despotricar
Spanish
Etymology
des- + potro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despotɾiˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.po.t̪ɾiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧po‧tri‧car
Verb
despotricar (first-person singular present despotrico, first-person singular preterite despotriqué, past participle despotricado)
- (colloquial) to rant, to sound off
Conjugation
Conjugation of despotricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | despotricar | ||||||
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gerund | despotricando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | despotricado | despotricada | |||||
plural | despotricados | despotricadas | |||||
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 | despotrico | despotricastú despotricásvos | despotrica | despotricamos | despotricáis | despotrican | |
imperfect | despotricaba | despotricabas | despotricaba | despotricábamos | despotricabais | despotricaban | |
preterite | despotriqué | despotricaste | despotricó | despotricamos | despotricasteis | despotricaron | |
future | despotricaré | despotricarás | despotricará | despotricaremos | despotricaréis | despotricarán | |
conditional | despotricaría | despotricarías | despotricaría | despotricaríamos | despotricaríais | despotricarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | despotrique | despotriquestú despotriquésvos2 | despotrique | despotriquemos | despotriquéis | despotriquen | |
imperfect (ra) | despotricara | despotricaras | despotricara | despotricáramos | despotricarais | despotricaran | |
imperfect (se) | despotricase | despotricases | despotricase | despotricásemos | despotricaseis | despotricasen | |
future1 | despotricare | despotricares | despotricare | despotricáremos | despotricareis | despotricaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | despotricatú despotricávos | despotrique | despotriquemos | despotricad | despotriquen | ||
negative | no despotriques | no despotrique | no despotriquemos | no despotriquéis | no despotriquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “despotricar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014