desatar
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + atar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈta(h)], /d͡ʒi.zaˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zaˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zaˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zaˈta(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zaˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐˈtaɾ/
Verb
desatar (first-person singular present desato, first-person singular preterite desatei, past participle desatado)
- to untie
Conjugation
Conjugation of desatar (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 | desatar | |||||
| Personal | desatar | desatares | desatar | desatarmos | desatardes | desatarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| desatando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | desatado | desatados | ||||
| Feminine | desatada | desatadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | desato | desatas | desata | desatamos | desatais | desatam |
| Imperfect | desatava | desatavas | desatava | desatávamos | desatáveis | desatavam |
| Preterite | desatei | desataste | desatou | desatamos1, desatámos2 | desatastes | desataram |
| Pluperfect | desatara | desataras | desatara | desatáramos | desatáreis | desataram |
| Future | desatarei | desatarás | desatará | desataremos | desatareis | desatarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| desataria | desatarias | desataria | desataríamos | desataríeis | desatariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | desate | desates | desate | desatemos | desateis | desatem |
| Imperfect | desatasse | desatasses | desatasse | desatássemos | desatásseis | desatassem |
| Future | desatar | desatares | desatar | desatarmos | desatardes | desatarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | desata | desate | desatemos | desatai | desatem | |
| Negative (não) | não desates | não desate | não desatemos | não desateis | não desatem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
des- + atar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desaˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.saˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sa‧tar
Verb
desatar (first-person singular present desato, first-person singular preterite desaté, past participle desatado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to untie, undo, unfasten, unleash
- (transitive) to provoke, set off, trigger (especially suddenly)
- 2018 September 25, Pablo León, “¿Para quién es ‘cool’ Lavapiés?”, in El País:
- Gran parte de los manteros de la ciudad viven allí por lo que la muerte de Mame Mbaye, de 35 años, desató una oleada de protestas –se prendió fuego a contenedores y vehículos- y un gran despliegue policial para apaciguar el barrio.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of desatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desatar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desatando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desatado | desatada | |||||
| plural | desatados | desatadas | |||||
| 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 | desato | desatastú desatásvos | desata | desatamos | desatáis | desatan | |
| imperfect | desataba | desatabas | desataba | desatábamos | desatabais | desataban | |
| preterite | desaté | desataste | desató | desatamos | desatasteis | desataron | |
| future | desataré | desatarás | desatará | desataremos | desataréis | desatarán | |
| conditional | desataría | desatarías | desataría | desataríamos | desataríais | desatarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | desate | desatestú desatésvos2 | desate | desatemos | desatéis | desaten | |
| imperfect (ra) | desatara | desataras | desatara | desatáramos | desatarais | desataran | |
| imperfect (se) | desatase | desatases | desatase | desatásemos | desataseis | desatasen | |
| future1 | desatare | desatares | desatare | desatáremos | desatareis | desataren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | desatatú desatávos | desate | desatemos | desatad | desaten | ||
| negative | no desates | no desate | no desatemos | no desatéis | no desaten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desatar
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 desatar | |||||||
| dative | desatarme | desatarte | desatarle, desatarse | desatarnos | desataros | desatarles, desatarse | |
| accusative | desatarme | desatarte | desatarlo, desatarla, desatarse | desatarnos | desataros | desatarlos, desatarlas, desatarse | |
| with gerund desatando | |||||||
| dative | desatándome | desatándote | desatándole, desatándose | desatándonos | desatándoos | desatándoles, desatándose | |
| accusative | desatándome | desatándote | desatándolo, desatándola, desatándose | desatándonos | desatándoos | desatándolos, desatándolas, desatándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desata | |||||||
| dative | desátame | desátate | desátale | desátanos | not used | desátales | |
| accusative | desátame | desátate | desátalo, desátala | desátanos | not used | desátalos, desátalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desatá | |||||||
| dative | desatame | desatate | desatale | desatanos | not used | desatales | |
| accusative | desatame | desatate | desatalo, desatala | desatanos | not used | desatalos, desatalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desate | |||||||
| dative | desáteme | not used | desátele, desátese | desátenos | not used | desáteles | |
| accusative | desáteme | not used | desátelo, desátela, desátese | desátenos | not used | desátelos, desátelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desatemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | desatémoste | desatémosle | desatémonos | desatémoos | desatémosles | |
| accusative | not used | desatémoste | desatémoslo, desatémosla | desatémonos | desatémoos | desatémoslos, desatémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desatad | |||||||
| dative | desatadme | not used | desatadle | desatadnos | desataos | desatadles | |
| accusative | desatadme | not used | desatadlo, desatadla | desatadnos | desataos | desatadlos, desatadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desaten | |||||||
| dative | desátenme | not used | desátenle | desátennos | not used | desátenles, desátense | |
| accusative | desátenme | not used | desátenlo, desátenla | desátennos | not used | desátenlos, desátenlas, desátense | |
Derived terms
- no atar ni desatar
Further reading
- “desatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- Estrada