descalificar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ calificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskalifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.li.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧li‧fi‧car

Verb

descalificar (first-person singular present descalifico, first-person singular preterite descalifiqué, past participle descalificado)

1. (transitive) to discredit
2. (transitive, sports) to disqualify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descalificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descalificar
gerund			descalificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descalificado		descalificada
		plural		descalificados		descalificadas
		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	descalifico	descalificastú descalificásvos	descalifica	descalificamos	descalificáis	descalifican
	imperfect	descalificaba	descalificabas	descalificaba	descalificábamos	descalificabais	descalificaban
	preterite	descalifiqué	descalificaste	descalificó	descalificamos	descalificasteis	descalificaron
	future	descalificaré	descalificarás	descalificará	descalificaremos	descalificaréis	descalificarán
	conditional	descalificaría	descalificarías	descalificaría	descalificaríamos	descalificaríais	descalificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descalifique	descalifiquestú descalifiquésvos2	descalifique	descalifiquemos	descalifiquéis	descalifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	descalificara	descalificaras	descalificara	descalificáramos	descalificarais	descalificaran
	imperfect (se)	descalificase	descalificases	descalificase	descalificásemos	descalificaseis	descalificasen
	future1	descalificare	descalificares	descalificare	descalificáremos	descalificareis	descalificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descalificatú descalificávos	descalifique	descalifiquemos	descalificad	descalifiquen
	negative		no descalifiques	no descalifique	no descalifiquemos	no descalifiquéis	no descalifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of descalificar (c-qu 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 descalificar
	dative	descalificarme	descalificarte	descalificarle, descalificarse	descalificarnos	descalificaros	descalificarles, descalificarse
	accusative	descalificarme	descalificarte	descalificarlo, descalificarla, descalificarse	descalificarnos	descalificaros	descalificarlos, descalificarlas, descalificarse
with gerund descalificando
	dative	descalificándome	descalificándote	descalificándole, descalificándose	descalificándonos	descalificándoos	descalificándoles, descalificándose
	accusative	descalificándome	descalificándote	descalificándolo, descalificándola, descalificándose	descalificándonos	descalificándoos	descalificándolos, descalificándolas, descalificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descalifica
	dative	descalifícame	descalifícate	descalifícale	descalifícanos	not used	descalifícales
	accusative	descalifícame	descalifícate	descalifícalo, descalifícala	descalifícanos	not used	descalifícalos, descalifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descalificá
	dative	descalificame	descalificate	descalificale	descalificanos	not used	descalificales
	accusative	descalificame	descalificate	descalificalo, descalificala	descalificanos	not used	descalificalos, descalificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descalifique
	dative	descalifíqueme	not used	descalifíquele, descalifíquese	descalifíquenos	not used	descalifíqueles
	accusative	descalifíqueme	not used	descalifíquelo, descalifíquela, descalifíquese	descalifíquenos	not used	descalifíquelos, descalifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative descalifiquemos
	dative	not used	descalifiquémoste	descalifiquémosle	descalifiquémonos	descalifiquémoos	descalifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	descalifiquémoste	descalifiquémoslo, descalifiquémosla	descalifiquémonos	descalifiquémoos	descalifiquémoslos, descalifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descalificad
	dative	descalificadme	not used	descalificadle	descalificadnos	descalificaos	descalificadles
	accusative	descalificadme	not used	descalificadlo, descalificadla	descalificadnos	descalificaos	descalificadlos, descalificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descalifiquen
	dative	descalifíquenme	not used	descalifíquenle	descalifíquennos	not used	descalifíquenles, descalifíquense
	accusative	descalifíquenme	not used	descalifíquenlo, descalifíquenla	descalifíquennos	not used	descalifíquenlos, descalifíquenlas, descalifíquense

Derived terms

• descalificación
• descalificador

 

Further reading

• “descalificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28