descortezar
Spanish
Etymology
Compare French décortiquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskoɾteˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskoɾteˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧cor‧te‧zar
Verb
descortezar (first-person singular present descortezo, first-person singular preterite descortecé, past participle descortezado)
- (transitive) to hull, shell (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
- (transitive) to strip the bark off, debark
Conjugation
Conjugation of descortezar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | descortezar | ||||||
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gerund | descortezando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descortezado | descortezada | |||||
plural | descortezados | descortezadas | |||||
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 | descortezo | descortezastú descortezásvos | descorteza | descortezamos | descortezáis | descortezan | |
imperfect | descortezaba | descortezabas | descortezaba | descortezábamos | descortezabais | descortezaban | |
preterite | descortecé | descortezaste | descortezó | descortezamos | descortezasteis | descortezaron | |
future | descortezaré | descortezarás | descortezará | descortezaremos | descortezaréis | descortezarán | |
conditional | descortezaría | descortezarías | descortezaría | descortezaríamos | descortezaríais | descortezarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | descortece | descortecestú descortecésvos2 | descortece | descortecemos | descortecéis | descortecen | |
imperfect (ra) | descortezara | descortezaras | descortezara | descortezáramos | descortezarais | descortezaran | |
imperfect (se) | descortezase | descortezases | descortezase | descortezásemos | descortezaseis | descortezasen | |
future1 | descortezare | descortezares | descortezare | descortezáremos | descortezareis | descortezaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | descortezatú descortezávos | descortece | descortecemos | descortezad | descortecen | ||
negative | no descorteces | no descortece | no descortecemos | no descortecéis | no descortecen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descortezar (c-z 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 descortezar | |||||||
dative | descortezarme | descortezarte | descortezarle, descortezarse | descortezarnos | descortezaros | descortezarles, descortezarse | |
accusative | descortezarme | descortezarte | descortezarlo, descortezarla, descortezarse | descortezarnos | descortezaros | descortezarlos, descortezarlas, descortezarse | |
with gerund descortezando | |||||||
dative | descortezándome | descortezándote | descortezándole, descortezándose | descortezándonos | descortezándoos | descortezándoles, descortezándose | |
accusative | descortezándome | descortezándote | descortezándolo, descortezándola, descortezándose | descortezándonos | descortezándoos | descortezándolos, descortezándolas, descortezándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorteza | |||||||
dative | descortézame | descortézate | descortézale | descortézanos | not used | descortézales | |
accusative | descortézame | descortézate | descortézalo, descortézala | descortézanos | not used | descortézalos, descortézalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descortezá | |||||||
dative | descortezame | descortezate | descortezale | descortezanos | not used | descortezales | |
accusative | descortezame | descortezate | descortezalo, descortezala | descortezanos | not used | descortezalos, descortezalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative descortece | |||||||
dative | descortéceme | not used | descortécele, descortécese | descortécenos | not used | descortéceles | |
accusative | descortéceme | not used | descortécelo, descortécela, descortécese | descortécenos | not used | descortécelos, descortécelas | |
with first-person plural imperative descortecemos | |||||||
dative | not used | descortecémoste | descortecémosle | descortecémonos | descortecémoos | descortecémosles | |
accusative | not used | descortecémoste | descortecémoslo, descortecémosla | descortecémonos | descortecémoos | descortecémoslos, descortecémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative descortezad | |||||||
dative | descortezadme | not used | descortezadle | descortezadnos | descortezaos | descortezadles | |
accusative | descortezadme | not used | descortezadlo, descortezadla | descortezadnos | descortezaos | descortezadlos, descortezadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative descortecen | |||||||
dative | descortécenme | not used | descortécenle | descortécennos | not used | descortécenles, descortécense | |
accusative | descortécenme | not used | descortécenlo, descortécenla | descortécennos | not used | descortécenlos, descortécenlas, descortécense |
Further reading
- “descortezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014