descachar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cacho +‎ -ar.

Verb

descachar (first-person singular present descacho, first-person singular preterite descaché, past participle descachado)

1. (transitive, Latin America) to dehorn
2. (reflexive, Colombia) to lose one's horns
3. (reflexive, Colombia) to break
4. (reflexive, Colombia) to put one's foot in it (make a mistake)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descachar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descachar
gerund			descachando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descachado		descachada
		plural		descachados		descachadas
		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	descacho	descachastú descachásvos	descacha	descachamos	descacháis	descachan
	imperfect	descachaba	descachabas	descachaba	descachábamos	descachabais	descachaban
	preterite	descaché	descachaste	descachó	descachamos	descachasteis	descacharon
	future	descacharé	descacharás	descachará	descacharemos	descacharéis	descacharán
	conditional	descacharía	descacharías	descacharía	descacharíamos	descacharíais	descacharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descache	descachestú descachésvos2	descache	descachemos	descachéis	descachen
	imperfect (ra)	descachara	descacharas	descachara	descacháramos	descacharais	descacharan
	imperfect (se)	descachase	descachases	descachase	descachásemos	descachaseis	descachasen
	future1	descachare	descachares	descachare	descacháremos	descachareis	descacharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descachatú descachávos	descache	descachemos	descachad	descachen
	negative		no descaches	no descache	no descachemos	no descachéis	no descachen

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

Related terms

• cacho
• descacharrar
• descache

 

Further reading

• “descachar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28