# cronificar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From crónico +‎ -ificar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɾonifiˈkaɾ/ [kɾo.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cro‧ni‧fi‧car

### Verb

cronificar (first-person singular present cronifico, first-person singular preterite cronifiqué, past participle cronificado)
* (transitive) to make chronic or permanent
** 2015 November 25, “Cáritas atiende a medio millón de catalanes en situación de pobreza”, in El País‎:La crisis económica ha cronificado la pobreza en Cataluña .(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (intransitive) to become chronic

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cronificar | cronificar | cronificar | cronificar | cronificar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cronificando | cronificando | cronificando | cronificando | cronificando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cronificado | cronificado | cronificada | cronificada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cronificados | cronificados | cronificadas | cronificadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | cronifico | cronificas$^{tú}$ cronificás$^{vos}$ | cronifica | cronificamos | cronificáis | cronifican |
| indicative | imperfect | cronificaba | cronificabas | cronificaba | cronificábamos | cronificabais | cronificaban |
| indicative | preterite | cronifiqué | cronificaste | cronificó | cronificamos | cronificasteis | cronificaron |
| indicative | future | cronificaré | cronificarás | cronificará | cronificaremos | cronificaréis | cronificarán |
| indicative | conditional | cronificaría | cronificarías | cronificaría | cronificaríamos | cronificaríais | cronificarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cronifique | cronifiques$^{tú}$ cronifiqués$^{vos2}$ | cronifique | cronifiquemos | cronifiquéis | cronifiquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cronificara | cronificaras | cronificara | cronificáramos | cronificarais | cronificaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cronificase | cronificases | cronificase | cronificásemos | cronificaseis | cronificasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cronificare | cronificares | cronificare | cronificáremos | cronificareis | cronificaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cronifica$^{tú}$ cronificá$^{vos}$ | cronifique | cronifiquemos | cronificad | cronifiquen |
| imperative | negative | | no cronifiques | no cronifique | no cronifiquemos | no cronifiquéis | no cronifiquen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “cronificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014