desmelenar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ melena (“mane”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desmeleˈnaɾ/ [d̪ez.me.leˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧me‧le‧nar

Verb

desmelenar (first-person singular present desmeleno, first-person singular preterite desmelené, past participle desmelenado)

1. (transitive) to dishevel, ruffle the hair of
2. (reflexive, colloquial) to lose one's composure, let one's hair down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmelenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desmelenar
gerund			desmelenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmelenado		desmelenada
		plural		desmelenados		desmelenadas
		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	desmeleno	desmelenastú desmelenásvos	desmelena	desmelenamos	desmelenáis	desmelenan
	imperfect	desmelenaba	desmelenabas	desmelenaba	desmelenábamos	desmelenabais	desmelenaban
	preterite	desmelené	desmelenaste	desmelenó	desmelenamos	desmelenasteis	desmelenaron
	future	desmelenaré	desmelenarás	desmelenará	desmelenaremos	desmelenaréis	desmelenarán
	conditional	desmelenaría	desmelenarías	desmelenaría	desmelenaríamos	desmelenaríais	desmelenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmelene	desmelenestú desmelenésvos2	desmelene	desmelenemos	desmelenéis	desmelenen
	imperfect (ra)	desmelenara	desmelenaras	desmelenara	desmelenáramos	desmelenarais	desmelenaran
	imperfect (se)	desmelenase	desmelenases	desmelenase	desmelenásemos	desmelenaseis	desmelenasen
	future1	desmelenare	desmelenares	desmelenare	desmelenáremos	desmelenareis	desmelenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desmelenatú desmelenávos	desmelene	desmelenemos	desmelenad	desmelenen
	negative		no desmelenes	no desmelene	no desmelenemos	no desmelenéis	no desmelenen

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

    Selected combined forms of desmelenar

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 desmelenar
	dative	desmelenarme	desmelenarte	desmelenarle, desmelenarse	desmelenarnos	desmelenaros	desmelenarles, desmelenarse
	accusative	desmelenarme	desmelenarte	desmelenarlo, desmelenarla, desmelenarse	desmelenarnos	desmelenaros	desmelenarlos, desmelenarlas, desmelenarse
with gerund desmelenando
	dative	desmelenándome	desmelenándote	desmelenándole, desmelenándose	desmelenándonos	desmelenándoos	desmelenándoles, desmelenándose
	accusative	desmelenándome	desmelenándote	desmelenándolo, desmelenándola, desmelenándose	desmelenándonos	desmelenándoos	desmelenándolos, desmelenándolas, desmelenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desmelena
	dative	desmeléname	desmelénate	desmelénale	desmelénanos	not used	desmelénales
	accusative	desmeléname	desmelénate	desmelénalo, desmelénala	desmelénanos	not used	desmelénalos, desmelénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desmelená
	dative	desmelename	desmelenate	desmelenale	desmelenanos	not used	desmelenales
	accusative	desmelename	desmelenate	desmelenalo, desmelenala	desmelenanos	not used	desmelenalos, desmelenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desmelene
	dative	desmeléneme	not used	desmelénele, desmelénese	desmelénenos	not used	desmeléneles
	accusative	desmeléneme	not used	desmelénelo, desmelénela, desmelénese	desmelénenos	not used	desmelénelos, desmelénelas
with first-person plural imperative desmelenemos
	dative	not used	desmelenémoste	desmelenémosle	desmelenémonos	desmelenémoos	desmelenémosles
	accusative	not used	desmelenémoste	desmelenémoslo, desmelenémosla	desmelenémonos	desmelenémoos	desmelenémoslos, desmelenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desmelenad
	dative	desmelenadme	not used	desmelenadle	desmelenadnos	desmelenaos	desmelenadles
	accusative	desmelenadme	not used	desmelenadlo, desmelenadla	desmelenadnos	desmelenaos	desmelenadlos, desmelenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desmelenen
	dative	desmelénenme	not used	desmelénenle	desmelénennos	not used	desmelénenles, desmelénense
	accusative	desmelénenme	not used	desmelénenlo, desmelénenla	desmelénennos	not used	desmelénenlos, desmelénenlas, desmelénense

Derived terms

• desmelenamiento

 

Further reading

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