descontratar

Spanish edit

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Etymology edit

From des- +‎ contratar.

Verb edit

descontratar (first-person singular present descontrato, first-person singular preterite descontraté, past participle descontratado)

to unhire, cancel a contract

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of descontratar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			descontratar
gerund			descontratando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descontratado		descontratada
		plural		descontratados		descontratadas
		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	descontrato	descontratas^{^tú} descontratás^{^vos}	descontrata	descontratamos	descontratáis	descontratan
	imperfect	descontrataba	descontratabas	descontrataba	descontratábamos	descontratabais	descontrataban
	preterite	descontraté	descontrataste	descontrató	descontratamos	descontratasteis	descontrataron
	future	descontrataré	descontratarás	descontratará	descontrataremos	descontrataréis	descontratarán
	conditional	descontrataría	descontratarías	descontrataría	descontrataríamos	descontrataríais	descontratarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descontrate	descontrates^{^tú} descontratés^{^vos²}	descontrate	descontratemos	descontratéis	descontraten
	imperfect (ra)	descontratara	descontrataras	descontratara	descontratáramos	descontratarais	descontrataran
	imperfect (se)	descontratase	descontratases	descontratase	descontratásemos	descontrataseis	descontratasen
	future¹	descontratare	descontratares	descontratare	descontratáremos	descontratareis	descontrataren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descontrata^{^tú} descontratá^{^vos}	descontrate	descontratemos	descontratad	descontraten
	negative		no descontrates	no descontrate	no descontratemos	no descontratéis	no descontraten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.