descafeinar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cafeína (“caffeine”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deskafeiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.fei̯ˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ca‧fei‧nar

Verb

descafeinar (first-person singular present descafeíno, first-person singular preterite descafeiné, past participle descafeinado)

  1. (transitive) to decaffeinate (to remove the caffeine from something, especially coffee)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of descafeinar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive descafeinar
gerund descafeinando
past participle masculine feminine
singular descafeinado descafeinada
plural descafeinados descafeinadas
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 descafeíno descafeínastú
descafeinásvos		 descafeína descafeinamos descafeináis descafeínan
imperfect descafeinaba descafeinabas descafeinaba descafeinábamos descafeinabais descafeinaban
preterite descafeiné descafeinaste descafeinó descafeinamos descafeinasteis descafeinaron
future descafeinaré descafeinarás descafeinará descafeinaremos descafeinaréis descafeinarán
conditional descafeinaría descafeinarías descafeinaría descafeinaríamos descafeinaríais descafeinarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present descafeíne descafeínestú
descafeinésvos2		 descafeíne descafeinemos descafeinéis descafeínen
imperfect
(ra)		 descafeinara descafeinaras descafeinara descafeináramos descafeinarais descafeinaran
imperfect
(se)		 descafeinase descafeinases descafeinase descafeinásemos descafeinaseis descafeinasen
future1 descafeinare descafeinares descafeinare descafeináremos descafeinareis descafeinaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative descafeínatú
descafeinávos		 descafeíne descafeinemos descafeinad descafeínen
negative no descafeínes no descafeíne no descafeinemos no descafeinéis no descafeínen

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

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