deshacer
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + hacer. Compare Catalan desfer, French défaire, Italian disfare, Portuguese desfazer, Romanian desface, English defeat and deface.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /desaˈθeɾ/ [d̪e.saˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desaˈseɾ/ [d̪e.saˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ha‧cer
Verb
deshacer (first-person singular present deshago, first-person singular preterite deshice, past participle deshecho)
- (transitive) to undo, to unmake
- Antonym: hacer
- (transitive) to unpack
- Synonym: desempacar
- (transitive) to break, to break up (e.g. a treaty, a business, a band, a united effort)
- (transitive) to take back (something done or said)
- Synonym: retirar
- (transitive) to reverse (a spell or curse)
- (reflexive) to come undone, to unravel
- (reflexive) to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)
- (reflexive) to melt (deshacerse el hielo)
- Synonyms: derretir, descongelar
- (reflexive) to weed out (unwanted people)
- (reflexive, followed by "en") to feel/show a lot of (emotion)
- deshacerse en elogios
- to praise from the rooftops
- deshacerse en excusas
- to make plenty of excuses
- deshacerse en insultos
- to completely slag off
Conjugation
Conjugation of deshacer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | deshacer | ||||||
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gerund | deshaciendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | deshecho | deshecha | |||||
plural | deshechos | deshechas | |||||
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 | deshago | deshacestú deshacésvos | deshace | deshacemos | deshacéis | deshacen | |
imperfect | deshacía | deshacías | deshacía | deshacíamos | deshacíais | deshacían | |
preterite | deshice | deshiciste | deshizo | deshicimos | deshicisteis | deshicieron | |
future | desharé | desharás | deshará | desharemos | desharéis | desharán | |
conditional | desharía | desharías | desharía | desharíamos | desharíais | desharían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | deshaga | deshagastú deshagásvos2 | deshaga | deshagamos | deshagáis | deshagan | |
imperfect (ra) | deshiciera | deshicieras | deshiciera | deshiciéramos | deshicierais | deshicieran | |
imperfect (se) | deshiciese | deshicieses | deshiciese | deshiciésemos | deshicieseis | deshiciesen | |
future1 | deshiciere | deshicieres | deshiciere | deshiciéremos | deshiciereis | deshicieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | deshaztú deshacévos | deshaga | deshagamos | deshaced | deshagan | ||
negative | no deshagas | no deshaga | no deshagamos | no deshagáis | no deshagan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of deshacer (irregular)
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 deshacer | |||||||
dative | deshacerme | deshacerte | deshacerle, deshacerse | deshacernos | deshaceros | deshacerles, deshacerse | |
accusative | deshacerme | deshacerte | deshacerlo, deshacerla, deshacerse | deshacernos | deshaceros | deshacerlos, deshacerlas, deshacerse | |
with gerund deshaciendo | |||||||
dative | deshaciéndome | deshaciéndote | deshaciéndole, deshaciéndose | deshaciéndonos | deshaciéndoos | deshaciéndoles, deshaciéndose | |
accusative | deshaciéndome | deshaciéndote | deshaciéndolo, deshaciéndola, deshaciéndose | deshaciéndonos | deshaciéndoos | deshaciéndolos, deshaciéndolas, deshaciéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deshaz | |||||||
dative | deshazme | deshazte | deshazle | deshaznos | not used | deshazles | |
accusative | deshazme | deshazte | deshazlo, deshazla | deshaznos | not used | deshazlos, deshazlas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deshacé | |||||||
dative | deshaceme | deshacete | deshacele | deshacenos | not used | deshaceles | |
accusative | deshaceme | deshacete | deshacelo, deshacela | deshacenos | not used | deshacelos, deshacelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative deshaga | |||||||
dative | deshágame | not used | deshágale, deshágase | desháganos | not used | deshágales | |
accusative | deshágame | not used | deshágalo, deshágala, deshágase | desháganos | not used | deshágalos, deshágalas | |
with first-person plural imperative deshagamos | |||||||
dative | not used | deshagámoste | deshagámosle | deshagámonos | deshagámoos | deshagámosles | |
accusative | not used | deshagámoste | deshagámoslo, deshagámosla | deshagámonos | deshagámoos | deshagámoslos, deshagámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative deshaced | |||||||
dative | deshacedme | not used | deshacedle | deshacednos | deshaceos | deshacedles | |
accusative | deshacedme | not used | deshacedlo, deshacedla | deshacednos | deshaceos | deshacedlos, deshacedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative deshagan | |||||||
dative | desháganme | not used | desháganle | deshágannos | not used | desháganles, desháganse | |
accusative | desháganme | not used | desháganlo, desháganla | deshágannos | not used | desháganlos, desháganlas, desháganse |
Further reading
- “deshacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014