descasar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ casar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskaˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.kaˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧sar

Verb

descasar (first-person singular present descaso, first-person singular preterite descasé, past participle descasado)

1. (transitive, of a marriage) to annul
2. to separate, to dismantle
   • 2016 October 26, “Presidente Sánchez Cerén dice que convencerá a ARENA en tema bonos”, in elsalvador.com‎^[1]:

     Dijo que seguirán las reuniones y que no van a "descasar hasta alcanzar un acuerdo que le dé al país la tranquilidad y la seguridad", y para que según él se siga entregando los paquetes escolares y la reforma de salud.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descasar
gerund			descasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descasado		descasada
		plural		descasados		descasadas
		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	descaso	descasastú descasásvos	descasa	descasamos	descasáis	descasan
	imperfect	descasaba	descasabas	descasaba	descasábamos	descasabais	descasaban
	preterite	descasé	descasaste	descasó	descasamos	descasasteis	descasaron
	future	descasaré	descasarás	descasará	descasaremos	descasaréis	descasarán
	conditional	descasaría	descasarías	descasaría	descasaríamos	descasaríais	descasarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descase	descasestú descasésvos2	descase	descasemos	descaséis	descasen
	imperfect (ra)	descasara	descasaras	descasara	descasáramos	descasarais	descasaran
	imperfect (se)	descasase	descasases	descasase	descasásemos	descasaseis	descasasen
	future1	descasare	descasares	descasare	descasáremos	descasareis	descasaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descasatú descasávos	descase	descasemos	descasad	descasen
	negative		no descases	no descase	no descasemos	no descaséis	no descasen

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

    Selected combined forms of descasar

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 descasar
	dative	descasarme	descasarte	descasarle, descasarse	descasarnos	descasaros	descasarles, descasarse
	accusative	descasarme	descasarte	descasarlo, descasarla, descasarse	descasarnos	descasaros	descasarlos, descasarlas, descasarse
with gerund descasando
	dative	descasándome	descasándote	descasándole, descasándose	descasándonos	descasándoos	descasándoles, descasándose
	accusative	descasándome	descasándote	descasándolo, descasándola, descasándose	descasándonos	descasándoos	descasándolos, descasándolas, descasándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descasa
	dative	descásame	descásate	descásale	descásanos	not used	descásales
	accusative	descásame	descásate	descásalo, descásala	descásanos	not used	descásalos, descásalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descasá
	dative	descasame	descasate	descasale	descasanos	not used	descasales
	accusative	descasame	descasate	descasalo, descasala	descasanos	not used	descasalos, descasalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descase
	dative	descáseme	not used	descásele, descásese	descásenos	not used	descáseles
	accusative	descáseme	not used	descáselo, descásela, descásese	descásenos	not used	descáselos, descáselas
with first-person plural imperative descasemos
	dative	not used	descasémoste	descasémosle	descasémonos	descasémoos	descasémosles
	accusative	not used	descasémoste	descasémoslo, descasémosla	descasémonos	descasémoos	descasémoslos, descasémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descasad
	dative	descasadme	not used	descasadle	descasadnos	descasaos	descasadles
	accusative	descasadme	not used	descasadlo, descasadla	descasadnos	descasaos	descasadlos, descasadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descasen
	dative	descásenme	not used	descásenle	descásennos	not used	descásenles, descásense
	accusative	descásenme	not used	descásenlo, descásenla	descásennos	not used	descásenlos, descásenlas, descásense

Derived terms

• descasamiento

 

Further reading

• “descasar”, 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