descorchar

Spanish

Etymology

From corcho.

Verb

descorchar (first-person singular present descorcho, first-person singular preterite descorché, past participle descorchado)

1. to uncork

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descorchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descorchar
gerund			descorchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descorchado		descorchada
		plural		descorchados		descorchadas
		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	descorcho	descorchastú descorchásvos	descorcha	descorchamos	descorcháis	descorchan
	imperfect	descorchaba	descorchabas	descorchaba	descorchábamos	descorchabais	descorchaban
	preterite	descorché	descorchaste	descorchó	descorchamos	descorchasteis	descorcharon
	future	descorcharé	descorcharás	descorchará	descorcharemos	descorcharéis	descorcharán
	conditional	descorcharía	descorcharías	descorcharía	descorcharíamos	descorcharíais	descorcharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descorche	descorchestú descorchésvos2	descorche	descorchemos	descorchéis	descorchen
	imperfect (ra)	descorchara	descorcharas	descorchara	descorcháramos	descorcharais	descorcharan
	imperfect (se)	descorchase	descorchases	descorchase	descorchásemos	descorchaseis	descorchasen
	future1	descorchare	descorchares	descorchare	descorcháremos	descorchareis	descorcharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descorchatú descorchávos	descorche	descorchemos	descorchad	descorchen
	negative		no descorches	no descorche	no descorchemos	no descorchéis	no descorchen

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

    Selected combined forms of descorchar

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 descorchar
	dative	descorcharme	descorcharte	descorcharle, descorcharse	descorcharnos	descorcharos	descorcharles, descorcharse
	accusative	descorcharme	descorcharte	descorcharlo, descorcharla, descorcharse	descorcharnos	descorcharos	descorcharlos, descorcharlas, descorcharse
with gerund descorchando
	dative	descorchándome	descorchándote	descorchándole, descorchándose	descorchándonos	descorchándoos	descorchándoles, descorchándose
	accusative	descorchándome	descorchándote	descorchándolo, descorchándola, descorchándose	descorchándonos	descorchándoos	descorchándolos, descorchándolas, descorchándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorcha
	dative	descórchame	descórchate	descórchale	descórchanos	not used	descórchales
	accusative	descórchame	descórchate	descórchalo, descórchala	descórchanos	not used	descórchalos, descórchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descorchá
	dative	descorchame	descorchate	descorchale	descorchanos	not used	descorchales
	accusative	descorchame	descorchate	descorchalo, descorchala	descorchanos	not used	descorchalos, descorchalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descorche
	dative	descórcheme	not used	descórchele, descórchese	descórchenos	not used	descórcheles
	accusative	descórcheme	not used	descórchelo, descórchela, descórchese	descórchenos	not used	descórchelos, descórchelas
with first-person plural imperative descorchemos
	dative	not used	descorchémoste	descorchémosle	descorchémonos	descorchémoos	descorchémosles
	accusative	not used	descorchémoste	descorchémoslo, descorchémosla	descorchémonos	descorchémoos	descorchémoslos, descorchémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descorchad
	dative	descorchadme	not used	descorchadle	descorchadnos	descorchaos	descorchadles
	accusative	descorchadme	not used	descorchadlo, descorchadla	descorchadnos	descorchaos	descorchadlos, descorchadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descorchen
	dative	descórchenme	not used	descórchenle	descórchennos	not used	descórchenles, descórchense
	accusative	descórchenme	not used	descórchenlo, descórchenla	descórchennos	not used	descórchenlos, descórchenlas, descórchense

Further reading

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