descifrar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cifrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desθiˈfɾaɾ/ [d̪es.θiˈfɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desiˈfɾaɾ/ [d̪e.siˈfɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ci‧frar

Verb

descifrar (first-person singular present descifro, first-person singular preterite descifré, past participle descifrado)

1. to decipher

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descifrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descifrar
gerund			descifrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descifrado		descifrada
		plural		descifrados		descifradas
		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	descifro	descifrastú descifrásvos	descifra	desciframos	descifráis	descifran
	imperfect	descifraba	descifrabas	descifraba	descifrábamos	descifrabais	descifraban
	preterite	descifré	descifraste	descifró	desciframos	descifrasteis	descifraron
	future	descifraré	descifrarás	descifrará	descifraremos	descifraréis	descifrarán
	conditional	descifraría	descifrarías	descifraría	descifraríamos	descifraríais	descifrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descifre	descifrestú descifrésvos2	descifre	descifremos	descifréis	descifren
	imperfect (ra)	descifrara	descifraras	descifrara	descifráramos	descifrarais	descifraran
	imperfect (se)	descifrase	descifrases	descifrase	descifrásemos	descifraseis	descifrasen
	future1	descifrare	descifrares	descifrare	descifráremos	descifrareis	descifraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descifratú descifrávos	descifre	descifremos	descifrad	descifren
	negative		no descifres	no descifre	no descifremos	no descifréis	no descifren

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

    Selected combined forms of descifrar

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 descifrar
	dative	descifrarme	descifrarte	descifrarle, descifrarse	descifrarnos	descifraros	descifrarles, descifrarse
	accusative	descifrarme	descifrarte	descifrarlo, descifrarla, descifrarse	descifrarnos	descifraros	descifrarlos, descifrarlas, descifrarse
with gerund descifrando
	dative	descifrándome	descifrándote	descifrándole, descifrándose	descifrándonos	descifrándoos	descifrándoles, descifrándose
	accusative	descifrándome	descifrándote	descifrándolo, descifrándola, descifrándose	descifrándonos	descifrándoos	descifrándolos, descifrándolas, descifrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descifra
	dative	descíframe	descífrate	descífrale	descífranos	not used	descífrales
	accusative	descíframe	descífrate	descífralo, descífrala	descífranos	not used	descífralos, descífralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descifrá
	dative	desciframe	descifrate	descifrale	descifranos	not used	descifrales
	accusative	desciframe	descifrate	descifralo, descifrala	descifranos	not used	descifralos, descifralas
with formal second-person singular imperative descifre
	dative	descífreme	not used	descífrele, descífrese	descífrenos	not used	descífreles
	accusative	descífreme	not used	descífrelo, descífrela, descífrese	descífrenos	not used	descífrelos, descífrelas
with first-person plural imperative descifremos
	dative	not used	descifrémoste	descifrémosle	descifrémonos	descifrémoos	descifrémosles
	accusative	not used	descifrémoste	descifrémoslo, descifrémosla	descifrémonos	descifrémoos	descifrémoslos, descifrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descifrad
	dative	descifradme	not used	descifradle	descifradnos	descifraos	descifradles
	accusative	descifradme	not used	descifradlo, descifradla	descifradnos	descifraos	descifradlos, descifradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descifren
	dative	descífrenme	not used	descífrenle	descífrennos	not used	descífrenles, descífrense
	accusative	descífrenme	not used	descífrenlo, descífrenla	descífrennos	not used	descífrenlos, descífrenlas, descífrense

Derived terms

• descifrable
• descifrador
• desciframiento
• descifre

 

Further reading

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