desmitificar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- desmistificar
Etymology
From des- + mito + -ificar.
Verb
desmitificar (first-person singular present desmitifico, first-person singular preterite desmitifiquei, past participle desmitificado)
- (transitive) to demythologize
Conjugation
Conjugation of desmitificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | desmitificar | |||||
| Personal | desmitificar | desmitificares | desmitificar | desmitificarmos | desmitificardes | desmitificarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| desmitificando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | desmitificado | desmitificados | ||||
| Feminine | desmitificada | desmitificadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | desmitifico | desmitificas | desmitifica | desmitificamos | desmitificais | desmitificam |
| Imperfect | desmitificava | desmitificavas | desmitificava | desmitificávamos | desmitificáveis | desmitificavam |
| Preterite | desmitifiquei | desmitificaste | desmitificou | desmitificamos1, desmitificámos2 | desmitificastes | desmitificaram |
| Pluperfect | desmitificara | desmitificaras | desmitificara | desmitificáramos | desmitificáreis | desmitificaram |
| Future | desmitificarei | desmitificarás | desmitificará | desmitificaremos | desmitificareis | desmitificarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| desmitificaria | desmitificarias | desmitificaria | desmitificaríamos | desmitificaríeis | desmitificariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | desmitifique | desmitifiques | desmitifique | desmitifiquemos | desmitifiqueis | desmitifiquem |
| Imperfect | desmitificasse | desmitificasses | desmitificasse | desmitificássemos | desmitificásseis | desmitificassem |
| Future | desmitificar | desmitificares | desmitificar | desmitificarmos | desmitificardes | desmitificarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | desmitifica | desmitifique | desmitifiquemos | desmitificai | desmitifiquem | |
| Negative (não) | não desmitifiques | não desmitifique | não desmitifiquemos | não desmitifiqueis | não desmitifiquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + mito + -ificar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desmitifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪ez.mi.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧mi‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
desmitificar (first-person singular present desmitifico, first-person singular preterite desmitifiqué, past participle desmitificado)
- to demystify
- Antonym: mitificar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desmitificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desmitificar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desmitificando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desmitificado | desmitificada | |||||
| plural | desmitificados | desmitificadas | |||||
| 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 | desmitifico | desmitificastú desmitificásvos | desmitifica | desmitificamos | desmitificáis | desmitifican | |
| imperfect | desmitificaba | desmitificabas | desmitificaba | desmitificábamos | desmitificabais | desmitificaban | |
| preterite | desmitifiqué | desmitificaste | desmitificó | desmitificamos | desmitificasteis | desmitificaron | |
| future | desmitificaré | desmitificarás | desmitificará | desmitificaremos | desmitificaréis | desmitificarán | |
| conditional | desmitificaría | desmitificarías | desmitificaría | desmitificaríamos | desmitificaríais | desmitificarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | desmitifique | desmitifiquestú desmitifiquésvos2 | desmitifique | desmitifiquemos | desmitifiquéis | desmitifiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | desmitificara | desmitificaras | desmitificara | desmitificáramos | desmitificarais | desmitificaran | |
| imperfect (se) | desmitificase | desmitificases | desmitificase | desmitificásemos | desmitificaseis | desmitificasen | |
| future1 | desmitificare | desmitificares | desmitificare | desmitificáremos | desmitificareis | desmitificaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | desmitificatú desmitificávos | desmitifique | desmitifiquemos | desmitificad | desmitifiquen | ||
| negative | no desmitifiques | no desmitifique | no desmitifiquemos | no desmitifiquéis | no desmitifiquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desmitificar (c-qu alternation)
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 desmitificar | |||||||
| dative | desmitificarme | desmitificarte | desmitificarle, desmitificarse | desmitificarnos | desmitificaros | desmitificarles, desmitificarse | |
| accusative | desmitificarme | desmitificarte | desmitificarlo, desmitificarla, desmitificarse | desmitificarnos | desmitificaros | desmitificarlos, desmitificarlas, desmitificarse | |
| with gerund desmitificando | |||||||
| dative | desmitificándome | desmitificándote | desmitificándole, desmitificándose | desmitificándonos | desmitificándoos | desmitificándoles, desmitificándose | |
| accusative | desmitificándome | desmitificándote | desmitificándolo, desmitificándola, desmitificándose | desmitificándonos | desmitificándoos | desmitificándolos, desmitificándolas, desmitificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desmitifica | |||||||
| dative | desmitifícame | desmitifícate | desmitifícale | desmitifícanos | not used | desmitifícales | |
| accusative | desmitifícame | desmitifícate | desmitifícalo, desmitifícala | desmitifícanos | not used | desmitifícalos, desmitifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desmitificá | |||||||
| dative | desmitificame | desmitificate | desmitificale | desmitificanos | not used | desmitificales | |
| accusative | desmitificame | desmitificate | desmitificalo, desmitificala | desmitificanos | not used | desmitificalos, desmitificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desmitifique | |||||||
| dative | desmitifíqueme | not used | desmitifíquele, desmitifíquese | desmitifíquenos | not used | desmitifíqueles | |
| accusative | desmitifíqueme | not used | desmitifíquelo, desmitifíquela, desmitifíquese | desmitifíquenos | not used | desmitifíquelos, desmitifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desmitifiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | desmitifiquémoste | desmitifiquémosle | desmitifiquémonos | desmitifiquémoos | desmitifiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | desmitifiquémoste | desmitifiquémoslo, desmitifiquémosla | desmitifiquémonos | desmitifiquémoos | desmitifiquémoslos, desmitifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desmitificad | |||||||
| dative | desmitificadme | not used | desmitificadle | desmitificadnos | desmitificaos | desmitificadles | |
| accusative | desmitificadme | not used | desmitificadlo, desmitificadla | desmitificadnos | desmitificaos | desmitificadlos, desmitificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desmitifiquen | |||||||
| dative | desmitifíquenme | not used | desmitifíquenle | desmitifíquennos | not used | desmitifíquenles, desmitifíquense | |
| accusative | desmitifíquenme | not used | desmitifíquenlo, desmitifíquenla | desmitifíquennos | not used | desmitifíquenlos, desmitifíquenlas, desmitifíquense | |
Further reading
- “desmitificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014