desbotonar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ botonar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəz.bu.tuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəz.bo.toˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dez.bo.toˈnaɾ]

Verb

desbotonar (first-person singular present desbotono, first-person singular preterite desbotoní, past participle desbotonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to unbutton

   Antonym: botonar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desbotonar (first conjugation)

infinitive			desbotonar
gerund			desbotonant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desbotonat		desbotonada
		plural		desbotonats		desbotonades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desbotono	desbotones	desbotona	desbotonem	desbotoneu	desbotonen
	imperfect	desbotonava	desbotonaves	desbotonava	desbotonàvem	desbotonàveu	desbotonaven
	future	desbotonaré	desbotonaràs	desbotonarà	desbotonarem	desbotonareu	desbotonaran
	preterite	desbotoní	desbotonares	desbotonà	desbotonàrem	desbotonàreu	desbotonaren
	conditional	desbotonaria	desbotonaries	desbotonaria	desbotonaríem	desbotonaríeu	desbotonarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desbotoni	desbotonis	desbotoni	desbotonem	desbotoneu	desbotonin
	imperfect	desbotonés	desbotonessis	desbotonés	desbotonéssim	desbotonéssiu	desbotonessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desbotona	desbotoni	desbotonem	desbotoneu	desbotonin
	negative (no)	—	no desbotonis	no desbotoni	no desbotonem	no desbotoneu	no desbotonin

Further reading

• “desbotonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “desbotonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “desbotonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desbotonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desbotoˈnaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞o.t̪oˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧bo‧to‧nar

Verb

desbotonar (first-person singular present desbotono, first-person singular preterite desbotoné, past participle desbotonado)

1. Rare form of desabotonar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desbotonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desbotonar
gerund			desbotonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desbotonado		desbotonada
		plural		desbotonados		desbotonadas
		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	desbotono	desbotonastú desbotonásvos	desbotona	desbotonamos	desbotonáis	desbotonan
	imperfect	desbotonaba	desbotonabas	desbotonaba	desbotonábamos	desbotonabais	desbotonaban
	preterite	desbotoné	desbotonaste	desbotonó	desbotonamos	desbotonasteis	desbotonaron
	future	desbotonaré	desbotonarás	desbotonará	desbotonaremos	desbotonaréis	desbotonarán
	conditional	desbotonaría	desbotonarías	desbotonaría	desbotonaríamos	desbotonaríais	desbotonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desbotone	desbotonestú desbotonésvos2	desbotone	desbotonemos	desbotonéis	desbotonen
	imperfect (ra)	desbotonara	desbotonaras	desbotonara	desbotonáramos	desbotonarais	desbotonaran
	imperfect (se)	desbotonase	desbotonases	desbotonase	desbotonásemos	desbotonaseis	desbotonasen
	future1	desbotonare	desbotonares	desbotonare	desbotonáremos	desbotonareis	desbotonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desbotonatú desbotonávos	desbotone	desbotonemos	desbotonad	desbotonen
	negative		no desbotones	no desbotone	no desbotonemos	no desbotonéis	no desbotonen

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

Further reading

• “desbotonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10