descornar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskoɾˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧cor‧nar

Verb

descornar (first-person singular present descuerno, first-person singular preterite descorné, past participle descornado)

1. to dehorn, remove the horn of

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descornar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descornar
gerund			descornando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descornado		descornada
		plural		descornados		descornadas
		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	descuerno	descuernastú descornásvos	descuerna	descornamos	descornáis	descuernan
	imperfect	descornaba	descornabas	descornaba	descornábamos	descornabais	descornaban
	preterite	descorné	descornaste	descornó	descornamos	descornasteis	descornaron
	future	descornaré	descornarás	descornará	descornaremos	descornaréis	descornarán
	conditional	descornaría	descornarías	descornaría	descornaríamos	descornaríais	descornarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descuerne	descuernestú descornésvos2	descuerne	descornemos	descornéis	descuernen
	imperfect (ra)	descornara	descornaras	descornara	descornáramos	descornarais	descornaran
	imperfect (se)	descornase	descornases	descornase	descornásemos	descornaseis	descornasen
	future1	descornare	descornares	descornare	descornáremos	descornareis	descornaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descuernatú descornávos	descuerne	descornemos	descornad	descuernen
	negative		no descuernes	no descuerne	no descornemos	no descornéis	no descuernen

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

Further reading

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