From des- + castigar .
IPA (key ) : /deskastiˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.kas.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: des‧cas‧ti‧gar
descastigar (first-person singular present descastigo , first-person singular preterite descastigué , past participle descastigado )
( neologism , colloquial ) to unground ( to free from the punishment, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges )
Antonym: castigar
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of descastigar (g-gu 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 descastigar
dative
descastigarme
descastigarte
descastigarle , descastigarse
descastigarnos
descastigaros
descastigarles , descastigarse
accusative
descastigarme
descastigarte
descastigarlo , descastigarla , descastigarse
descastigarnos
descastigaros
descastigarlos , descastigarlas , descastigarse
with gerund descastigando
dative
descastigándome
descastigándote
descastigándole , descastigándose
descastigándonos
descastigándoos
descastigándoles , descastigándose
accusative
descastigándome
descastigándote
descastigándolo , descastigándola , descastigándose
descastigándonos
descastigándoos
descastigándolos , descastigándolas , descastigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descastiga
dative
descastígame
descastígate
descastígale
descastíganos
not used
descastígales
accusative
descastígame
descastígate
descastígalo , descastígala
descastíganos
not used
descastígalos , descastígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descastigá
dative
descastigame
descastigate
descastigale
descastiganos
not used
descastigales
accusative
descastigame
descastigate
descastigalo , descastigala
descastiganos
not used
descastigalos , descastigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descastigue
dative
descastígueme
not used
descastíguele , descastíguese
descastíguenos
not used
descastígueles
accusative
descastígueme
not used
descastíguelo , descastíguela , descastíguese
descastíguenos
not used
descastíguelos , descastíguelas
with first-person plural imperative descastiguemos
dative
not used
descastiguémoste
descastiguémosle
descastiguémonos
descastiguémoos
descastiguémosles
accusative
not used
descastiguémoste
descastiguémoslo , descastiguémosla
descastiguémonos
descastiguémoos
descastiguémoslos , descastiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descastigad
dative
descastigadme
not used
descastigadle
descastigadnos
descastigaos
descastigadles
accusative
descastigadme
not used
descastigadlo , descastigadla
descastigadnos
descastigaos
descastigadlos , descastigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descastiguen
dative
descastíguenme
not used
descastíguenle
descastíguennos
not used
descastíguenles , descastíguense
accusative
descastíguenme
not used
descastíguenlo , descastíguenla
descastíguennos
not used
descastíguenlos , descastíguenlas , descastíguense