Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From des- + corteza + -ar. Compare French décortiquer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskoɾteˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskoɾteˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.koɾ.t̪eˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧cor‧te‧zar
descortezar (first-person singular present descortezo, first-person singular preterite descortecé, past participle descortezado)
- (transitive) to hull, shell (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed)
- (transitive) to strip the bark off, debark
Conjugation[edit]
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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive descortezar
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dative
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descortezarme
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descortezarte
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descortezarle, descortezarse
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descortezarnos
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descortezaros
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descortezarles, descortezarse
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accusative
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descortezarme
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descortezarte
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descortezarlo, descortezarla, descortezarse
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descortezarnos
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descortezaros
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descortezarlos, descortezarlas, descortezarse
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with gerund descortezando
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dative
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descortezándome
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descortezándote
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descortezándole, descortezándose
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descortezándonos
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descortezándoos
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descortezándoles, descortezándose
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accusative
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descortezándome
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descortezándote
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descortezándolo, descortezándola, descortezándose
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descortezándonos
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descortezándoos
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descortezándolos, descortezándolas, descortezándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorteza
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dative
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descortézame
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descortézate
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descortézale
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descortézanos
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not used
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descortézales
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accusative
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descortézame
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descortézate
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descortézalo, descortézala
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descortézanos
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not used
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descortézalos, descortézalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative descortezá
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dative
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descortezame
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descortezate
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descortezale
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descortezanos
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not used
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descortezales
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accusative
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descortezame
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descortezate
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descortezalo, descortezala
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descortezanos
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not used
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descortezalos, descortezalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative descortece
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dative
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descortéceme
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not used
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descortécele, descortécese
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descortécenos
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not used
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descortéceles
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accusative
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descortéceme
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not used
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descortécelo, descortécela, descortécese
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descortécenos
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not used
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descortécelos, descortécelas
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with first-person plural imperative descortecemos
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dative
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not used
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descortecémoste
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descortecémosle
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descortecémonos
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descortecémoos
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descortecémosles
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accusative
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not used
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descortecémoste
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descortecémoslo, descortecémosla
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descortecémonos
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descortecémoos
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descortecémoslos, descortecémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative descortezad
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dative
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descortezadme
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not used
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descortezadle
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descortezadnos
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descortezaos
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descortezadles
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accusative
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descortezadme
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not used
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descortezadlo, descortezadla
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descortezadnos
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descortezaos
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descortezadlos, descortezadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative descortecen
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dative
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descortécenme
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not used
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descortécenle
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descortécennos
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not used
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descortécenles, descortécense
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accusative
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descortécenme
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not used
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descortécenlo, descortécenla
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descortécennos
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not used
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descortécenlos, descortécenlas, descortécense
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