descortezar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ corteza +‎ -ar. Compare French décortiquer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deskoɾteˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskoɾteˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧cor‧te‧zar

Verb

descortezar (first-person singular present descortezo, first-person singular preterite descortecé, past participle descortezado)

  1. (transitive) to hull, shell (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
  2. (transitive) to strip the bark off, debark

Conjugation
    Conjugation of descortezar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive descortezar
gerund descortezando
past participle masculine feminine
singular descortezado descortezada
plural descortezados descortezadas
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 descortezo descortezastú
descortezásvos		 descorteza descortezamos descortezáis descortezan
imperfect descortezaba descortezabas descortezaba descortezábamos descortezabais descortezaban
preterite descortecé descortezaste descortezó descortezamos descortezasteis descortezaron
future descortezaré descortezarás descortezará descortezaremos descortezaréis descortezarán
conditional descortezaría descortezarías descortezaría descortezaríamos descortezaríais descortezarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present descortece descortecestú
descortecésvos2		 descortece descortecemos descortecéis descortecen
imperfect
(ra)		 descortezara descortezaras descortezara descortezáramos descortezarais descortezaran
imperfect
(se)		 descortezase descortezases descortezase descortezásemos descortezaseis descortezasen
future1 descortezare descortezares descortezare descortezáremos descortezareis descortezaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative descortezatú
descortezávos		 descortece descortecemos descortezad descortecen
negative no descorteces no descortece no descortecemos no descortecéis no descortecen

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

    Selected combined forms of descortezar (c-z alternation)

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 descortezar
dative descortezarme descortezarte descortezarle, descortezarse descortezarnos descortezaros descortezarles, descortezarse
accusative descortezarme descortezarte descortezarlo, descortezarla, descortezarse descortezarnos descortezaros descortezarlos, descortezarlas, descortezarse
with gerund descortezando
dative descortezándome descortezándote descortezándole, descortezándose descortezándonos descortezándoos descortezándoles, descortezándose
accusative descortezándome descortezándote descortezándolo, descortezándola, descortezándose descortezándonos descortezándoos descortezándolos, descortezándolas, descortezándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorteza
dative descortézame descortézate descortézale descortézanos not used descortézales
accusative descortézame descortézate descortézalo, descortézala descortézanos not used descortézalos, descortézalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descortezá
dative descortezame descortezate descortezale descortezanos not used descortezales
accusative descortezame descortezate descortezalo, descortezala descortezanos not used descortezalos, descortezalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descortece
dative descortéceme not used descortécele, descortécese descortécenos not used descortéceles
accusative descortéceme not used descortécelo, descortécela, descortécese descortécenos not used descortécelos, descortécelas
with first-person plural imperative descortecemos
dative not used descortecémoste descortecémosle descortecémonos descortecémoos descortecémosles
accusative not used descortecémoste descortecémoslo, descortecémosla descortecémonos descortecémoos descortecémoslos, descortecémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descortezad
dative descortezadme not used descortezadle descortezadnos descortezaos descortezadles
accusative descortezadme not used descortezadlo, descortezadla descortezadnos descortezaos descortezadlos, descortezadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descortecen
dative descortécenme not used descortécenle descortécennos not used descortécenles, descortécense
accusative descortécenme not used descortécenlo, descortécenla descortécennos not used descortécenlos, descortécenlas, descortécense

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