Solemnizar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb solemnizar means to solemnise, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Solemnizar is a spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e) verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. It has a spelling change (z → c before e), which keeps the pronunciation of the stem the same when the ending changes. On this page you will find the full conjugation of solemnizar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo solemnizo la boda — "I solemnise the wedding" — and in the preterite you say Yo solemnicé el acto — "I solemnised the ceremony". Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: solemnizar
- English: to solemnise
- Verb type: spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e) verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: solemnizando
- Past participle: solemnizado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + solemnizado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for solemnizar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for solemnizar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.
Gerund: solemnizando · Past participle: solemnizado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnizo |
| tú | solemnizas |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemniza |
| nosotros/as | solemnizamos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnizan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnicé |
| tú | solemnizaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnizó |
| nosotros/as | solemnizamos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnizaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnizaba |
| tú | solemnizabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnizaba |
| nosotros/as | solemnizábamos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnizaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnizaré |
| tú | solemnizarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnizará |
| nosotros/as | solemnizaremos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnizarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnizaría |
| tú | solemnizarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnizaría |
| nosotros/as | solemnizaríamos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnizarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he solemnizado |
| tú | has solemnizado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha solemnizado |
| nosotros/as | hemos solemnizado |
| vosotros/as | habéis solemnizado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han solemnizado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había solemnizado |
| tú | habías solemnizado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había solemnizado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos solemnizado |
| vosotros/as | habíais solemnizado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían solemnizado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré solemnizado |
| tú | habrás solemnizado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá solemnizado |
| nosotros/as | habremos solemnizado |
| vosotros/as | habréis solemnizado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán solemnizado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría solemnizado |
| tú | habrías solemnizado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría solemnizado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos solemnizado |
| vosotros/as | habríais solemnizado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían solemnizado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnice |
| tú | solemnices |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnice |
| nosotros/as | solemnicemos |
| vosotros/as | solemnicéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnicen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solemnizara |
| tú | solemnizaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnizara |
| nosotros/as | solemnizáramos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnizaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | solemniza |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnice |
| nosotros/as | solemnicemos |
| vosotros/as | solemnizad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnicen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | solemnices |
| él/ella/Ud. | solemnice |
| nosotros/as | solemnicemos |
| vosotros/as | solemnicéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solemnicen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | solemnizando | with estar for the progressive: estoy solemnizando |
| Past participle | solemnizado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he solemnizado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For solemnizar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo solemnizo el acto — "I solemnise the ceremony". Learn the present indicative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Preterite
Use the preterite for finished actions in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For solemnizar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo solemnicé con una misa — "I solemnised with a mass". Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense. Spelling change in the preterite: the yo form is solemnicé (z → c before e), so the sound of the stem stays the same.
Imperfect
Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For solemnizar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo solemnizaba la boda — "I used to solemnise the wedding". Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future
Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For solemnizar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo solemnizaré el acto — "I will solemnise the ceremony". Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional
Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For solemnizar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo solemnizaría con una misa — "I would solemnise with a mass". Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present perfect
Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. It connects the past with the present moment. For solemnizar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he solemnizado la boda — "I have solemnised the wedding". Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Pluperfect
Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For solemnizar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había solemnizado el acto — "I had solemnised the ceremony". Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future perfect
Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For solemnizar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré solemnizado con una misa — "I will have solemnised with a mass". Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional perfect
Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. It looks back at a past that never happened. For solemnizar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría solemnizado la boda — "I would have solemnised the wedding". Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For solemnizar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él solemnice el acto — "I hope he solemnises the ceremony". Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense. The subjunctive keeps the spelling change: solemnice, solemnices, solemnice all show z → c before e, just like the preterite yo form.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For solemnizar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo solemnizara con una misa, todo cambiaría — "If I solemnised with a mass, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (affirmative)
Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For solemnizar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Solemnice la boda — "Let him solemnise the wedding". Learn the imperative (affirmative) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (negative)
Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For solemnizar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No solemnices el acto — "Don't solemnise the ceremony". Learn the imperative (negative) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with solemnizar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo solemnizo con una misa — "I solemnise with a mass"
- Él solemniza la boda — "He solemnises the wedding"
- Yo solemnicé el acto — "I solemnised the ceremony"
- Yo solemnizaba con una misa — "I used to solemnise with a mass"
- Tú solemnizarás la boda — "You will solemnise the wedding"
- Yo solemnizaría el acto — "I would solemnise the ceremony"
- Él ha solemnizado con una misa — "He has solemnised with a mass"
- Espero que él solemnice la boda — "I hope he solemnises the wedding"
- Yo había solemnizado el acto — "I had solemnised the ceremony"
- Ellos solemnizaban con una misa — "They used to solemnise with a mass"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos solemniza la boda — Right: Ellos solemnizan la boda — Ellos needs the ellos form solemnizan. The singular solemniza belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo solemnizo — Right: Ayer, yo solemnicé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to solemnicé, with the spelling change z → c before e.
