desmedrar
Spanish
Etymology
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Verb
desmedrar (first-person singular present desmedro, first-person singular preterite desmedré, past participle desmedrado)
- to decline, wane
- 1892, Benito Pérez Galdós, Tristana:
- las limitaciones externas de su soberanía no sirven más que para desmedrar la raza, para empobrecer el caudal sanguíneo de la humanidad.
- the external limitations of his rule serve little other purpose than to weaken the race, to impoverish humankind's gene pool
- 2015, Julien Gracq, Los ojos del bosque:
- los árboles iban poco a poco desmejorando, desmedrando
- Bit by bit, the trees were withering, waning
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Conjugation
Conjugation of desmedrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desmedrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desmedrando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desmedrado | desmedrada | |||||
| plural | desmedrados | desmedradas | |||||
| 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 | desmedro | desmedrastú desmedrásvos | desmedra | desmedramos | desmedráis | desmedran | |
| imperfect | desmedraba | desmedrabas | desmedraba | desmedrábamos | desmedrabais | desmedraban | |
| preterite | desmedré | desmedraste | desmedró | desmedramos | desmedrasteis | desmedraron | |
| future | desmedraré | desmedrarás | desmedrará | desmedraremos | desmedraréis | desmedrarán | |
| conditional | desmedraría | desmedrarías | desmedraría | desmedraríamos | desmedraríais | desmedrarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | desmedre | desmedrestú desmedrésvos2 | desmedre | desmedremos | desmedréis | desmedren | |
| imperfect (ra) | desmedrara | desmedraras | desmedrara | desmedráramos | desmedrarais | desmedraran | |
| imperfect (se) | desmedrase | desmedrases | desmedrase | desmedrásemos | desmedraseis | desmedrasen | |
| future1 | desmedrare | desmedrares | desmedrare | desmedráremos | desmedrareis | desmedraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | desmedratú desmedrávos | desmedre | desmedremos | desmedrad | desmedren | ||
| negative | no desmedres | no desmedre | no desmedremos | no desmedréis | no desmedren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desmedrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive desmedrar | |||||||
| dative | desmedrarme | desmedrarte | desmedrarle, desmedrarse | desmedrarnos | desmedraros | desmedrarles, desmedrarse | |
| accusative | desmedrarme | desmedrarte | desmedrarlo, desmedrarla, desmedrarse | desmedrarnos | desmedraros | desmedrarlos, desmedrarlas, desmedrarse | |
| with gerund desmedrando | |||||||
| dative | desmedrándome | desmedrándote | desmedrándole, desmedrándose | desmedrándonos | desmedrándoos | desmedrándoles, desmedrándose | |
| accusative | desmedrándome | desmedrándote | desmedrándolo, desmedrándola, desmedrándose | desmedrándonos | desmedrándoos | desmedrándolos, desmedrándolas, desmedrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desmedra | |||||||
| dative | desmédrame | desmédrate | desmédrale | desmédranos | not used | desmédrales | |
| accusative | desmédrame | desmédrate | desmédralo, desmédrala | desmédranos | not used | desmédralos, desmédralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desmedrá | |||||||
| dative | desmedrame | desmedrate | desmedrale | desmedranos | not used | desmedrales | |
| accusative | desmedrame | desmedrate | desmedralo, desmedrala | desmedranos | not used | desmedralos, desmedralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desmedre | |||||||
| dative | desmédreme | not used | desmédrele, desmédrese | desmédrenos | not used | desmédreles | |
| accusative | desmédreme | not used | desmédrelo, desmédrela, desmédrese | desmédrenos | not used | desmédrelos, desmédrelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desmedremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | desmedrémoste | desmedrémosle | desmedrémonos | desmedrémoos | desmedrémosles | |
| accusative | not used | desmedrémoste | desmedrémoslo, desmedrémosla | desmedrémonos | desmedrémoos | desmedrémoslos, desmedrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desmedrad | |||||||
| dative | desmedradme | not used | desmedradle | desmedradnos | desmedraos | desmedradles | |
| accusative | desmedradme | not used | desmedradlo, desmedradla | desmedradnos | desmedraos | desmedradlos, desmedradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desmedren | |||||||
| dative | desmédrenme | not used | desmédrenle | desmédrennos | not used | desmédrenles, desmédrense | |
| accusative | desmédrenme | not used | desmédrenlo, desmédrenla | desmédrennos | not used | desmédrenlos, desmédrenlas, desmédrense | |
Further reading
- “desmedrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014