descerebrar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cerebro +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desθeɾeˈbɾaɾ/ [d̪es.θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deseɾeˈbɾaɾ/ [d̪e.se.ɾeˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ce‧re‧brar

Verb

descerebrar (first-person singular present descerebro, first-person singular preterite descerebré, past participle descerebrado)

1. (transitive) to debrain (to remove the brain)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descerebrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descerebrar
gerund			descerebrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descerebrado		descerebrada
		plural		descerebrados		descerebradas
		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	descerebro	descerebrastú descerebrásvos	descerebra	descerebramos	descerebráis	descerebran
	imperfect	descerebraba	descerebrabas	descerebraba	descerebrábamos	descerebrabais	descerebraban
	preterite	descerebré	descerebraste	descerebró	descerebramos	descerebrasteis	descerebraron
	future	descerebraré	descerebrarás	descerebrará	descerebraremos	descerebraréis	descerebrarán
	conditional	descerebraría	descerebrarías	descerebraría	descerebraríamos	descerebraríais	descerebrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descerebre	descerebrestú descerebrésvos2	descerebre	descerebremos	descerebréis	descerebren
	imperfect (ra)	descerebrara	descerebraras	descerebrara	descerebráramos	descerebrarais	descerebraran
	imperfect (se)	descerebrase	descerebrases	descerebrase	descerebrásemos	descerebraseis	descerebrasen
	future1	descerebrare	descerebrares	descerebrare	descerebráremos	descerebrareis	descerebraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descerebratú descerebrávos	descerebre	descerebremos	descerebrad	descerebren
	negative		no descerebres	no descerebre	no descerebremos	no descerebréis	no descerebren

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

    Selected combined forms of descerebrar

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 descerebrar
	dative	descerebrarme	descerebrarte	descerebrarle, descerebrarse	descerebrarnos	descerebraros	descerebrarles, descerebrarse
	accusative	descerebrarme	descerebrarte	descerebrarlo, descerebrarla, descerebrarse	descerebrarnos	descerebraros	descerebrarlos, descerebrarlas, descerebrarse
with gerund descerebrando
	dative	descerebrándome	descerebrándote	descerebrándole, descerebrándose	descerebrándonos	descerebrándoos	descerebrándoles, descerebrándose
	accusative	descerebrándome	descerebrándote	descerebrándolo, descerebrándola, descerebrándose	descerebrándonos	descerebrándoos	descerebrándolos, descerebrándolas, descerebrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descerebra
	dative	descerébrame	descerébrate	descerébrale	descerébranos	not used	descerébrales
	accusative	descerébrame	descerébrate	descerébralo, descerébrala	descerébranos	not used	descerébralos, descerébralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descerebrá
	dative	descerebrame	descerebrate	descerebrale	descerebranos	not used	descerebrales
	accusative	descerebrame	descerebrate	descerebralo, descerebrala	descerebranos	not used	descerebralos, descerebralas
with formal second-person singular imperative descerebre
	dative	descerébreme	not used	descerébrele, descerébrese	descerébrenos	not used	descerébreles
	accusative	descerébreme	not used	descerébrelo, descerébrela, descerébrese	descerébrenos	not used	descerébrelos, descerébrelas
with first-person plural imperative descerebremos
	dative	not used	descerebrémoste	descerebrémosle	descerebrémonos	descerebrémoos	descerebrémosles
	accusative	not used	descerebrémoste	descerebrémoslo, descerebrémosla	descerebrémonos	descerebrémoos	descerebrémoslos, descerebrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descerebrad
	dative	descerebradme	not used	descerebradle	descerebradnos	descerebraos	descerebradles
	accusative	descerebradme	not used	descerebradlo, descerebradla	descerebradnos	descerebraos	descerebradlos, descerebradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descerebren
	dative	descerébrenme	not used	descerébrenle	descerébrennos	not used	descerébrenles, descerébrense
	accusative	descerébrenme	not used	descerébrenlo, descerébrenla	descerébrennos	not used	descerébrenlos, descerébrenlas, descerébrense

Derived terms

• descerebrado (“brainless”, literally “debrained”)

 

Further reading

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