destroncar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /destɾonˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪ɾõŋˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧tron‧car
Verb
destroncar (first-person singular present destronco, first-person singular preterite destronqué, past participle destroncado)
- to cut down (a tree trunk)
- to cut short, cut off
- to maim, mutilate
- to ruin
- to wear down, wear out
Conjugation
Conjugation of destroncar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | destroncar | ||||||
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gerund | destroncando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | destroncado | destroncada | |||||
plural | destroncados | destroncadas | |||||
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 | destronco | destroncastú destroncásvos | destronca | destroncamos | destroncáis | destroncan | |
imperfect | destroncaba | destroncabas | destroncaba | destroncábamos | destroncabais | destroncaban | |
preterite | destronqué | destroncaste | destroncó | destroncamos | destroncasteis | destroncaron | |
future | destroncaré | destroncarás | destroncará | destroncaremos | destroncaréis | destroncarán | |
conditional | destroncaría | destroncarías | destroncaría | destroncaríamos | destroncaríais | destroncarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | destronque | destronquestú destronquésvos2 | destronque | destronquemos | destronquéis | destronquen | |
imperfect (ra) | destroncara | destroncaras | destroncara | destroncáramos | destroncarais | destroncaran | |
imperfect (se) | destroncase | destroncases | destroncase | destroncásemos | destroncaseis | destroncasen | |
future1 | destroncare | destroncares | destroncare | destroncáremos | destroncareis | destroncaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | destroncatú destroncávos | destronque | destronquemos | destroncad | destronquen | ||
negative | no destronques | no destronque | no destronquemos | no destronquéis | no destronquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “destroncar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014