descafeinar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + cafeína (“caffeine”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskafeiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.fei̯ˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧fei‧nar
Verb
descafeinar (first-person singular present descafeíno, first-person singular preterite descafeiné, past participle descafeinado)
- (transitive) to decaffeinate (to remove the caffeine from something, especially coffee)
Conjugation
Conjugation of descafeinar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | descafeinar | ||||||
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gerund | descafeinando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descafeinado | descafeinada | |||||
plural | descafeinados | descafeinadas | |||||
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 | descafeíno | descafeínastú descafeinásvos | descafeína | descafeinamos | descafeináis | descafeínan | |
imperfect | descafeinaba | descafeinabas | descafeinaba | descafeinábamos | descafeinabais | descafeinaban | |
preterite | descafeiné | descafeinaste | descafeinó | descafeinamos | descafeinasteis | descafeinaron | |
future | descafeinaré | descafeinarás | descafeinará | descafeinaremos | descafeinaréis | descafeinarán | |
conditional | descafeinaría | descafeinarías | descafeinaría | descafeinaríamos | descafeinaríais | descafeinarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | descafeíne | descafeínestú descafeinésvos2 | descafeíne | descafeinemos | descafeinéis | descafeínen | |
imperfect (ra) | descafeinara | descafeinaras | descafeinara | descafeináramos | descafeinarais | descafeinaran | |
imperfect (se) | descafeinase | descafeinases | descafeinase | descafeinásemos | descafeinaseis | descafeinasen | |
future1 | descafeinare | descafeinares | descafeinare | descafeináremos | descafeinareis | descafeinaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | descafeínatú descafeinávos | descafeíne | descafeinemos | descafeinad | descafeínen | ||
negative | no descafeínes | no descafeíne | no descafeinemos | no descafeinéis | no descafeínen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- descafeinado
Further reading
- “descafeinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014