# biodegradar
## Spanish
### Verb

biodegradar (first-person singular present biodegrado, first-person singular preterite biodegradé, past participle biodegradado)
* (transitive) to biodegrade
** 2017 April 24, “Unos gusanos degradan el plástico en tiempo récord”, in El Periódico‎:“Hemos comprobado que 100 gusanos de la cera son capaces de biodegradar 92 miligramos de polietileno en 12 horas, algo realmente muy rápido”, destaca Bertocchini.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | biodegradar | biodegradar | biodegradar | biodegradar | biodegradar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | biodegradando | biodegradando | biodegradando | biodegradando | biodegradando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | biodegradado | biodegradado | biodegradada | biodegradada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | biodegradados | biodegradados | biodegradadas | biodegradadas |
| | | 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 | biodegrado | biodegradas$^{tú}$ biodegradás$^{vos}$ | biodegrada | biodegradamos | biodegradáis | biodegradan |
| indicative | imperfect | biodegradaba | biodegradabas | biodegradaba | biodegradábamos | biodegradabais | biodegradaban |
| indicative | preterite | biodegradé | biodegradaste | biodegradó | biodegradamos | biodegradasteis | biodegradaron |
| indicative | future | biodegradaré | biodegradarás | biodegradará | biodegradaremos | biodegradaréis | biodegradarán |
| indicative | conditional | biodegradaría | biodegradarías | biodegradaría | biodegradaríamos | biodegradaríais | biodegradarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | biodegrade | biodegrades$^{tú}$ biodegradés$^{vos2}$ | biodegrade | biodegrademos | biodegradéis | biodegraden |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | biodegradara | biodegradaras | biodegradara | biodegradáramos | biodegradarais | biodegradaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | biodegradase | biodegradases | biodegradase | biodegradásemos | biodegradaseis | biodegradasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | biodegradare | biodegradares | biodegradare | biodegradáremos | biodegradareis | biodegradaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | biodegrada$^{tú}$ biodegradá$^{vos}$ | biodegrade | biodegrademos | biodegradad | biodegraden |
| imperative | negative | | no biodegrades | no biodegrade | no biodegrademos | no biodegradéis | no biodegraden |
$^1$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

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