deslenguar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + lengua + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deslenˈɡwaɾ/ [d̪es.lẽŋˈɡwaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧len‧guar
Verb
deslenguar (first-person singular present deslenguo, first-person singular preterite deslengüé, past participle deslenguado)
- (transitive) to remove or cut out the tongue
- (reflexive) to speak brashly without education
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Judas Iscariote", in El juguete rabioso
- Nos deslenguábamos en reniegos contra esa chusma que no reconocía formalidades, ni compromisos de ningún género.
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Judas Iscariote", in El juguete rabioso
Conjugation
Conjugation of deslenguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | deslenguar | ||||||
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gerund | deslenguando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | deslenguado | deslenguada | |||||
plural | deslenguados | deslenguadas | |||||
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 | deslenguo | deslenguastú deslenguásvos | deslengua | deslenguamos | deslenguáis | deslenguan | |
imperfect | deslenguaba | deslenguabas | deslenguaba | deslenguábamos | deslenguabais | deslenguaban | |
preterite | deslengüé | deslenguaste | deslenguó | deslenguamos | deslenguasteis | deslenguaron | |
future | deslenguaré | deslenguarás | deslenguará | deslenguaremos | deslenguaréis | deslenguarán | |
conditional | deslenguaría | deslenguarías | deslenguaría | deslenguaríamos | deslenguaríais | deslenguarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | deslengüe | deslengüestú deslengüésvos2 | deslengüe | deslengüemos | deslengüéis | deslengüen | |
imperfect (ra) | deslenguara | deslenguaras | deslenguara | deslenguáramos | deslenguarais | deslenguaran | |
imperfect (se) | deslenguase | deslenguases | deslenguase | deslenguásemos | deslenguaseis | deslenguasen | |
future1 | deslenguare | deslenguares | deslenguare | deslenguáremos | deslenguareis | deslenguaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | deslenguatú deslenguávos | deslengüe | deslengüemos | deslenguad | deslengüen | ||
negative | no deslengües | no deslengüe | no deslengüemos | no deslengüéis | no deslengüen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- deslenguarse
Further reading
- “deslenguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014