desconchar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskonˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [d̪es.kõnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧con‧char
Verb
desconchar (first-person singular present desconcho, first-person singular preterite desconché, past participle desconchado)
- to chip; to damage the surface of something
- to peel off
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los ladrones", in El juguete rabioso
- Dicho club estaba en los fondos de la casa de Enrique, frente a una letrineja de muros negruzcos y revoques desconchados, y consistía en una estrecha pieza de madera polvorienta, de cuyo techo de tablas pendían largas telas de araña.
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los ladrones", in El juguete rabioso
Conjugation
Conjugation of desconchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | desconchar | ||||||
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gerund | desconchando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | desconchado | desconchada | |||||
plural | desconchados | desconchadas | |||||
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 | desconcho | desconchastú desconchásvos | desconcha | desconchamos | desconcháis | desconchan | |
imperfect | desconchaba | desconchabas | desconchaba | desconchábamos | desconchabais | desconchaban | |
preterite | desconché | desconchaste | desconchó | desconchamos | desconchasteis | desconcharon | |
future | desconcharé | desconcharás | desconchará | desconcharemos | desconcharéis | desconcharán | |
conditional | desconcharía | desconcharías | desconcharía | desconcharíamos | desconcharíais | desconcharían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | desconche | desconchestú desconchésvos2 | desconche | desconchemos | desconchéis | desconchen | |
imperfect (ra) | desconchara | desconcharas | desconchara | desconcháramos | desconcharais | desconcharan | |
imperfect (se) | desconchase | desconchases | desconchase | desconchásemos | desconchaseis | desconchasen | |
future1 | desconchare | desconchares | desconchare | desconcháremos | desconchareis | desconcharen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | desconchatú desconchávos | desconche | desconchemos | desconchad | desconchen | ||
negative | no desconches | no desconche | no desconchemos | no desconchéis | no desconchen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desconchar
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 desconchar | |||||||
dative | desconcharme | desconcharte | desconcharle, desconcharse | desconcharnos | desconcharos | desconcharles, desconcharse | |
accusative | desconcharme | desconcharte | desconcharlo, desconcharla, desconcharse | desconcharnos | desconcharos | desconcharlos, desconcharlas, desconcharse | |
with gerund desconchando | |||||||
dative | desconchándome | desconchándote | desconchándole, desconchándose | desconchándonos | desconchándoos | desconchándoles, desconchándose | |
accusative | desconchándome | desconchándote | desconchándolo, desconchándola, desconchándose | desconchándonos | desconchándoos | desconchándolos, desconchándolas, desconchándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desconcha | |||||||
dative | descónchame | descónchate | descónchale | descónchanos | not used | descónchales | |
accusative | descónchame | descónchate | descónchalo, descónchala | descónchanos | not used | descónchalos, descónchalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desconchá | |||||||
dative | desconchame | desconchate | desconchale | desconchanos | not used | desconchales | |
accusative | desconchame | desconchate | desconchalo, desconchala | desconchanos | not used | desconchalos, desconchalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative desconche | |||||||
dative | descóncheme | not used | descónchele, descónchese | descónchenos | not used | descóncheles | |
accusative | descóncheme | not used | descónchelo, descónchela, descónchese | descónchenos | not used | descónchelos, descónchelas | |
with first-person plural imperative desconchemos | |||||||
dative | not used | desconchémoste | desconchémosle | desconchémonos | desconchémoos | desconchémosles | |
accusative | not used | desconchémoste | desconchémoslo, desconchémosla | desconchémonos | desconchémoos | desconchémoslos, desconchémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative desconchad | |||||||
dative | desconchadme | not used | desconchadle | desconchadnos | desconchaos | desconchadles | |
accusative | desconchadme | not used | desconchadlo, desconchadla | desconchadnos | desconchaos | desconchadlos, desconchadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative desconchen | |||||||
dative | descónchenme | not used | descónchenle | descónchennos | not used | descónchenles, descónchense | |
accusative | descónchenme | not used | descónchenlo, descónchenla | descónchennos | not used | descónchenlos, descónchenlas, descónchense |
Further reading
- “desconchar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014