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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + cabeza + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskabeˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskabeˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧be‧zar
Verb
descabezar (first-person singular present descabezo, first-person singular preterite descabecé, past participle descabezado)
- to behead; to decapitate
- Synonym: decapitar
- to remove the top from
- to adjoin
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descabezar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive descabezar
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dative
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descabezarme
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descabezarte
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descabezarle, descabezarse
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descabezarnos
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descabezaros
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descabezarles, descabezarse
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accusative
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descabezarme
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descabezarte
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descabezarlo, descabezarla, descabezarse
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descabezarnos
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descabezaros
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descabezarlos, descabezarlas, descabezarse
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with gerund descabezando
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dative
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descabezándome
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descabezándote
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descabezándole, descabezándose
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descabezándonos
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descabezándoos
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descabezándoles, descabezándose
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accusative
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descabezándome
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descabezándote
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descabezándolo, descabezándola, descabezándose
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descabezándonos
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descabezándoos
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descabezándolos, descabezándolas, descabezándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative descabeza
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dative
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descabézame
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descabézate
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descabézale
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descabézanos
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not used
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descabézales
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accusative
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descabézame
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descabézate
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descabézalo, descabézala
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descabézanos
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not used
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descabézalos, descabézalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative descabezá
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dative
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descabezame
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descabezate
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descabezale
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descabezanos
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not used
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descabezales
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accusative
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descabezame
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descabezate
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descabezalo, descabezala
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descabezanos
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not used
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descabezalos, descabezalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative descabece
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dative
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descabéceme
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not used
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descabécele, descabécese
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descabécenos
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not used
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descabéceles
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accusative
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descabéceme
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not used
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descabécelo, descabécela, descabécese
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descabécenos
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not used
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descabécelos, descabécelas
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with first-person plural imperative descabecemos
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dative
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not used
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descabecémoste
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descabecémosle
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descabecémonos
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descabecémoos
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descabecémosles
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accusative
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not used
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descabecémoste
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descabecémoslo, descabecémosla
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descabecémonos
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descabecémoos
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descabecémoslos, descabecémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative descabezad
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dative
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descabezadme
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not used
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descabezadle
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descabezadnos
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descabezaos
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descabezadles
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accusative
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descabezadme
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not used
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descabezadlo, descabezadla
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descabezadnos
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descabezaos
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descabezadlos, descabezadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative descabecen
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dative
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descabécenme
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not used
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descabécenle
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descabécennos
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not used
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descabécenles, descabécense
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accusative
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descabécenme
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not used
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descabécenlo, descabécenla
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descabécennos
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not used
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descabécenlos, descabécenlas, descabécense
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