desmaquillar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ maquillar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /desmakiˈʝaɾ/ [d̪ez.ma.kiˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desmakiˈʝaɾ/ [d̪ez.ma.kiˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /desmakiˈʎaɾ/ [d̪ez.ma.kiˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desmakiˈʃaɾ/ [d̪ez.ma.kiˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desmakiˈʒaɾ/ [d̪ez.ma.kiˈʒaɾ]

Verb

desmaquillar (first-person singular present desmaquillo, first-person singular preterite desmaquillé, past participle desmaquillado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to remove make-up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmaquillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desmaquillar
gerund			desmaquillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmaquillado		desmaquillada
		plural		desmaquillados		desmaquilladas
		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	desmaquillo	desmaquillastú desmaquillásvos	desmaquilla	desmaquillamos	desmaquilláis	desmaquillan
	imperfect	desmaquillaba	desmaquillabas	desmaquillaba	desmaquillábamos	desmaquillabais	desmaquillaban
	preterite	desmaquillé	desmaquillaste	desmaquilló	desmaquillamos	desmaquillasteis	desmaquillaron
	future	desmaquillaré	desmaquillarás	desmaquillará	desmaquillaremos	desmaquillaréis	desmaquillarán
	conditional	desmaquillaría	desmaquillarías	desmaquillaría	desmaquillaríamos	desmaquillaríais	desmaquillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmaquille	desmaquillestú desmaquillésvos2	desmaquille	desmaquillemos	desmaquilléis	desmaquillen
	imperfect (ra)	desmaquillara	desmaquillaras	desmaquillara	desmaquilláramos	desmaquillarais	desmaquillaran
	imperfect (se)	desmaquillase	desmaquillases	desmaquillase	desmaquillásemos	desmaquillaseis	desmaquillasen
	future1	desmaquillare	desmaquillares	desmaquillare	desmaquilláremos	desmaquillareis	desmaquillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desmaquillatú desmaquillávos	desmaquille	desmaquillemos	desmaquillad	desmaquillen
	negative		no desmaquilles	no desmaquille	no desmaquillemos	no desmaquilléis	no desmaquillen

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

Alternative forms

• demaquillar (rare)

Related terms

• desmaquillador
• desmaquilladora
• maquillar

Further reading

• “desmaquillar”, 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