descontrolar

Spanish

Etymology

From descontrol. Cognate with English decontrol.

Verb

descontrolar (first-person singular present descontrolo, first-person singular preterite descontrolé, past participle descontrolado)

1. (transitive) to lose control
2. (reflexive) to lose self-control, to lack control
3. (reflexive) to spin out of control, to come apart at the seams

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descontrolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descontrolar
gerund			descontrolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descontrolado		descontrolada
		plural		descontrolados		descontroladas
		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	descontrolo	descontrolastú descontrolásvos	descontrola	descontrolamos	descontroláis	descontrolan
	imperfect	descontrolaba	descontrolabas	descontrolaba	descontrolábamos	descontrolabais	descontrolaban
	preterite	descontrolé	descontrolaste	descontroló	descontrolamos	descontrolasteis	descontrolaron
	future	descontrolaré	descontrolarás	descontrolará	descontrolaremos	descontrolaréis	descontrolarán
	conditional	descontrolaría	descontrolarías	descontrolaría	descontrolaríamos	descontrolaríais	descontrolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descontrole	descontrolestú descontrolésvos2	descontrole	descontrolemos	descontroléis	descontrolen
	imperfect (ra)	descontrolara	descontrolaras	descontrolara	descontroláramos	descontrolarais	descontrolaran
	imperfect (se)	descontrolase	descontrolases	descontrolase	descontrolásemos	descontrolaseis	descontrolasen
	future1	descontrolare	descontrolares	descontrolare	descontroláremos	descontrolareis	descontrolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descontrolatú descontrolávos	descontrole	descontrolemos	descontrolad	descontrolen
	negative		no descontroles	no descontrole	no descontrolemos	no descontroléis	no descontrolen

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

Further reading

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