descafeinar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From des- + cafeína (“caffeine”) + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
descafeinar (first-person singular present descafeíno, first-person singular preterite descafeiné, past participle descafeinado)
- (transitive) to decaffeinate (to remove the caffeine from something, especially coffee)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of descafeinar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “descafeinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014