tú} rociás^{^vos}	rocía	rociamos	rociáis	rocían
	imperfect	rociaba	rociabas	rociaba	rociábamos	rociabais	rociaban
	preterite	rocié	rociaste	roció	rociamos	rociasteis	rociaron
	future	rociaré	rociarás	rociará	rociaremos	rociaréis	rociarán
	conditional	rociaría	rociarías	rociaría	rociaríamos	rociaríais	rociarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rocíe	rocíes^{^tú} rociés^{^vos²}	rocíe	rociemos	rociéis	rocíen
	imperfect (ra)	rociara	rociaras	rociara	rociáramos	rociarais	rociaran
	imperfect (se)	rociase	rociases	rociase	rociásemos	rociaseis	rociasen
	future¹	rociare	rociares	rociare	rociáremos	rociareis	rociaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rocía^{^tú} rociá^{^vos}	rocíe	rociemos	rociad	rocíen
	negative		no rocíes	no rocíe	no rociemos	no rociéis	no rocíen

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

Selected combined forms of rociar (i-í 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 rociar
	dative	rociarme	rociarte	rociarle, rociarse	rociarnos	rociaros	rociarles, rociarse
	accusative	rociarme	rociarte	rociarlo, rociarla, rociarse	rociarnos	rociaros	rociarlos, rociarlas, rociarse

with gerund rociando
	dative	rociándome	rociándote	rociándole, rociándose	rociándonos	rociándoos	rociándoles, rociándose
	accusative	rociándome	rociándote	rociándolo, rociándola, rociándose	rociándonos	rociándoos	rociándolos, rociándolas, rociándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative rocía
	dative	rocíame	rocíate	rocíale	rocíanos	not used	rocíales
	accusative	rocíame	rocíate	rocíalo, rocíala	rocíanos	not used	rocíalos, rocíalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative rociá
	dative	rociame	rociate	rociale	rocianos	not used	rociales
	accusative	rociame	rociate	rocialo, rociala	rocianos	not used	rocialos, rocialas

with formal second-person singular imperative rocíe
	dative	rocíeme	not used	rocíele, rocíese	rocíenos	not used	rocíeles
	accusative	rocíeme	not used	rocíelo, rocíela, rocíese	rocíenos	not used	rocíelos, rocíelas

with first-person plural imperative rociemos
	dative	not used	rociémoste	rociémosle	rociémonos	rociémoos	rociémosles
	accusative	not used	rociémoste	rociémoslo, rociémosla	rociémonos	rociémoos	rociémoslos, rociémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative rociad
	dative	rociadme	not used	rociadle	rociadnos	rociaos	rociadles
	accusative	rociadme	not used	rociadlo, rociadla	rociadnos	rociaos	rociadlos, rociadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative rocíen
	dative	rocíenme	not used	rocíenle	rocíennos	not used	rocíenles, rocíense
	accusative	rocíenme	not used	rocíenlo, rocíenla	rocíennos	not used	rocíenlos, rocíenlas, rocíense

Derived terms

rocío