desquiciar
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + quicio (“hinge”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskiˈθjaɾ/ [d̪es.kiˈθjaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskiˈsjaɾ/ [d̪es.kiˈsjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧qui‧ciar
Verb
desquiciar (first-person singular present desquicio, first-person singular preterite desquicié, past participle desquiciado)
- (transitive) to unhinge
- desquiciar una puerta ― to take a door off its hinges
- (figuratively, transitive, also takes a reflexive pronoun) to derange, drive crazy
- Synonyms: trastornar, descomponer, enloquecer, exasperar
- 1984, “Mangas cortas”, performed by Los Elegantes:
- Necesito mangas cortas que yo sienta que todo va bien / Si yo llevo mangas largas, me desquicio, me siento enfurecer
- I need short sleeves to know that everything is going well / If I wear long sleeves, I get mad, I feel enraged
Conjugation
Conjugation of desquiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | desquiciar | ||||||
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gerund | desquiciando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | desquiciado | desquiciada | |||||
plural | desquiciados | desquiciadas | |||||
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 | desquicio | desquiciastú desquiciásvos | desquicia | desquiciamos | desquiciáis | desquician | |
imperfect | desquiciaba | desquiciabas | desquiciaba | desquiciábamos | desquiciabais | desquiciaban | |
preterite | desquicié | desquiciaste | desquició | desquiciamos | desquiciasteis | desquiciaron | |
future | desquiciaré | desquiciarás | desquiciará | desquiciaremos | desquiciaréis | desquiciarán | |
conditional | desquiciaría | desquiciarías | desquiciaría | desquiciaríamos | desquiciaríais | desquiciarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | desquicie | desquiciestú desquiciésvos2 | desquicie | desquiciemos | desquiciéis | desquicien | |
imperfect (ra) | desquiciara | desquiciaras | desquiciara | desquiciáramos | desquiciarais | desquiciaran | |
imperfect (se) | desquiciase | desquiciases | desquiciase | desquiciásemos | desquiciaseis | desquiciasen | |
future1 | desquiciare | desquiciares | desquiciare | desquiciáremos | desquiciareis | desquiciaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | desquiciatú desquiciávos | desquicie | desquiciemos | desquiciad | desquicien | ||
negative | no desquicies | no desquicie | no desquiciemos | no desquiciéis | no desquicien |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desquiciar
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 desquiciar | |||||||
dative | desquiciarme | desquiciarte | desquiciarle, desquiciarse | desquiciarnos | desquiciaros | desquiciarles, desquiciarse | |
accusative | desquiciarme | desquiciarte | desquiciarlo, desquiciarla, desquiciarse | desquiciarnos | desquiciaros | desquiciarlos, desquiciarlas, desquiciarse | |
with gerund desquiciando | |||||||
dative | desquiciándome | desquiciándote | desquiciándole, desquiciándose | desquiciándonos | desquiciándoos | desquiciándoles, desquiciándose | |
accusative | desquiciándome | desquiciándote | desquiciándolo, desquiciándola, desquiciándose | desquiciándonos | desquiciándoos | desquiciándolos, desquiciándolas, desquiciándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desquicia | |||||||
dative | desquíciame | desquíciate | desquíciale | desquícianos | not used | desquíciales | |
accusative | desquíciame | desquíciate | desquícialo, desquíciala | desquícianos | not used | desquícialos, desquícialas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desquiciá | |||||||
dative | desquiciame | desquiciate | desquiciale | desquicianos | not used | desquiciales | |
accusative | desquiciame | desquiciate | desquicialo, desquiciala | desquicianos | not used | desquicialos, desquicialas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative desquicie | |||||||
dative | desquícieme | not used | desquíciele, desquíciese | desquícienos | not used | desquícieles | |
accusative | desquícieme | not used | desquícielo, desquíciela, desquíciese | desquícienos | not used | desquícielos, desquícielas | |
with first-person plural imperative desquiciemos | |||||||
dative | not used | desquiciémoste | desquiciémosle | desquiciémonos | desquiciémoos | desquiciémosles | |
accusative | not used | desquiciémoste | desquiciémoslo, desquiciémosla | desquiciémonos | desquiciémoos | desquiciémoslos, desquiciémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative desquiciad | |||||||
dative | desquiciadme | not used | desquiciadle | desquiciadnos | desquiciaos | desquiciadles | |
accusative | desquiciadme | not used | desquiciadlo, desquiciadla | desquiciadnos | desquiciaos | desquiciadlos, desquiciadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative desquicien | |||||||
dative | desquícienme | not used | desquícienle | desquíciennos | not used | desquícienles, desquíciense | |
accusative | desquícienme | not used | desquícienlo, desquícienla | desquíciennos | not used | desquícienlos, desquícienlas, desquíciense |
Derived terms
- desquiciado
- desquiciador
- desquiciamiento
- desquicio
See also
- sacar de quicio
Further reading
- “desquiciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014