desandar
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + andar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃ˈda(h)], /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zɐ̃ˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃ˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃ˈda(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zɐ̃ˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃ˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃ˈdaɾ/
Verb
desandar (first-person singular present desando, first-person singular preterite desandei, past participle desandado)
- to undo, unravel, unscrew, rewind
Conjugation
Conjugation of desandar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | desandar | |||||
| Personal | desandar | desandares | desandar | desandarmos | desandardes | desandarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| desandando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | desandado | desandados | ||||
| Feminine | desandada | desandadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | desando | desandas | desanda | desandamos | desandais | desandam |
| Imperfect | desandava | desandavas | desandava | desandávamos | desandáveis | desandavam |
| Preterite | desandei | desandaste | desandou | desandamos1, desandámos2 | desandastes | desandaram |
| Pluperfect | desandara | desandaras | desandara | desandáramos | desandáreis | desandaram |
| Future | desandarei | desandarás | desandará | desandaremos | desandareis | desandarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| desandaria | desandarias | desandaria | desandaríamos | desandaríeis | desandariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | desande | desandes | desande | desandemos | desandeis | desandem |
| Imperfect | desandasse | desandasses | desandasse | desandássemos | desandásseis | desandassem |
| Future | desandar | desandares | desandar | desandarmos | desandardes | desandarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | desanda | desande | desandemos | desandai | desandem | |
| Negative (não) | não desandes | não desande | não desandemos | não desandeis | não desandem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
des- + andar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desanˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.sãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧san‧dar
Verb
desandar (first-person singular present desando, first-person singular preterite desanduve, past participle desandado)
- to retrace (one's steps); to retread; to walk back (where one has previous walked)
- Synonym: retroceder
Conjugation
Conjugation of desandar (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desandar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desandando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desandado | desandada | |||||
| plural | desandados | desandadas | |||||
| 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 | desando | desandastú desandásvos | desanda | desandamos | desandáis | desandan | |
| imperfect | desandaba | desandabas | desandaba | desandábamos | desandabais | desandaban | |
| preterite | desanduve | desanduviste | desanduvo | desanduvimos | desanduvisteis | desanduvieron | |
| future | desandaré | desandarás | desandará | desandaremos | desandaréis | desandarán | |
| conditional | desandaría | desandarías | desandaría | desandaríamos | desandaríais | desandarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | desande | desandestú desandésvos2 | desande | desandemos | desandéis | desanden | |
| imperfect (ra) | desanduviera | desanduvieras | desanduviera | desanduviéramos | desanduvierais | desanduvieran | |
| imperfect (se) | desanduviese | desanduvieses | desanduviese | desanduviésemos | desanduvieseis | desanduviesen | |
| future1 | desanduviere | desanduvieres | desanduviere | desanduviéremos | desanduviereis | desanduvieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | desandatú desandávos | desande | desandemos | desandad | desanden | ||
| negative | no desandes | no desande | no desandemos | no desandéis | no desanden | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desandar (irregular)
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 desandar | |||||||
| dative | desandarme | desandarte | desandarle, desandarse | desandarnos | desandaros | desandarles, desandarse | |
| accusative | desandarme | desandarte | desandarlo, desandarla, desandarse | desandarnos | desandaros | desandarlos, desandarlas, desandarse | |
| with gerund desandando | |||||||
| dative | desandándome | desandándote | desandándole, desandándose | desandándonos | desandándoos | desandándoles, desandándose | |
| accusative | desandándome | desandándote | desandándolo, desandándola, desandándose | desandándonos | desandándoos | desandándolos, desandándolas, desandándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desanda | |||||||
| dative | desándame | desándate | desándale | desándanos | not used | desándales | |
| accusative | desándame | desándate | desándalo, desándala | desándanos | not used | desándalos, desándalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desandá | |||||||
| dative | desandame | desandate | desandale | desandanos | not used | desandales | |
| accusative | desandame | desandate | desandalo, desandala | desandanos | not used | desandalos, desandalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desande | |||||||
| dative | desándeme | not used | desándele, desándese | desándenos | not used | desándeles | |
| accusative | desándeme | not used | desándelo, desándela, desándese | desándenos | not used | desándelos, desándelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desandemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | desandémoste | desandémosle | desandémonos | desandémoos | desandémosles | |
| accusative | not used | desandémoste | desandémoslo, desandémosla | desandémonos | desandémoos | desandémoslos, desandémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desandad | |||||||
| dative | desandadme | not used | desandadle | desandadnos | desandaos | desandadles | |
| accusative | desandadme | not used | desandadlo, desandadla | desandadnos | desandaos | desandadlos, desandadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desanden | |||||||
| dative | desándenme | not used | desándenle | desándennos | not used | desándenles, desándense | |
| accusative | desándenme | not used | desándenlo, desándenla | desándennos | not used | desándenlos, desándenlas, desándense | |
Further reading
- “desandar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014