descachar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + cacho + -ar.
Verb
descachar (first-person singular present descacho, first-person singular preterite descaché, past participle descachado)
- (transitive, Latin America) to dehorn
- (reflexive, Colombia) to lose one's horns
- (reflexive, Colombia) to break
- (reflexive, Colombia) to put one's foot in it (make a mistake)
Conjugation
Conjugation of descachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | descachar | ||||||
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gerund | descachando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descachado | descachada | |||||
plural | descachados | descachadas | |||||
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 | descacho | descachastú descachásvos | descacha | descachamos | descacháis | descachan | |
imperfect | descachaba | descachabas | descachaba | descachábamos | descachabais | descachaban | |
preterite | descaché | descachaste | descachó | descachamos | descachasteis | descacharon | |
future | descacharé | descacharás | descachará | descacharemos | descacharéis | descacharán | |
conditional | descacharía | descacharías | descacharía | descacharíamos | descacharíais | descacharían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | descache | descachestú descachésvos2 | descache | descachemos | descachéis | descachen | |
imperfect (ra) | descachara | descacharas | descachara | descacháramos | descacharais | descacharan | |
imperfect (se) | descachase | descachases | descachase | descachásemos | descachaseis | descachasen | |
future1 | descachare | descachares | descachare | descacháremos | descachareis | descacharen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | descachatú descachávos | descache | descachemos | descachad | descachen | ||
negative | no descaches | no descache | no descachemos | no descachéis | no descachen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- cacho
- descacharrar
- descache
Further reading
- “descachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014