despentinar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ pentinar (“to comb”). Compare Spanish despeinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəs.pən.tiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [des.pen.tiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

despentinar (first-person singular present despentino, first-person singular preterite despentiní, past participle despentinat)

1. to dishevel, to mess up (somebody's hair)

   Synonym: escabellar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of despentinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			despentinar
gerund			despentinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		despentinat		despentinada
		plural		despentinats		despentinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	despentino	despentines	despentina	despentinem	despentineu	despentinen
	imperfect	despentinava	despentinaves	despentinava	despentinàvem	despentinàveu	despentinaven
	future	despentinaré	despentinaràs	despentinarà	despentinarem	despentinareu	despentinaran
	preterite	despentiní	despentinares	despentinà	despentinàrem	despentinàreu	despentinaren
	conditional	despentinaria	despentinaries	despentinaria	despentinaríem	despentinaríeu	despentinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	despentini	despentinis	despentini	despentinem	despentineu	despentinin
	imperfect	despentinés	despentinessis	despentinés	despentinéssim	despentinéssiu	despentinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	despentina	despentini	despentinem	despentineu	despentinin
	negative (no)	—	no despentinis	no despentini	no despentinem	no despentineu	no despentinin

Derived terms

• despentinament

Further reading

• “despentinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.