descortezar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ corteza +‎ -ar. Compare French décortiquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deskoɾteˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskoɾteˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧cor‧te‧zar

Verb

descortezar (first-person singular present descortezo, first-person singular preterite descortecé, past participle descortezado)

  1. (transitive) to hull, shell (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
  2. (transitive) to strip the bark off, debark

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descortezar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive descortezar
gerund descortezando
past participle masculine feminine
singular descortezado descortezada
plural descortezados descortezadas
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 descortezo descortezastú
descortezásvos 		descorteza descortezamos descortezáis descortezan
imperfect descortezaba descortezabas descortezaba descortezábamos descortezabais descortezaban
preterite descortecé descortezaste descortezó descortezamos descortezasteis descortezaron
future descortezaré descortezarás descortezará descortezaremos descortezaréis descortezarán
conditional descortezaría descortezarías descortezaría descortezaríamos descortezaríais descortezarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present descortece descortecestú
descortecésvos2 		descortece descortecemos descortecéis descortecen
imperfect
(ra) 		descortezara descortezaras descortezara descortezáramos descortezarais descortezaran
imperfect
(se) 		descortezase descortezases descortezase descortezásemos descortezaseis descortezasen
future1 descortezare descortezares descortezare descortezáremos descortezareis descortezaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative descortezatú
descortezávos 		descortece descortecemos descortezad descortecen
negative no descorteces no descortece no descortecemos no descortecéis no descortecen

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

    Selected combined forms of descortezar (c-z alternation)

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 descortezar dative descortezarme descortezarte descortezarle, descortezarse descortezarnos descortezaros descortezarles, descortezarse
accusative descortezarme descortezarte descortezarlo, descortezarla, descortezarse descortezarnos descortezaros descortezarlos, descortezarlas, descortezarse
with gerund descortezando dative descortezándome descortezándote descortezándole, descortezándose descortezándonos descortezándoos descortezándoles, descortezándose
accusative descortezándome descortezándote descortezándolo, descortezándola, descortezándose descortezándonos descortezándoos descortezándolos, descortezándolas, descortezándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorteza dative descortézame descortézate descortézale descortézanos not used descortézales
accusative descortézame descortézate descortézalo, descortézala descortézanos not used descortézalos, descortézalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descortezá dative descortezame descortezate descortezale descortezanos not used descortezales
accusative descortezame descortezate descortezalo, descortezala descortezanos not used descortezalos, descortezalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descortece dative descortéceme not used descortécele, descortécese descortécenos not used descortéceles
accusative descortéceme not used descortécelo, descortécela, descortécese descortécenos not used descortécelos, descortécelas
with first-person plural imperative descortecemos dative not used descortecémoste descortecémosle descortecémonos descortecémoos descortecémosles
accusative not used descortecémoste descortecémoslo, descortecémosla descortecémonos descortecémoos descortecémoslos, descortecémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descortezad dative descortezadme not used descortezadle descortezadnos descortezaos descortezadles
accusative descortezadme not used descortezadlo, descortezadla descortezadnos descortezaos descortezadlos, descortezadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descortecen dative descortécenme not used descortécenle descortécennos not used descortécenles, descortécense
accusative descortécenme not used descortécenlo, descortécenla descortécennos not used descortécenlos, descortécenlas, descortécense

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