- Wrong: De niño, yo solemnicé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo solemnizaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (solemnizaba), not the preterite. The preterite (solemnicé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy solemnizado el acto. — Right: Yo he solemnizado el acto. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he solemnizado, has solemnizado, ha solemnizado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él solemniza la boda. — Right: Espero que él solemnice la boda. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: solemnice. The indicative solemniza is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on solemnizar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la boda. (present tense) A. solemnizarías B. habrían solemnizado C. habréis solemnizado D. solemnizo
Complete the sentence: Él ___ la boda. (preterite) A. solemnizaríais B. solemnizábamos C. solemnizó D. solemniza
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ la boda. (imperfect) A. solemnizaríais B. solemnizábamos C. solemnizarán D. habréis solemnizado
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la boda. (future) A. solemnicen B. hemos solemnizado C. solemnizarás D. habéis solemnizado
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la boda. (conditional) A. solemnizarías B. solemnizaste C. solemnizaron D. solemnizaría
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ la boda. (present subjunctive) A. solemnizaríamos B. solemnice C. solemnizábamos D. habías solemnizado
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ la boda, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. solemnizaríamos B. solemnicéis C. solemnizarían D. solemnizara
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ la boda. (present perfect) A. solemnizaban B. hemos solemnizado C. habréis solemnizado D. habrá solemnizado
Complete the command: No ___ la boda. (negative imperative, tú) A. solemnice B. solemnicemos C. solemnices D. solemnicen
Which is the gerund of solemnizar, used with estar for the progressive? A. solemnizaré B. solemnizaba C. solemnicé D. solemnizando
Answer key
- solemnizo — The yo present tense of solemnizar is solemnizo.
- solemnizó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of solemnizar is solemnizó.
- solemnizábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of solemnizar is solemnizábamos.
- solemnizarás — The tú future of solemnizar is solemnizarás.
- solemnizaría — The yo conditional of solemnizar is solemnizaría.
- solemnice — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of solemnizar is solemnice.
- solemnizara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of solemnizar is solemnizara.
- hemos solemnizado — The nosotros/as present perfect of solemnizar is hemos solemnizado.
- solemnices — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: solemnices.
- solemnizando — The gerund of solemnizar is solemnizando: estoy solemnizando. The participle solemnizado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does solemnizar mean in English?
Solemnizar means to solemnise. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo solemnizo la boda. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is solemnizar regular?
Mostly. Solemnizar follows the regular -ar endings, but it has a spelling change (z → c before e). The tables on this page show every form, so you can see exactly where the spelling changes.
What is the gerund and the past participle of solemnizar?
The gerund is solemnizando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy solemnizando. The past participle is solemnizado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he solemnizado.
How do I say “I solemnise” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo solemnicé el acto. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo solemnizaba con una misa. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he solemnizado la boda.
How do I practise solemnizar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the solemnizar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Solemnizar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for solemnizar.
- Solemnizar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for solemnizar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Valorar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with solemnizar.
- Vigilar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with solemnizar.
- Votar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with solemnizar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.