# enseriar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From en- +‎ serio +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /enseˈɾjaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈɾjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: en‧se‧riar

### Verb

enseriar (first-person singular present enserio, first-person singular preterite enserié, past participle enseriado) (Latin America)
* to make serious
* (reflexive) to become serious
** 2018 September 4, EL NACIONAL WEB, “De chamba y chambones”, in El Nacional‎:En la Prados del Este primero pintaron de amarillo, después lijaron y le dieron unas cuantas manos de amarillo rosadito, ahora se enseriaron y repintan de gris psiquiátrico.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | enseriar | enseriar | enseriar | enseriar | enseriar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | enseriando | enseriando | enseriando | enseriando | enseriando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | enseriado | enseriado | enseriada | enseriada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | enseriados | enseriados | enseriadas | enseriadas |
| | | 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 | enserio | enserias$^{tú}$ enseriás$^{vos}$ | enseria | enseriamos | enseriáis | enserian |
| indicative | imperfect | enseriaba | enseriabas | enseriaba | enseriábamos | enseriabais | enseriaban |
| indicative | preterite | enserié | enseriaste | enserió | enseriamos | enseriasteis | enseriaron |
| indicative | future | enseriaré | enseriarás | enseriará | enseriaremos | enseriaréis | enseriarán |
| indicative | conditional | enseriaría | enseriarías | enseriaría | enseriaríamos | enseriaríais | enseriarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | enserie | enseries$^{tú}$ enseriés$^{vos2}$ | enserie | enseriemos | enseriéis | enserien |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | enseriara | enseriaras | enseriara | enseriáramos | enseriarais | enseriaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | enseriase | enseriases | enseriase | enseriásemos | enseriaseis | enseriasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | enseriare | enseriares | enseriare | enseriáremos | enseriareis | enseriaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | enseria$^{tú}$ enseriá$^{vos}$ | enserie | enseriemos | enseriad | enserien |
| imperative | negative | | no enseries | no enserie | no enseriemos | no enseriéis | no enserien |
$^1$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

* “enseriar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28