despicar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ picar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /despiˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧pi‧car

Verb

despicar (first-person singular present despico, first-person singular preterite despiqué, past participle despicado)

  1. (transitive) to soothe; to calm down (a person who is angry)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of despicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive despicar
gerund despicando
past participle masculine feminine
singular despicado despicada
plural despicados despicadas
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 despico despicastú
despicásvos 		despica despicamos despicáis despican
imperfect despicaba despicabas despicaba despicábamos despicabais despicaban
preterite despiqué despicaste despicó despicamos despicasteis despicaron
future despicaré despicarás despicará despicaremos despicaréis despicarán
conditional despicaría despicarías despicaría despicaríamos despicaríais despicarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present despique despiquestú
despiquésvos2 		despique despiquemos despiquéis despiquen
imperfect
(ra) 		despicara despicaras despicara despicáramos despicarais despicaran
imperfect
(se) 		despicase despicases despicase despicásemos despicaseis despicasen
future1 despicare despicares despicare despicáremos despicareis despicaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative despicatú
despicávos 		despique despiquemos despicad despiquen
negative no despiques no despique no despiquemos no despiquéis no despiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of despicar (c-qu 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 despicar dative despicarme despicarte despicarle, despicarse despicarnos despicaros despicarles, despicarse
accusative despicarme despicarte despicarlo, despicarla, despicarse despicarnos despicaros despicarlos, despicarlas, despicarse
with gerund despicando dative despicándome despicándote despicándole, despicándose despicándonos despicándoos despicándoles, despicándose
accusative despicándome despicándote despicándolo, despicándola, despicándose despicándonos despicándoos despicándolos, despicándolas, despicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative despica dative despícame despícate despícale despícanos not used despícales
accusative despícame despícate despícalo, despícala despícanos not used despícalos, despícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative despicá dative despicame despicate despicale despicanos not used despicales
accusative despicame despicate despicalo, despicala despicanos not used despicalos, despicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative despique dative despíqueme not used despíquele, despíquese despíquenos not used despíqueles
accusative despíqueme not used despíquelo, despíquela, despíquese despíquenos not used despíquelos, despíquelas
with first-person plural imperative despiquemos dative not used despiquémoste despiquémosle despiquémonos despiquémoos despiquémosles
accusative not used despiquémoste despiquémoslo, despiquémosla despiquémonos despiquémoos despiquémoslos, despiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative despicad dative despicadme not used despicadle despicadnos despicaos despicadles
accusative despicadme not used despicadlo, despicadla despicadnos despicaos despicadlos, despicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative despiquen dative despíquenme not used despíquenle despíquennos not used despíquenles, despíquense
accusative despíquenme not used despíquenlo, despíquenla despíquennos not used despíquenlos, despíquenlas, despíquense

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