desquiciar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ quicio (“hinge”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskiˈθjaɾ/ [d̪es.kiˈθjaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskiˈsjaɾ/ [d̪es.kiˈsjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧qui‧ciar

Verb

desquiciar (first-person singular present desquicio, first-person singular preterite desquicié, past participle desquiciado)

1. (transitive) to unhinge

   desquiciar una puerta ― to take a door off its hinges

2. (figurative, transitive, also pronominal) to derange, drive crazy

   Synonyms: trastornar, descomponer, enloquecer, exasperar

   • 1984, “Mangas cortas”, performed by Los Elegantes:

     Necesito mangas cortas que yo sienta que todo va bien / Si yo llevo mangas largas, me desquicio, me siento enfurecer

     I need short sleeves to know that everything is going well / If I wear long sleeves, I get mad, I feel enraged

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desquiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desquiciar
gerund			desquiciando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desquiciado		desquiciada
		plural		desquiciados		desquiciadas
		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	desquicio	desquiciastú desquiciásvos	desquicia	desquiciamos	desquiciáis	desquician
	imperfect	desquiciaba	desquiciabas	desquiciaba	desquiciábamos	desquiciabais	desquiciaban
	preterite	desquicié	desquiciaste	desquició	desquiciamos	desquiciasteis	desquiciaron
	future	desquiciaré	desquiciarás	desquiciará	desquiciaremos	desquiciaréis	desquiciarán
	conditional	desquiciaría	desquiciarías	desquiciaría	desquiciaríamos	desquiciaríais	desquiciarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desquicie	desquiciestú desquiciésvos2	desquicie	desquiciemos	desquiciéis	desquicien
	imperfect (ra)	desquiciara	desquiciaras	desquiciara	desquiciáramos	desquiciarais	desquiciaran
	imperfect (se)	desquiciase	desquiciases	desquiciase	desquiciásemos	desquiciaseis	desquiciasen
	future1	desquiciare	desquiciares	desquiciare	desquiciáremos	desquiciareis	desquiciaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desquiciatú desquiciávos	desquicie	desquiciemos	desquiciad	desquicien
	negative		no desquicies	no desquicie	no desquiciemos	no desquiciéis	no desquicien

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

    Selected combined forms of desquiciar

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 desquiciar	dative	desquiciarme	desquiciarte	desquiciarle, desquiciarse	desquiciarnos	desquiciaros	desquiciarles, desquiciarse
	accusative	desquiciarme	desquiciarte	desquiciarlo, desquiciarla, desquiciarse	desquiciarnos	desquiciaros	desquiciarlos, desquiciarlas, desquiciarse
with gerund desquiciando	dative	desquiciándome	desquiciándote	desquiciándole, desquiciándose	desquiciándonos	desquiciándoos	desquiciándoles, desquiciándose
	accusative	desquiciándome	desquiciándote	desquiciándolo, desquiciándola, desquiciándose	desquiciándonos	desquiciándoos	desquiciándolos, desquiciándolas, desquiciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desquicia	dative	desquíciame	desquíciate	desquíciale	desquícianos	not used	desquíciales
	accusative	desquíciame	desquíciate	desquícialo, desquíciala	desquícianos	not used	desquícialos, desquícialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desquiciá	dative	desquiciame	desquiciate	desquiciale	desquicianos	not used	desquiciales
	accusative	desquiciame	desquiciate	desquicialo, desquiciala	desquicianos	not used	desquicialos, desquicialas
with formal second-person singular imperative desquicie	dative	desquícieme	not used	desquíciele, desquíciese	desquícienos	not used	desquícieles
	accusative	desquícieme	not used	desquícielo, desquíciela, desquíciese	desquícienos	not used	desquícielos, desquícielas
with first-person plural imperative desquiciemos	dative	not used	desquiciémoste	desquiciémosle	desquiciémonos	desquiciémoos	desquiciémosles
	accusative	not used	desquiciémoste	desquiciémoslo, desquiciémosla	desquiciémonos	desquiciémoos	desquiciémoslos, desquiciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desquiciad	dative	desquiciadme	not used	desquiciadle	desquiciadnos	desquiciaos	desquiciadles
	accusative	desquiciadme	not used	desquiciadlo, desquiciadla	desquiciadnos	desquiciaos	desquiciadlos, desquiciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desquicien	dative	desquícienme	not used	desquícienle	desquíciennos	not used	desquícienles, desquíciense
	accusative	desquícienme	not used	desquícienlo, desquícienla	desquíciennos	not used	desquícienlos, desquícienlas, desquíciense

Derived terms

• desquiciado
• desquiciador
• desquiciamiento
• desquicio

See also

• sacar de quicio

Further reading

• “desquiciar”, 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