desnortar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + norte (“north”) + -ar, after perder el norte (“to get lost”, literally “to lose the north”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desnoɾˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.noɾˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧nor‧tar
Verb
desnortar (first-person singular present desnorto, first-person singular preterite desnorté, past participle desnortado)
- (transitive) to disorientate
Conjugation
Conjugation of desnortar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | desnortar | ||||||
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gerund | desnortando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | desnortado | desnortada | |||||
plural | desnortados | desnortadas | |||||
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 | desnorto | desnortastú desnortásvos | desnorta | desnortamos | desnortáis | desnortan | |
imperfect | desnortaba | desnortabas | desnortaba | desnortábamos | desnortabais | desnortaban | |
preterite | desnorté | desnortaste | desnortó | desnortamos | desnortasteis | desnortaron | |
future | desnortaré | desnortarás | desnortará | desnortaremos | desnortaréis | desnortarán | |
conditional | desnortaría | desnortarías | desnortaría | desnortaríamos | desnortaríais | desnortarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | desnorte | desnortestú desnortésvos2 | desnorte | desnortemos | desnortéis | desnorten | |
imperfect (ra) | desnortara | desnortaras | desnortara | desnortáramos | desnortarais | desnortaran | |
imperfect (se) | desnortase | desnortases | desnortase | desnortásemos | desnortaseis | desnortasen | |
future1 | desnortare | desnortares | desnortare | desnortáremos | desnortareis | desnortaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | desnortatú desnortávos | desnorte | desnortemos | desnortad | desnorten | ||
negative | no desnortes | no desnorte | no desnortemos | no desnortéis | no desnorten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desnortar
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 desnortar | |||||||
dative | desnortarme | desnortarte | desnortarle, desnortarse | desnortarnos | desnortaros | desnortarles, desnortarse | |
accusative | desnortarme | desnortarte | desnortarlo, desnortarla, desnortarse | desnortarnos | desnortaros | desnortarlos, desnortarlas, desnortarse | |
with gerund desnortando | |||||||
dative | desnortándome | desnortándote | desnortándole, desnortándose | desnortándonos | desnortándoos | desnortándoles, desnortándose | |
accusative | desnortándome | desnortándote | desnortándolo, desnortándola, desnortándose | desnortándonos | desnortándoos | desnortándolos, desnortándolas, desnortándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desnorta | |||||||
dative | desnórtame | desnórtate | desnórtale | desnórtanos | not used | desnórtales | |
accusative | desnórtame | desnórtate | desnórtalo, desnórtala | desnórtanos | not used | desnórtalos, desnórtalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desnortá | |||||||
dative | desnortame | desnortate | desnortale | desnortanos | not used | desnortales | |
accusative | desnortame | desnortate | desnortalo, desnortala | desnortanos | not used | desnortalos, desnortalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative desnorte | |||||||
dative | desnórteme | not used | desnórtele, desnórtese | desnórtenos | not used | desnórteles | |
accusative | desnórteme | not used | desnórtelo, desnórtela, desnórtese | desnórtenos | not used | desnórtelos, desnórtelas | |
with first-person plural imperative desnortemos | |||||||
dative | not used | desnortémoste | desnortémosle | desnortémonos | desnortémoos | desnortémosles | |
accusative | not used | desnortémoste | desnortémoslo, desnortémosla | desnortémonos | desnortémoos | desnortémoslos, desnortémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative desnortad | |||||||
dative | desnortadme | not used | desnortadle | desnortadnos | desnortaos | desnortadles | |
accusative | desnortadme | not used | desnortadlo, desnortadla | desnortadnos | desnortaos | desnortadlos, desnortadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative desnorten | |||||||
dative | desnórtenme | not used | desnórtenle | desnórtennos | not used | desnórtenles, desnórtense | |
accusative | desnórtenme | not used | desnórtenlo, desnórtenla | desnórtennos | not used | desnórtenlos, desnórtenlas, desnórtense |
Further reading
- “desnortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014