apalizar

Spanish

Etymology

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Spanish a-

Spanish palo

Spanish -iza

Spanish paliza

Spanish -ar

Spanish apalizar

From a- + paliza + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaliˈθaɾ/ [a.pa.liˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /apaliˈsaɾ/ [a.pa.liˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧li‧zar

Verb

apalizar (first-person singular present apalizo, first-person singular preterite apalicé, past participle apalizado)

1. (transitive) to beat; to beat up; to give a beating

Conjugation

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

infinitive			apalizar
gerund			apalizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apalizado		apalizada
		plural		apalizados		apalizadas
		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	apalizo	apalizastú apalizásvos	apaliza	apalizamos	apalizáis	apalizan
	imperfect	apalizaba	apalizabas	apalizaba	apalizábamos	apalizabais	apalizaban
	preterite	apalicé	apalizaste	apalizó	apalizamos	apalizasteis	apalizaron
	future	apalizaré	apalizarás	apalizará	apalizaremos	apalizaréis	apalizarán
	conditional	apalizaría	apalizarías	apalizaría	apalizaríamos	apalizaríais	apalizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apalice	apalicestú apalicésvos2	apalice	apalicemos	apalicéis	apalicen
	imperfect (ra)	apalizara	apalizaras	apalizara	apalizáramos	apalizarais	apalizaran
	imperfect (se)	apalizase	apalizases	apalizase	apalizásemos	apalizaseis	apalizasen
	future1	apalizare	apalizares	apalizare	apalizáremos	apalizareis	apalizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apalizatú apalizávos	apalice	apalicemos	apalizad	apalicen
	negative		no apalices	no apalice	no apalicemos	no apalicéis	no apalicen

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

Further reading

• “apalizar”, 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