descalificar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + calificar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskalifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.li.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧li‧fi‧car
Verb
descalificar (first-person singular present descalifico, first-person singular preterite descalifiqué, past participle descalificado)
- (transitive) to discredit
- (transitive, sports) to disqualify
Conjugation
Conjugation of descalificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | descalificar | ||||||
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gerund | descalificando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descalificado | descalificada | |||||
plural | descalificados | descalificadas | |||||
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 | descalifico | descalificastú descalificásvos | descalifica | descalificamos | descalificáis | descalifican | |
imperfect | descalificaba | descalificabas | descalificaba | descalificábamos | descalificabais | descalificaban | |
preterite | descalifiqué | descalificaste | descalificó | descalificamos | descalificasteis | descalificaron | |
future | descalificaré | descalificarás | descalificará | descalificaremos | descalificaréis | descalificarán | |
conditional | descalificaría | descalificarías | descalificaría | descalificaríamos | descalificaríais | descalificarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | descalifique | descalifiquestú descalifiquésvos2 | descalifique | descalifiquemos | descalifiquéis | descalifiquen | |
imperfect (ra) | descalificara | descalificaras | descalificara | descalificáramos | descalificarais | descalificaran | |
imperfect (se) | descalificase | descalificases | descalificase | descalificásemos | descalificaseis | descalificasen | |
future1 | descalificare | descalificares | descalificare | descalificáremos | descalificareis | descalificaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | descalificatú descalificávos | descalifique | descalifiquemos | descalificad | descalifiquen | ||
negative | no descalifiques | no descalifique | no descalifiquemos | no descalifiquéis | no descalifiquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descalificar (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 descalificar | |||||||
dative | descalificarme | descalificarte | descalificarle, descalificarse | descalificarnos | descalificaros | descalificarles, descalificarse | |
accusative | descalificarme | descalificarte | descalificarlo, descalificarla, descalificarse | descalificarnos | descalificaros | descalificarlos, descalificarlas, descalificarse | |
with gerund descalificando | |||||||
dative | descalificándome | descalificándote | descalificándole, descalificándose | descalificándonos | descalificándoos | descalificándoles, descalificándose | |
accusative | descalificándome | descalificándote | descalificándolo, descalificándola, descalificándose | descalificándonos | descalificándoos | descalificándolos, descalificándolas, descalificándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descalifica | |||||||
dative | descalifícame | descalifícate | descalifícale | descalifícanos | not used | descalifícales | |
accusative | descalifícame | descalifícate | descalifícalo, descalifícala | descalifícanos | not used | descalifícalos, descalifícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descalificá | |||||||
dative | descalificame | descalificate | descalificale | descalificanos | not used | descalificales | |
accusative | descalificame | descalificate | descalificalo, descalificala | descalificanos | not used | descalificalos, descalificalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative descalifique | |||||||
dative | descalifíqueme | not used | descalifíquele, descalifíquese | descalifíquenos | not used | descalifíqueles | |
accusative | descalifíqueme | not used | descalifíquelo, descalifíquela, descalifíquese | descalifíquenos | not used | descalifíquelos, descalifíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative descalifiquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | descalifiquémoste | descalifiquémosle | descalifiquémonos | descalifiquémoos | descalifiquémosles | |
accusative | not used | descalifiquémoste | descalifiquémoslo, descalifiquémosla | descalifiquémonos | descalifiquémoos | descalifiquémoslos, descalifiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative descalificad | |||||||
dative | descalificadme | not used | descalificadle | descalificadnos | descalificaos | descalificadles | |
accusative | descalificadme | not used | descalificadlo, descalificadla | descalificadnos | descalificaos | descalificadlos, descalificadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative descalifiquen | |||||||
dative | descalifíquenme | not used | descalifíquenle | descalifíquennos | not used | descalifíquenles, descalifíquense | |
accusative | descalifíquenme | not used | descalifíquenlo, descalifíquenla | descalifíquennos | not used | descalifíquenlos, descalifíquenlas, descalifíquense |
Derived terms
- descalificación f
Further reading
- “descalificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014