descaminar
Catalan
Etymology
des- + caminar
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /dəs.kə.miˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /des.ka.miˈnaɾ/
Verb
descaminar (first-person singular present descamino, past participle descaminat)
- (transitive) to cause to lose one's way, lead astray
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose one's way
Conjugation
Conjugation of descaminar (first conjugation)
infinitive | descaminar | ||||||
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present participle | descaminant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descaminat | descaminada | |||||
plural | descaminats | descaminades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | descamino | descamines | descamina | descaminem | descamineu | descaminen | |
imperfect | descaminava | descaminaves | descaminava | descaminàvem | descaminàveu | descaminaven | |
future | descaminaré | descaminaràs | descaminarà | descaminarem | descaminareu | descaminaran | |
preterite | descaminí | descaminares | descaminà | descaminàrem | descaminàreu | descaminaren | |
conditional | descaminaria | descaminaries | descaminaria | descaminaríem | descaminaríeu | descaminarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | descamini | descaminis | descamini | descaminem | descamineu | descaminin | |
imperfect | descaminés | descaminessis | descaminés | descaminéssim | descaminéssiu | descaminessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | descamina | descamini | descaminem | descamineu | descaminin |
Further reading
- “descaminar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Verb
descaminar (first-person singular present descamino, first-person singular preterite descaminé, past participle descaminado)
- to lead off the right track; to lead astray
- to lead (someone) off the straight and narrow
Conjugation
Conjugation of descaminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | descaminar | ||||||
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gerund | descaminando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descaminado | descaminada | |||||
plural | descaminados | descaminadas | |||||
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 | descamino | descaminastú descaminásvos | descamina | descaminamos | descamináis | descaminan | |
imperfect | descaminaba | descaminabas | descaminaba | descaminábamos | descaminabais | descaminaban | |
preterite | descaminé | descaminaste | descaminó | descaminamos | descaminasteis | descaminaron | |
future | descaminaré | descaminarás | descaminará | descaminaremos | descaminaréis | descaminarán | |
conditional | descaminaría | descaminarías | descaminaría | descaminaríamos | descaminaríais | descaminarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | descamine | descaminestú descaminésvos2 | descamine | descaminemos | descaminéis | descaminen | |
imperfect (ra) | descaminara | descaminaras | descaminara | descamináramos | descaminarais | descaminaran | |
imperfect (se) | descaminase | descaminases | descaminase | descaminásemos | descaminaseis | descaminasen | |
future1 | descaminare | descaminares | descaminare | descamináremos | descaminareis | descaminaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | descaminatú descaminávos | descamine | descaminemos | descaminad | descaminen | ||
negative | no descamines | no descamine | no descaminemos | no descaminéis | no descaminen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descaminar
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 descaminar | |||||||
dative | descaminarme | descaminarte | descaminarle, descaminarse | descaminarnos | descaminaros | descaminarles, descaminarse | |
accusative | descaminarme | descaminarte | descaminarlo, descaminarla, descaminarse | descaminarnos | descaminaros | descaminarlos, descaminarlas, descaminarse | |
with gerund descaminando | |||||||
dative | descaminándome | descaminándote | descaminándole, descaminándose | descaminándonos | descaminándoos | descaminándoles, descaminándose | |
accusative | descaminándome | descaminándote | descaminándolo, descaminándola, descaminándose | descaminándonos | descaminándoos | descaminándolos, descaminándolas, descaminándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descamina | |||||||
dative | descamíname | descamínate | descamínale | descamínanos | not used | descamínales | |
accusative | descamíname | descamínate | descamínalo, descamínala | descamínanos | not used | descamínalos, descamínalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descaminá | |||||||
dative | descaminame | descaminate | descaminale | descaminanos | not used | descaminales | |
accusative | descaminame | descaminate | descaminalo, descaminala | descaminanos | not used | descaminalos, descaminalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative descamine | |||||||
dative | descamíneme | not used | descamínele, descamínese | descamínenos | not used | descamíneles | |
accusative | descamíneme | not used | descamínelo, descamínela, descamínese | descamínenos | not used | descamínelos, descamínelas | |
with first-person plural imperative descaminemos | |||||||
dative | not used | descaminémoste | descaminémosle | descaminémonos | descaminémoos | descaminémosles | |
accusative | not used | descaminémoste | descaminémoslo, descaminémosla | descaminémonos | descaminémoos | descaminémoslos, descaminémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative descaminad | |||||||
dative | descaminadme | not used | descaminadle | descaminadnos | descaminaos | descaminadles | |
accusative | descaminadme | not used | descaminadlo, descaminadla | descaminadnos | descaminaos | descaminadlos, descaminadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative descaminen | |||||||
dative | descamínenme | not used | descamínenle | descamínennos | not used | descamínenles, descamínense | |
accusative | descamínenme | not used | descamínenlo, descamínenla | descamínennos | not used | descamínenlos, descamínenlas, descamínense |
Further reading
- “descaminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014