descascarar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cáscara +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskaskaˈɾaɾ/ [d̪es.kas.kaˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧cas‧ca‧rar

Verb

descascarar (first-person singular present descascaro, first-person singular preterite descascaré, past participle descascarado)

1. to peel, shell

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descascarar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descascarar
gerund			descascarando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descascarado		descascarada
		plural		descascarados		descascaradas
		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	descascaro	descascarastú descascarásvos	descascara	descascaramos	descascaráis	descascaran
	imperfect	descascaraba	descascarabas	descascaraba	descascarábamos	descascarabais	descascaraban
	preterite	descascaré	descascaraste	descascaró	descascaramos	descascarasteis	descascararon
	future	descascararé	descascararás	descascarará	descascararemos	descascararéis	descascararán
	conditional	descascararía	descascararías	descascararía	descascararíamos	descascararíais	descascararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descascare	descascarestú descascarésvos2	descascare	descascaremos	descascaréis	descascaren
	imperfect (ra)	descascarara	descascararas	descascarara	descascaráramos	descascararais	descascararan
	imperfect (se)	descascarase	descascarases	descascarase	descascarásemos	descascaraseis	descascarasen
	future1	descascarare	descascarares	descascarare	descascaráremos	descascarareis	descascararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descascaratú descascarávos	descascare	descascaremos	descascarad	descascaren
	negative		no descascares	no descascare	no descascaremos	no descascaréis	no descascaren

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

    Selected combined forms of descascarar

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 descascarar
	dative	descascararme	descascararte	descascararle, descascararse	descascararnos	descascararos	descascararles, descascararse
	accusative	descascararme	descascararte	descascararlo, descascararla, descascararse	descascararnos	descascararos	descascararlos, descascararlas, descascararse
with gerund descascarando
	dative	descascarándome	descascarándote	descascarándole, descascarándose	descascarándonos	descascarándoos	descascarándoles, descascarándose
	accusative	descascarándome	descascarándote	descascarándolo, descascarándola, descascarándose	descascarándonos	descascarándoos	descascarándolos, descascarándolas, descascarándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descascara
	dative	descascárame	descascárate	descascárale	descascáranos	not used	descascárales
	accusative	descascárame	descascárate	descascáralo, descascárala	descascáranos	not used	descascáralos, descascáralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descascará
	dative	descascarame	descascarate	descascarale	descascaranos	not used	descascarales
	accusative	descascarame	descascarate	descascaralo, descascarala	descascaranos	not used	descascaralos, descascaralas
with formal second-person singular imperative descascare
	dative	descascáreme	not used	descascárele, descascárese	descascárenos	not used	descascáreles
	accusative	descascáreme	not used	descascárelo, descascárela, descascárese	descascárenos	not used	descascárelos, descascárelas
with first-person plural imperative descascaremos
	dative	not used	descascarémoste	descascarémosle	descascarémonos	descascarémoos	descascarémosles
	accusative	not used	descascarémoste	descascarémoslo, descascarémosla	descascarémonos	descascarémoos	descascarémoslos, descascarémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descascarad
	dative	descascaradme	not used	descascaradle	descascaradnos	descascaraos	descascaradles
	accusative	descascaradme	not used	descascaradlo, descascaradla	descascaradnos	descascaraos	descascaradlos, descascaradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descascaren
	dative	descascárenme	not used	descascárenle	descascárennos	not used	descascárenles, descascárense
	accusative	descascárenme	not used	descascárenlo, descascárenla	descascárennos	not used	descascárenlos, descascárenlas, descascárense

Further reading

• “descascarar”, 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