descaecer
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + archaic caecer (“to occur”), from Latin *cadescere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskaeˈθeɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskaeˈseɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧e‧cer
Verb
descaecer (first-person singular present descaezco, first-person singular preterite descaecí, past participle descaecido)
- (obsolete) to decline; to wane
Conjugation
Conjugation of descaecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | descaecer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | descaeciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | descaecido | descaecida | |||||
| plural | descaecidos | descaecidas | |||||
| 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 | descaezco | descaecestú descaecésvos | descaece | descaecemos | descaecéis | descaecen | |
| imperfect | descaecía | descaecías | descaecía | descaecíamos | descaecíais | descaecían | |
| preterite | descaecí | descaeciste | descaeció | descaecimos | descaecisteis | descaecieron | |
| future | descaeceré | descaecerás | descaecerá | descaeceremos | descaeceréis | descaecerán | |
| conditional | descaecería | descaecerías | descaecería | descaeceríamos | descaeceríais | descaecerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | descaezca | descaezcastú descaezcásvos2 | descaezca | descaezcamos | descaezcáis | descaezcan | |
| imperfect (ra) | descaeciera | descaecieras | descaeciera | descaeciéramos | descaecierais | descaecieran | |
| imperfect (se) | descaeciese | descaecieses | descaeciese | descaeciésemos | descaecieseis | descaeciesen | |
| future1 | descaeciere | descaecieres | descaeciere | descaeciéremos | descaeciereis | descaecieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | descaecetú descaecévos | descaezca | descaezcamos | descaeced | descaezcan | ||
| negative | no descaezcas | no descaezca | no descaezcamos | no descaezcáis | no descaezcan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- descaecimiento
See also
- decaer
Further reading
- “descaecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014