desfasar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ fase +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəs.fəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.faˈzaɾ]

Verb

desfasar (first-person singular present desfaso, first-person singular preterite desfasí, past participle desfasat)

1. (transitive) to produce a phase difference, to put out of phase
2. (pronominal) to go out of phase
3. (pronominal, figurative) to be out of it, to behave counter to prevailing trends, etc.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desfasar (first conjugation)

infinitive			desfasar
gerund			desfasant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desfasat		desfasada
		plural		desfasats		desfasades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desfaso	desfases	desfasa	desfasem	desfaseu	desfasen
	imperfect	desfasava	desfasaves	desfasava	desfasàvem	desfasàveu	desfasaven
	future	desfasaré	desfasaràs	desfasarà	desfasarem	desfasareu	desfasaran
	preterite	desfasí	desfasares	desfasà	desfasàrem	desfasàreu	desfasaren
	conditional	desfasaria	desfasaries	desfasaria	desfasaríem	desfasaríeu	desfasarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desfasi	desfasis	desfasi	desfasem	desfaseu	desfasin
	imperfect	desfasés	desfasessis	desfasés	desfaséssim	desfaséssiu	desfasessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desfasa	desfasi	desfasem	desfaseu	desfasin
	negative (no)	—	no desfasis	no desfasi	no desfasem	no desfaseu	no desfasin

Derived terms

• defasament

Further reading

• “desfasar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desfaˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.faˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧fa‧sar

Verb

desfasar (first-person singular present desfaso, first-person singular preterite desfasé, past participle desfasado)

1. to dephase, change the phase
2. to change the timing of
3. (pronominal, Spain) to freak out, drop out, become a misfit (behave contrary to rules and conventions)

   Synonym: descolgarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desfasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desfasar
gerund			desfasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desfasado		desfasada
		plural		desfasados		desfasadas
		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	desfaso	desfasastú desfasásvos	desfasa	desfasamos	desfasáis	desfasan
	imperfect	desfasaba	desfasabas	desfasaba	desfasábamos	desfasabais	desfasaban
	preterite	desfasé	desfasaste	desfasó	desfasamos	desfasasteis	desfasaron
	future	desfasaré	desfasarás	desfasará	desfasaremos	desfasaréis	desfasarán
	conditional	desfasaría	desfasarías	desfasaría	desfasaríamos	desfasaríais	desfasarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desfase	desfasestú desfasésvos2	desfase	desfasemos	desfaséis	desfasen
	imperfect (ra)	desfasara	desfasaras	desfasara	desfasáramos	desfasarais	desfasaran
	imperfect (se)	desfasase	desfasases	desfasase	desfasásemos	desfasaseis	desfasasen
	future1	desfasare	desfasares	desfasare	desfasáremos	desfasareis	desfasaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desfasatú desfasávos	desfase	desfasemos	desfasad	desfasen
	negative		no desfases	no desfase	no desfasemos	no desfaséis	no desfasen

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

    Selected combined forms of desfasar

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 desfasar
	dative	desfasarme	desfasarte	desfasarle, desfasarse	desfasarnos	desfasaros	desfasarles, desfasarse
	accusative	desfasarme	desfasarte	desfasarlo, desfasarla, desfasarse	desfasarnos	desfasaros	desfasarlos, desfasarlas, desfasarse
with gerund desfasando
	dative	desfasándome	desfasándote	desfasándole, desfasándose	desfasándonos	desfasándoos	desfasándoles, desfasándose
	accusative	desfasándome	desfasándote	desfasándolo, desfasándola, desfasándose	desfasándonos	desfasándoos	desfasándolos, desfasándolas, desfasándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desfasa
	dative	desfásame	desfásate	desfásale	desfásanos	not used	desfásales
	accusative	desfásame	desfásate	desfásalo, desfásala	desfásanos	not used	desfásalos, desfásalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desfasá
	dative	desfasame	desfasate	desfasale	desfasanos	not used	desfasales
	accusative	desfasame	desfasate	desfasalo, desfasala	desfasanos	not used	desfasalos, desfasalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desfase
	dative	desfáseme	not used	desfásele, desfásese	desfásenos	not used	desfáseles
	accusative	desfáseme	not used	desfáselo, desfásela, desfásese	desfásenos	not used	desfáselos, desfáselas
with first-person plural imperative desfasemos
	dative	not used	desfasémoste	desfasémosle	desfasémonos	desfasémoos	desfasémosles
	accusative	not used	desfasémoste	desfasémoslo, desfasémosla	desfasémonos	desfasémoos	desfasémoslos, desfasémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desfasad
	dative	desfasadme	not used	desfasadle	desfasadnos	desfasaos	desfasadles
	accusative	desfasadme	not used	desfasadlo, desfasadla	desfasadnos	desfasaos	desfasadlos, desfasadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desfasen
	dative	desfásenme	not used	desfásenle	desfásennos	not used	desfásenles, desfásense
	accusative	desfásenme	not used	desfásenlo, desfásenla	desfásennos	not used	desfásenlos, desfásenlas, desfásense

Further reading

• “desfasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16