desplegar
Catalan
Etymology
Late Latin displicāre
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /dəs.pləˈɡa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /des.pleˈɡaɾ/
Verb
desplegar (first-person singular present desplego, past participle desplegat)
- (transitive, reflexive) to unfold, to spread out
- Antonym: plegar
- (transitive) to deploy (troops etc.)
- (transitive, figurative) to show off, demonstrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of desplegar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | desplegar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | desplegant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desplegat | desplegada | |||||
| plural | desplegats | desplegades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | desplego | desplegues | desplega | despleguem | desplegueu | despleguen | |
| imperfect | desplegava | desplegaves | desplegava | desplegàvem | desplegàveu | desplegaven | |
| future | desplegaré | desplegaràs | desplegarà | desplegarem | desplegareu | desplegaran | |
| preterite | despleguí | desplegares | desplegà | desplegàrem | desplegàreu | desplegaren | |
| conditional | desplegaria | desplegaries | desplegaria | desplegaríem | desplegaríeu | desplegarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | desplegui | despleguis | desplegui | despleguem | desplegueu | despleguin | |
| imperfect | desplegués | despleguessis | desplegués | despleguéssim | despleguéssiu | despleguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | desplega | desplegui | despleguem | desplegueu | despleguin | ||
Derived terms
- desplegament
Further reading
- “desplegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “desplegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “desplegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “desplegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin displicāre, infinitive form of displicō (“to scatter”), from Latin dis- + plicō. Synchronically analyzable as des- (“dis-”) + plegar (“to fold”). Cognate with English deploy and display.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despleˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.pleˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Peru) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ple‧gar
Verb
desplegar (first-person singular present despliego, first-person singular preterite desplegué, past participle desplegado)
- to deploy, unfold
- Antonyms: plegar, doblar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desplegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desplegar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desplegando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desplegado | desplegada | |||||
| plural | desplegados | desplegadas | |||||
| 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 | despliego | despliegastú desplegásvos | despliega | desplegamos | desplegáis | despliegan | |
| imperfect | desplegaba | desplegabas | desplegaba | desplegábamos | desplegabais | desplegaban | |
| preterite | desplegué | desplegaste | desplegó | desplegamos | desplegasteis | desplegaron | |
| future | desplegaré | desplegarás | desplegará | desplegaremos | desplegaréis | desplegarán | |
| conditional | desplegaría | desplegarías | desplegaría | desplegaríamos | desplegaríais | desplegarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | despliegue | desplieguestú despleguésvos2 | despliegue | despleguemos | despleguéis | desplieguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | desplegara | desplegaras | desplegara | desplegáramos | desplegarais | desplegaran | |
| imperfect (se) | desplegase | desplegases | desplegase | desplegásemos | desplegaseis | desplegasen | |
| future1 | desplegare | desplegares | desplegare | desplegáremos | desplegareis | desplegaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | despliegatú desplegávos | despliegue | despleguemos | desplegad | desplieguen | ||
| negative | no despliegues | no despliegue | no despleguemos | no despleguéis | no desplieguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desplegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu 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 desplegar | |||||||
| dative | desplegarme | desplegarte | desplegarle, desplegarse | desplegarnos | desplegaros | desplegarles, desplegarse | |
| accusative | desplegarme | desplegarte | desplegarlo, desplegarla, desplegarse | desplegarnos | desplegaros | desplegarlos, desplegarlas, desplegarse | |
| with gerund desplegando | |||||||
| dative | desplegándome | desplegándote | desplegándole, desplegándose | desplegándonos | desplegándoos | desplegándoles, desplegándose | |
| accusative | desplegándome | desplegándote | desplegándolo, desplegándola, desplegándose | desplegándonos | desplegándoos | desplegándolos, desplegándolas, desplegándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative despliega | |||||||
| dative | despliégame | despliégate | despliégale | despliéganos | not used | despliégales | |
| accusative | despliégame | despliégate | despliégalo, despliégala | despliéganos | not used | despliégalos, despliégalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desplegá | |||||||
| dative | desplegame | desplegate | desplegale | despleganos | not used | desplegales | |
| accusative | desplegame | desplegate | desplegalo, desplegala | despleganos | not used | desplegalos, desplegalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative despliegue | |||||||
| dative | despliégueme | not used | despliéguele, despliéguese | despliéguenos | not used | despliégueles | |
| accusative | despliégueme | not used | despliéguelo, despliéguela, despliéguese | despliéguenos | not used | despliéguelos, despliéguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative despleguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | despleguémoste | despleguémosle | despleguémonos | despleguémoos | despleguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | despleguémoste | despleguémoslo, despleguémosla | despleguémonos | despleguémoos | despleguémoslos, despleguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desplegad | |||||||
| dative | desplegadme | not used | desplegadle | desplegadnos | desplegaos | desplegadles | |
| accusative | desplegadme | not used | desplegadlo, desplegadla | desplegadnos | desplegaos | desplegadlos, desplegadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desplieguen | |||||||
| dative | despliéguenme | not used | despliéguenle | despliéguennos | not used | despliéguenles, despliéguense | |
| accusative | despliéguenme | not used | despliéguenlo, despliéguenla | despliéguennos | not used | despliéguenlos, despliéguenlas, despliéguense | |
Derived terms
- desplegable
- despliegue
Further reading
- “desplegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014