descalabrar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ calavera (“skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskalaˈbɾaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.laˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧la‧brar

Verb

descalabrar (first-person singular present descalabro, first-person singular preterite descalabré, past participle descalabrado)

1. (transitive) to hit, especially in the head
2. (transitive) to damage, to ruin

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descalabrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descalabrar
gerund			descalabrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descalabrado		descalabrada
		plural		descalabrados		descalabradas
		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	descalabro	descalabrastú descalabrásvos	descalabra	descalabramos	descalabráis	descalabran
	imperfect	descalabraba	descalabrabas	descalabraba	descalabrábamos	descalabrabais	descalabraban
	preterite	descalabré	descalabraste	descalabró	descalabramos	descalabrasteis	descalabraron
	future	descalabraré	descalabrarás	descalabrará	descalabraremos	descalabraréis	descalabrarán
	conditional	descalabraría	descalabrarías	descalabraría	descalabraríamos	descalabraríais	descalabrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descalabre	descalabrestú descalabrésvos2	descalabre	descalabremos	descalabréis	descalabren
	imperfect (ra)	descalabrara	descalabraras	descalabrara	descalabráramos	descalabrarais	descalabraran
	imperfect (se)	descalabrase	descalabrases	descalabrase	descalabrásemos	descalabraseis	descalabrasen
	future1	descalabrare	descalabrares	descalabrare	descalabráremos	descalabrareis	descalabraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descalabratú descalabrávos	descalabre	descalabremos	descalabrad	descalabren
	negative		no descalabres	no descalabre	no descalabremos	no descalabréis	no descalabren

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

    Selected combined forms of descalabrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive descalabrar
	dative	descalabrarme	descalabrarte	descalabrarle, descalabrarse	descalabrarnos	descalabraros	descalabrarles, descalabrarse
	accusative	descalabrarme	descalabrarte	descalabrarlo, descalabrarla, descalabrarse	descalabrarnos	descalabraros	descalabrarlos, descalabrarlas, descalabrarse
with gerund descalabrando
	dative	descalabrándome	descalabrándote	descalabrándole, descalabrándose	descalabrándonos	descalabrándoos	descalabrándoles, descalabrándose
	accusative	descalabrándome	descalabrándote	descalabrándolo, descalabrándola, descalabrándose	descalabrándonos	descalabrándoos	descalabrándolos, descalabrándolas, descalabrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descalabra
	dative	descalábrame	descalábrate	descalábrale	descalábranos	not used	descalábrales
	accusative	descalábrame	descalábrate	descalábralo, descalábrala	descalábranos	not used	descalábralos, descalábralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descalabrá
	dative	descalabrame	descalabrate	descalabrale	descalabranos	not used	descalabrales
	accusative	descalabrame	descalabrate	descalabralo, descalabrala	descalabranos	not used	descalabralos, descalabralas
with formal second-person singular imperative descalabre
	dative	descalábreme	not used	descalábrele, descalábrese	descalábrenos	not used	descalábreles
	accusative	descalábreme	not used	descalábrelo, descalábrela, descalábrese	descalábrenos	not used	descalábrelos, descalábrelas
with first-person plural imperative descalabremos
	dative	not used	descalabrémoste	descalabrémosle	descalabrémonos	descalabrémoos	descalabrémosles
	accusative	not used	descalabrémoste	descalabrémoslo, descalabrémosla	descalabrémonos	descalabrémoos	descalabrémoslos, descalabrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descalabrad
	dative	descalabradme	not used	descalabradle	descalabradnos	descalabraos	descalabradles
	accusative	descalabradme	not used	descalabradlo, descalabradla	descalabradnos	descalabraos	descalabradlos, descalabradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descalabren
	dative	descalábrenme	not used	descalábrenle	descalábrennos	not used	descalábrenles, descalábrense
	accusative	descalábrenme	not used	descalábrenlo, descalábrenla	descalábrennos	not used	descalábrenlos, descalábrenlas, descalábrense

Derived terms

• descalabro

 

Further reading

• “descalabrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014