descabellar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cabello +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskabeˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /deskabeˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskabeˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskabeˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ca‧be‧llar

Verb

descabellar (first-person singular present descabello, first-person singular preterite descabellé, past participle descabellado)

  1. (transitive) to scalp (something)
  2. (bullfighting) to slaughter a bull by slitting its throat with a descabello
  3. (figurative) to mess up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descabellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive descabellar
gerund descabellando
past participle masculine feminine
singular descabellado descabellada
plural descabellados descabelladas
singular 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
present descabello descabellastú
descabellásvos 		descabella descabellamos descabelláis descabellan
imperfect descabellaba descabellabas descabellaba descabellábamos descabellabais descabellaban
preterite descabellé descabellaste descabelló descabellamos descabellasteis descabellaron
future descabellaré descabellarás descabellará descabellaremos descabellaréis descabellarán
conditional descabellaría descabellarías descabellaría descabellaríamos descabellaríais descabellarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present descabelle descabellestú
descabellésvos2 		descabelle descabellemos descabelléis descabellen
imperfect
(ra) 		descabellara descabellaras descabellara descabelláramos descabellarais descabellaran
imperfect
(se) 		descabellase descabellases descabellase descabellásemos descabellaseis descabellasen
future1 descabellare descabellares descabellare descabelláremos descabellareis descabellaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative descabellatú
descabellávos 		descabelle descabellemos descabellad descabellen
negative no descabelles no descabelle no descabellemos no descabelléis no descabellen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of descabellar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive descabellar
dative descabellarme descabellarte descabellarle, descabellarse descabellarnos descabellaros descabellarles, descabellarse
accusative descabellarme descabellarte descabellarlo, descabellarla, descabellarse descabellarnos descabellaros descabellarlos, descabellarlas, descabellarse
with gerund descabellando
dative descabellándome descabellándote descabellándole, descabellándose descabellándonos descabellándoos descabellándoles, descabellándose
accusative descabellándome descabellándote descabellándolo, descabellándola, descabellándose descabellándonos descabellándoos descabellándolos, descabellándolas, descabellándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descabella
dative descabéllame descabéllate descabéllale descabéllanos not used descabéllales
accusative descabéllame descabéllate descabéllalo, descabéllala descabéllanos not used descabéllalos, descabéllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descabellá
dative descabellame descabellate descabellale descabellanos not used descabellales
accusative descabellame descabellate descabellalo, descabellala descabellanos not used descabellalos, descabellalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descabelle
dative descabélleme not used descabéllele, descabéllese descabéllenos not used descabélleles
accusative descabélleme not used descabéllelo, descabéllela, descabéllese descabéllenos not used descabéllelos, descabéllelas
with first-person plural imperative descabellemos
dative not used descabellémoste descabellémosle descabellémonos descabellémoos descabellémosles
accusative not used descabellémoste descabellémoslo, descabellémosla descabellémonos descabellémoos descabellémoslos, descabellémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descabellad
dative descabelladme not used descabelladle descabelladnos descabellaos descabelladles
accusative descabelladme not used descabelladlo, descabelladla descabelladnos descabellaos descabelladlos, descabelladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descabellen
dative descabéllenme not used descabéllenle descabéllennos not used descabéllenles, descabéllense
accusative descabéllenme not used descabéllenlo, descabéllenla descabéllennos not used descabéllenlos, descabéllenlas, descabéllense

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