Memorizas

Memorizas is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb memorizar, meaning you memorize. It is used when addressing someone directly in the present tense to indicate the action of committing information to memory.

Etymology and formation: memorizar comes from the noun memoria (memory) with the suffix -izar, which in Spanish forms verbs denoting an action related to the root meaning. Memorizas is formed from the stem memoriz- plus the second-person singular ending -as. The pronunciation typically places the stress on the penultimate syllable: memorizas.

Usage and examples: Memorizas is common in instructional, conversational, and evaluative contexts. Examples include: “Tú memorizas las palabras para el examen” and “¿Memorizas estas reglas antes de la prueba?” It is one of the standard present-tense forms used in everyday Spanish to describe ongoing memorization actions by the addressed person.

Variations and related forms: Memorizar is an -izar verb with a regular -ar verb conjugation pattern in many tenses, though some forms show stem changes in certain conjugations (for example, yo memorizo). Related terms include memoria (memory), memorízate (remember it), and memorizarse (to memorize oneself or to learn by memory in reflexive contexts).

See also: Memorization, Memory, Language conjugation, Spanish verbs.