desbarrancar
Spanish
FWOTD – 10 December 2016
Etymology
des- + barranco + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desbaranˈkaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞a.rãŋˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ba‧rran‧car
Verb
desbarrancar (first-person singular present desbarranco, first-person singular preterite desbarranqué, past participle desbarrancado)
- (transitive) to throw off a cliff
- Synonym: despeñar
- 2015 November 6, “El sufrimiento del mate”, in El País:
- En 2013, tres adolescentes de 13, 14 y 17 años murieron al desbarrancar uno de esos vehículos y a partir de entonces la provincia compró autobuses para dárselos a los contratistas.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- to crush
Conjugation
Conjugation of desbarrancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no desbarranques | no desbarranque | no desbarranquemos | no desbarranquéis | no desbarranquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desbarrancar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Further reading
- “desbarrancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014