descastigar

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deskastiˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.kas.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: des‧cas‧ti‧gar

Verb

descastigar (first-person singular present descastigo, first-person singular preterite descastigué, past participle descastigado)

(neologism, colloquial) to unground (to free from the punishment, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)
Antonym: castigar

Conjugation

Conjugation of descastigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			descastigar
gerund			descastigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descastigado		descastigada
		plural		descastigados		descastigadas
		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	descastigo	descastigas^{^tú} descastigás^{^vos}	descastiga	descastigamos	descastigáis	descastigan
	imperfect	descastigaba	descastigabas	descastigaba	descastigábamos	descastigabais	descastigaban
	preterite	descastigué	descastigaste	descastigó	descastigamos	descastigasteis	descastigaron
	future	descastigaré	descastigarás	descastigará	descastigaremos	descastigaréis	descastigarán
	conditional	descastigaría	descastigarías	descastigaría	descastigaríamos	descastigaríais	descastigarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descastigue	descastigues^{^tú} descastigués^{^vos²}	descastigue	descastiguemos	descastiguéis	descastiguen
	imperfect (ra)	descastigara	descastigaras	descastigara	descastigáramos	descastigarais	descastigaran
	imperfect (se)	descastigase	descastigases	descastigase	descastigásemos	descastigaseis	descastigasen
	future¹	descastigare	descastigares	descastigare	descastigáremos	descastigareis	descastigaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descastiga^{^tú} descastigá^{^vos}	descastigue	descastiguemos	descastigad	descastiguen
	negative		no descastigues	no descastigue	no descastiguemos	no descastiguéis	no descastiguen

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

Selected combined forms of descastigar (g-gu alternation)

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 descastigar	dative	descastigarme	descastigarte	descastigarle, descastigarse	descastigarnos	descastigaros	descastigarles, descastigarse
with infinitive descastigar	accusative	descastigarme	descastigarte	descastigarlo, descastigarla, descastigarse	descastigarnos	descastigaros	descastigarlos, descastigarlas, descastigarse

with gerund descastigando	dative	descastigándome	descastigándote	descastigándole, descastigándose	descastigándonos	descastigándoos	descastigándoles, descastigándose
with gerund descastigando	accusative	descastigándome	descastigándote	descastigándolo, descastigándola, descastigándose	descastigándonos	descastigándoos	descastigándolos, descastigándolas, descastigándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative descastiga	dative	descastígame	descastígate	descastígale	descastíganos	not used	descastígales
	accusative	descastígame	descastígate	descastígalo, descastígala	descastíganos	not used	descastígalos, descastígalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative descastigá	dative	descastigame	descastigate	descastigale	descastiganos	not used	descastigales
	accusative	descastigame	descastigate	descastigalo, descastigala	descastiganos	not used	descastigalos, descastigalas

with formal second-person singular imperative descastigue	dative	descastígueme	not used	descastíguele, descastíguese	descastíguenos	not used	descastígueles
with formal second-person singular imperative descastigue	accusative	descastígueme	not used	descastíguelo, descastíguela, descastíguese	descastíguenos	not used	descastíguelos, descastíguelas

with first-person plural imperative descastiguemos	dative	not used	descastiguémoste	descastiguémosle	descastiguémonos	descastiguémoos	descastiguémosles
with first-person plural imperative descastiguemos	accusative	not used	descastiguémoste	descastiguémoslo, descastiguémosla	descastiguémonos	descastiguémoos	descastiguémoslos, descastiguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative descastigad	dative	descastigadme	not used	descastigadle	descastigadnos	descastigaos	descastigadles
with informal second-person plural imperative descastigad	accusative	descastigadme	not used	descastigadlo, descastigadla	descastigadnos	descastigaos	descastigadlos, descastigadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative descastiguen	dative	descastíguenme	not used	descastíguenle	descastíguennos	not used	descastíguenles, descastíguense
with formal second-person plural imperative descastiguen	accusative	descastíguenme	not used	descastíguenlo, descastíguenla	descastíguennos	not used	descastíguenlos, descastíguenlas, descastíguense