despistar
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + pista + -ar or French dépister.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pisˈta(ʁ)/ [des.pisˈta(h)], /d͡ʒis.pisˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pisˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.pisˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.pisˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.piʃˈta(ʁ)/ [deʃ.piʃˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.piʃˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.piʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pisˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.piʃˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: des‧pis‧tar
Verb
despistar (first-person singular present despisto, first-person singular preterite despistei, past participle despistado)
- (transitive) to throw off track
- (transitive, figuratively) to disorient
- Synonyms: desnortear, desorientar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, also figuratively) to get lost
Conjugation
Conjugation of despistar (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 | despistar | |||||
| Personal | despistar | despistares | despistar | despistarmos | despistardes | despistarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| despistando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | despistado | despistados | ||||
| Feminine | despistada | despistadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | despisto | despistas | despista | despistamos | despistais | despistam |
| Imperfect | despistava | despistavas | despistava | despistávamos | despistáveis | despistavam |
| Preterite | despistei | despistaste | despistou | despistamos1, despistámos2 | despistastes | despistaram |
| Pluperfect | despistara | despistaras | despistara | despistáramos | despistáreis | despistaram |
| Future | despistarei | despistarás | despistará | despistaremos | despistareis | despistarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| despistaria | despistarias | despistaria | despistaríamos | despistaríeis | despistariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | despiste | despistes | despiste | despistemos | despisteis | despistem |
| Imperfect | despistasse | despistasses | despistasse | despistássemos | despistásseis | despistassem |
| Future | despistar | despistares | despistar | despistarmos | despistardes | despistarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | despista | despiste | despistemos | despistai | despistem | |
| Negative (não) | não despistes | não despiste | não despistemos | não despisteis | não despistem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Further reading
- “despistar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + pista + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despisˈtaɾ/ [d̪es.pisˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧pis‧tar
Verb
despistar (first-person singular present despisto, first-person singular preterite despisté, past participle despistado)
- (transitive) to throw off track
- (transitive, figuratively) to disorient
- Synonyms: confundir, desorientar
- (reflexive, figuratively) to get distracted, to fall asleep
Conjugation
Conjugation of despistar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | despistar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | despistando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | despistado | despistada | |||||
| plural | despistados | despistadas | |||||
| 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 | despisto | despistastú despistásvos | despista | despistamos | despistáis | despistan | |
| imperfect | despistaba | despistabas | despistaba | despistábamos | despistabais | despistaban | |
| preterite | despisté | despistaste | despistó | despistamos | despistasteis | despistaron | |
| future | despistaré | despistarás | despistará | despistaremos | despistaréis | despistarán | |
| conditional | despistaría | despistarías | despistaría | despistaríamos | despistaríais | despistarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | despiste | despistestú despistésvos2 | despiste | despistemos | despistéis | despisten | |
| imperfect (ra) | despistara | despistaras | despistara | despistáramos | despistarais | despistaran | |
| imperfect (se) | despistase | despistases | despistase | despistásemos | despistaseis | despistasen | |
| future1 | despistare | despistares | despistare | despistáremos | despistareis | despistaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | despistatú despistávos | despiste | despistemos | despistad | despisten | ||
| negative | no despistes | no despiste | no despistemos | no despistéis | no despisten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of despistar
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 despistar | |||||||
| dative | despistarme | despistarte | despistarle, despistarse | despistarnos | despistaros | despistarles, despistarse | |
| accusative | despistarme | despistarte | despistarlo, despistarla, despistarse | despistarnos | despistaros | despistarlos, despistarlas, despistarse | |
| with gerund despistando | |||||||
| dative | despistándome | despistándote | despistándole, despistándose | despistándonos | despistándoos | despistándoles, despistándose | |
| accusative | despistándome | despistándote | despistándolo, despistándola, despistándose | despistándonos | despistándoos | despistándolos, despistándolas, despistándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative despista | |||||||
| dative | despístame | despístate | despístale | despístanos | not used | despístales | |
| accusative | despístame | despístate | despístalo, despístala | despístanos | not used | despístalos, despístalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative despistá | |||||||
| dative | despistame | despistate | despistale | despistanos | not used | despistales | |
| accusative | despistame | despistate | despistalo, despistala | despistanos | not used | despistalos, despistalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative despiste | |||||||
| dative | despísteme | not used | despístele, despístese | despístenos | not used | despísteles | |
| accusative | despísteme | not used | despístelo, despístela, despístese | despístenos | not used | despístelos, despístelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative despistemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | despistémoste | despistémosle | despistémonos | despistémoos | despistémosles | |
| accusative | not used | despistémoste | despistémoslo, despistémosla | despistémonos | despistémoos | despistémoslos, despistémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative despistad | |||||||
| dative | despistadme | not used | despistadle | despistadnos | despistaos | despistadles | |
| accusative | despistadme | not used | despistadlo, despistadla | despistadnos | despistaos | despistadlos, despistadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative despisten | |||||||
| dative | despístenme | not used | despístenle | despístennos | not used | despístenles, despístense | |
| accusative | despístenme | not used | despístenlo, despístenla | despístennos | not used | despístenlos, despístenlas, despístense | |
Derived terms
- despistado
Further reading
- “despistar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014