deslenguar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ lengua +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deslenˈɡwaɾ/ [d̪es.lẽŋˈɡwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧len‧guar

Verb

deslenguar (first-person singular present deslenguo, first-person singular preterite deslengüé, past participle deslenguado)

1. (transitive) to remove or cut out the tongue
2. (reflexive) to speak brashly without education
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Judas Iscariote”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Nos deslenguábamos en reniegos contra esa chusma que no reconocía formalidades, ni compromisos de ningún género.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deslenguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deslenguar
gerund			deslenguando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deslenguado		deslenguada
		plural		deslenguados		deslenguadas
		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	deslenguo	deslenguastú deslenguásvos	deslengua	deslenguamos	deslenguáis	deslenguan
	imperfect	deslenguaba	deslenguabas	deslenguaba	deslenguábamos	deslenguabais	deslenguaban
	preterite	deslengüé	deslenguaste	deslenguó	deslenguamos	deslenguasteis	deslenguaron
	future	deslenguaré	deslenguarás	deslenguará	deslenguaremos	deslenguaréis	deslenguarán
	conditional	deslenguaría	deslenguarías	deslenguaría	deslenguaríamos	deslenguaríais	deslenguarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deslengüe	deslengüestú deslengüésvos2	deslengüe	deslengüemos	deslengüéis	deslengüen
	imperfect (ra)	deslenguara	deslenguaras	deslenguara	deslenguáramos	deslenguarais	deslenguaran
	imperfect (se)	deslenguase	deslenguases	deslenguase	deslenguásemos	deslenguaseis	deslenguasen
	future1	deslenguare	deslenguares	deslenguare	deslenguáremos	deslenguareis	deslenguaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deslenguatú deslenguávos	deslengüe	deslengüemos	deslenguad	deslengüen
	negative		no deslengües	no deslengüe	no deslengüemos	no deslengüéis	no deslengüen

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

Related terms

• deslenguarse

 

Further reading

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