descastar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskasˈtaɾ/ [d̪es.kasˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧cas‧tar

Verb

descastar (first-person singular present descasto, first-person singular preterite descasté, past participle descastado)

1. to kill off a breed (of cattle)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descastar
gerund			descastando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descastado		descastada
		plural		descastados		descastadas
		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	descasto	descastastú descastásvos	descasta	descastamos	descastáis	descastan
	imperfect	descastaba	descastabas	descastaba	descastábamos	descastabais	descastaban
	preterite	descasté	descastaste	descastó	descastamos	descastasteis	descastaron
	future	descastaré	descastarás	descastará	descastaremos	descastaréis	descastarán
	conditional	descastaría	descastarías	descastaría	descastaríamos	descastaríais	descastarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descaste	descastestú descastésvos2	descaste	descastemos	descastéis	descasten
	imperfect (ra)	descastara	descastaras	descastara	descastáramos	descastarais	descastaran
	imperfect (se)	descastase	descastases	descastase	descastásemos	descastaseis	descastasen
	future1	descastare	descastares	descastare	descastáremos	descastareis	descastaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descastatú descastávos	descaste	descastemos	descastad	descasten
	negative		no descastes	no descaste	no descastemos	no descastéis	no descasten

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

Further reading

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