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.

Derived terms

• descafeinado

 

Further reading

• “descafeinar”, 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