deshojar
Spanish
Etymology
des- + hoja (“leaf”) + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desoˈxaɾ/ [d̪e.soˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ho‧jar
Verb
deshojar (first-person singular present deshojo, first-person singular preterite deshojé, past participle deshojado)
- to defoliate; to remove the leaves from a plant or petals from a flower
- 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “La Mujer Que Yo Quiero”:
- La mujer que yo quiero no necesita / Deshojar cada noche una margarita
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- to peel or husk
- to tear pages from a book
Conjugation
Conjugation of deshojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | deshojar | ||||||
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gerund | deshojando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | deshojado | deshojada | |||||
plural | deshojados | deshojadas | |||||
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 | deshojo | deshojastú deshojásvos | deshoja | deshojamos | deshojáis | deshojan | |
imperfect | deshojaba | deshojabas | deshojaba | deshojábamos | deshojabais | deshojaban | |
preterite | deshojé | deshojaste | deshojó | deshojamos | deshojasteis | deshojaron | |
future | deshojaré | deshojarás | deshojará | deshojaremos | deshojaréis | deshojarán | |
conditional | deshojaría | deshojarías | deshojaría | deshojaríamos | deshojaríais | deshojarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | deshoje | deshojestú deshojésvos2 | deshoje | deshojemos | deshojéis | deshojen | |
imperfect (ra) | deshojara | deshojaras | deshojara | deshojáramos | deshojarais | deshojaran | |
imperfect (se) | deshojase | deshojases | deshojase | deshojásemos | deshojaseis | deshojasen | |
future1 | deshojare | deshojares | deshojare | deshojáremos | deshojareis | deshojaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | deshojatú deshojávos | deshoje | deshojemos | deshojad | deshojen | ||
negative | no deshojes | no deshoje | no deshojemos | no deshojéis | no deshojen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of deshojar
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 deshojar | |||||||
dative | deshojarme | deshojarte | deshojarle, deshojarse | deshojarnos | deshojaros | deshojarles, deshojarse | |
accusative | deshojarme | deshojarte | deshojarlo, deshojarla, deshojarse | deshojarnos | deshojaros | deshojarlos, deshojarlas, deshojarse | |
with gerund deshojando | |||||||
dative | deshojándome | deshojándote | deshojándole, deshojándose | deshojándonos | deshojándoos | deshojándoles, deshojándose | |
accusative | deshojándome | deshojándote | deshojándolo, deshojándola, deshojándose | deshojándonos | deshojándoos | deshojándolos, deshojándolas, deshojándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deshoja | |||||||
dative | deshójame | deshójate | deshójale | deshójanos | not used | deshójales | |
accusative | deshójame | deshójate | deshójalo, deshójala | deshójanos | not used | deshójalos, deshójalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deshojá | |||||||
dative | deshojame | deshojate | deshojale | deshojanos | not used | deshojales | |
accusative | deshojame | deshojate | deshojalo, deshojala | deshojanos | not used | deshojalos, deshojalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative deshoje | |||||||
dative | deshójeme | not used | deshójele, deshójese | deshójenos | not used | deshójeles | |
accusative | deshójeme | not used | deshójelo, deshójela, deshójese | deshójenos | not used | deshójelos, deshójelas | |
with first-person plural imperative deshojemos | |||||||
dative | not used | deshojémoste | deshojémosle | deshojémonos | deshojémoos | deshojémosles | |
accusative | not used | deshojémoste | deshojémoslo, deshojémosla | deshojémonos | deshojémoos | deshojémoslos, deshojémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative deshojad | |||||||
dative | deshojadme | not used | deshojadle | deshojadnos | deshojaos | deshojadles | |
accusative | deshojadme | not used | deshojadlo, deshojadla | deshojadnos | deshojaos | deshojadlos, deshojadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative deshojen | |||||||
dative | deshójenme | not used | deshójenle | deshójennos | not used | deshójenles, deshójense | |
accusative | deshójenme | not used | deshójenlo, deshójenla | deshójennos | not used | deshójenlos, deshójenlas, deshójense |
Derived terms
- deshojar la margarita
Further reading
- “deshojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014