descastigar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + castigar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskastiˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.kas.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧cas‧ti‧gar
Verb
descastigar (first-person singular present descastigo, first-person singular preterite descastigué, past participle descastigado)
- (neologism, colloquial) to unground (to free from the punishment, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)
- Antonym: castigar
Conjugation
Conjugation of descastigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | descastigar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | descastigando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | descastigado | descastigada | |||||
| plural | descastigados | descastigadas | |||||
| 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 | descastigo | descastigastú descastigásvos | descastiga | descastigamos | descastigáis | descastigan | |
| imperfect | descastigaba | descastigabas | descastigaba | descastigábamos | descastigabais | descastigaban | |
| preterite | descastigué | descastigaste | descastigó | descastigamos | descastigasteis | descastigaron | |
| future | descastigaré | descastigarás | descastigará | descastigaremos | descastigaréis | descastigarán | |
| conditional | descastigaría | descastigarías | descastigaría | descastigaríamos | descastigaríais | descastigarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | descastigue | descastiguestú descastiguésvos2 | descastigue | descastiguemos | descastiguéis | descastiguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | descastigara | descastigaras | descastigara | descastigáramos | descastigarais | descastigaran | |
| imperfect (se) | descastigase | descastigases | descastigase | descastigásemos | descastigaseis | descastigasen | |
| future1 | descastigare | descastigares | descastigare | descastigáremos | descastigareis | descastigaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | descastigatú descastigávos | descastigue | descastiguemos | descastigad | descastiguen | ||
| negative | no descastigues | no descastigue | no descastiguemos | no descastiguéis | no descastiguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descastigar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive descastigar | |||||||
| dative | descastigarme | descastigarte | descastigarle, descastigarse | descastigarnos | descastigaros | descastigarles, descastigarse | |
| accusative | descastigarme | descastigarte | descastigarlo, descastigarla, descastigarse | descastigarnos | descastigaros | descastigarlos, descastigarlas, descastigarse | |
| with gerund descastigando | |||||||
| dative | descastigándome | descastigándote | descastigándole, descastigándose | descastigándonos | descastigándoos | descastigándoles, descastigándose | |
| accusative | descastigándome | descastigándote | descastigándolo, descastigándola, descastigándose | descastigándonos | descastigándoos | descastigándolos, descastigándolas, descastigándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative descastiga | |||||||
| dative | descastígame | descastígate | descastígale | descastíganos | not used | descastígales | |
| accusative | descastígame | descastígate | descastígalo, descastígala | descastíganos | not used | descastígalos, descastígalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative descastigá | |||||||
| dative | descastigame | descastigate | descastigale | descastiganos | not used | descastigales | |
| accusative | descastigame | descastigate | descastigalo, descastigala | descastiganos | not used | descastigalos, descastigalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative descastigue | |||||||
| dative | descastígueme | not used | descastíguele, descastíguese | descastíguenos | not used | descastígueles | |
| accusative | descastígueme | not used | descastíguelo, descastíguela, descastíguese | descastíguenos | not used | descastíguelos, descastíguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative descastiguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | descastiguémoste | descastiguémosle | descastiguémonos | descastiguémoos | descastiguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | descastiguémoste | descastiguémoslo, descastiguémosla | descastiguémonos | descastiguémoos | descastiguémoslos, descastiguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative descastigad | |||||||
| dative | descastigadme | not used | descastigadle | descastigadnos | descastigaos | descastigadles | |
| accusative | descastigadme | not used | descastigadlo, descastigadla | descastigadnos | descastigaos | descastigadlos, descastigadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative descastiguen | |||||||
| dative | descastíguenme | not used | descastíguenle | descastíguennos | not used | descastíguenles, descastíguense | |
| accusative | descastíguenme | not used | descastíguenlo, descastíguenla | descastíguennos | not used | descastíguenlos, descastíguenlas, descastíguense | |