descortezar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ corteza +‎ -ar. Compare French décortiquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskoɾteˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskoɾteˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧cor‧te‧zar

Verb

descortezar (first-person singular present descortezo, first-person singular preterite descortecé, past participle descortezado)

1. (transitive) to hull, shell (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
2. (transitive) to strip the bark off, debark

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descortezar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descortezar
gerund			descortezando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descortezado		descortezada
		plural		descortezados		descortezadas
		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	descortezo	descortezastú descortezásvos	descorteza	descortezamos	descortezáis	descortezan
	imperfect	descortezaba	descortezabas	descortezaba	descortezábamos	descortezabais	descortezaban
	preterite	descortecé	descortezaste	descortezó	descortezamos	descortezasteis	descortezaron
	future	descortezaré	descortezarás	descortezará	descortezaremos	descortezaréis	descortezarán
	conditional	descortezaría	descortezarías	descortezaría	descortezaríamos	descortezaríais	descortezarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descortece	descortecestú descortecésvos2	descortece	descortecemos	descortecéis	descortecen
	imperfect (ra)	descortezara	descortezaras	descortezara	descortezáramos	descortezarais	descortezaran
	imperfect (se)	descortezase	descortezases	descortezase	descortezásemos	descortezaseis	descortezasen
	future1	descortezare	descortezares	descortezare	descortezáremos	descortezareis	descortezaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descortezatú descortezávos	descortece	descortecemos	descortezad	descortecen
	negative		no descorteces	no descortece	no descortecemos	no descortecéis	no descortecen

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

    Selected combined forms of descortezar (c-z 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 descortezar	dative	descortezarme	descortezarte	descortezarle, descortezarse	descortezarnos	descortezaros	descortezarles, descortezarse
	accusative	descortezarme	descortezarte	descortezarlo, descortezarla, descortezarse	descortezarnos	descortezaros	descortezarlos, descortezarlas, descortezarse
with gerund descortezando	dative	descortezándome	descortezándote	descortezándole, descortezándose	descortezándonos	descortezándoos	descortezándoles, descortezándose
	accusative	descortezándome	descortezándote	descortezándolo, descortezándola, descortezándose	descortezándonos	descortezándoos	descortezándolos, descortezándolas, descortezándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorteza	dative	descortézame	descortézate	descortézale	descortézanos	not used	descortézales
	accusative	descortézame	descortézate	descortézalo, descortézala	descortézanos	not used	descortézalos, descortézalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descortezá	dative	descortezame	descortezate	descortezale	descortezanos	not used	descortezales
	accusative	descortezame	descortezate	descortezalo, descortezala	descortezanos	not used	descortezalos, descortezalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descortece	dative	descortéceme	not used	descortécele, descortécese	descortécenos	not used	descortéceles
	accusative	descortéceme	not used	descortécelo, descortécela, descortécese	descortécenos	not used	descortécelos, descortécelas
with first-person plural imperative descortecemos	dative	not used	descortecémoste	descortecémosle	descortecémonos	descortecémoos	descortecémosles
	accusative	not used	descortecémoste	descortecémoslo, descortecémosla	descortecémonos	descortecémoos	descortecémoslos, descortecémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descortezad	dative	descortezadme	not used	descortezadle	descortezadnos	descortezaos	descortezadles
	accusative	descortezadme	not used	descortezadlo, descortezadla	descortezadnos	descortezaos	descortezadlos, descortezadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descortecen	dative	descortécenme	not used	descortécenle	descortécennos	not used	descortécenles, descortécense
	accusative	descortécenme	not used	descortécenlo, descortécenla	descortécennos	not used	descortécenlos, descortécenlas, descortécense

Derived terms

• descortezador

Further reading

• “descortezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10