despicar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ picar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /despiˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.piˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: des‧pi‧car

Verb

despicar (first-person singular present despico, first-person singular preterite despiqué, past participle despicado)

(transitive) to soothe; to calm down (a person who is angry)

Conjugation

Conjugation of despicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			despicar
gerund			despicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		despicado		despicada
		plural		despicados		despicadas
		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	despico	despicas^{^tú} despicás^{^vos}	despica	despicamos	despicáis	despican
	imperfect	despicaba	despicabas	despicaba	despicábamos	despicabais	despicaban
	preterite	despiqué	despicaste	despicó	despicamos	despicasteis	despicaron
	future	despicaré	despicarás	despicará	despicaremos	despicaréis	despicarán
	conditional	despicaría	despicarías	despicaría	despicaríamos	despicaríais	despicarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	despique	despiques^{^tú} despiqués^{^vos²}	despique	despiquemos	despiquéis	despiquen
	imperfect (ra)	despicara	despicaras	despicara	despicáramos	despicarais	despicaran
	imperfect (se)	despicase	despicases	despicase	despicásemos	despicaseis	despicasen
	future¹	despicare	despicares	despicare	despicáremos	despicareis	despicaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		despica^{^tú} despicá^{^vos}	despique	despiquemos	despicad	despiquen
	negative		no despiques	no despique	no despiquemos	no despiquéis	no despiquen

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

Selected combined forms of despicar (c-qu 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 despicar	dative	despicarme	despicarte	despicarle, despicarse	despicarnos	despicaros	despicarles, despicarse
with infinitive despicar	accusative	despicarme	despicarte	despicarlo, despicarla, despicarse	despicarnos	despicaros	despicarlos, despicarlas, despicarse

with gerund despicando	dative	despicándome	despicándote	despicándole, despicándose	despicándonos	despicándoos	despicándoles, despicándose
with gerund despicando	accusative	despicándome	despicándote	despicándolo, despicándola, despicándose	despicándonos	despicándoos	despicándolos, despicándolas, despicándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative despica	dative	despícame	despícate	despícale	despícanos	not used	despícales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative despica	accusative	despícame	despícate	despícalo, despícala	despícanos	not used	despícalos, despícalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative despicá	dative	despicame	despicate	despicale	despicanos	not used	despicales
	accusative	despicame	despicate	despicalo, despicala	despicanos	not used	despicalos, despicalas

with formal second-person singular imperative despique	dative	despíqueme	not used	despíquele, despíquese	despíquenos	not used	despíqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative despique	accusative	despíqueme	not used	despíquelo, despíquela, despíquese	despíquenos	not used	despíquelos, despíquelas

with first-person plural imperative despiquemos	dative	not used	despiquémoste	despiquémosle	despiquémonos	despiquémoos	despiquémosles
with first-person plural imperative despiquemos	accusative	not used	despiquémoste	despiquémoslo, despiquémosla	despiquémonos	despiquémoos	despiquémoslos, despiquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative despicad	dative	despicadme	not used	despicadle	despicadnos	despicaos	despicadles
with informal second-person plural imperative despicad	accusative	despicadme	not used	despicadlo, despicadla	despicadnos	despicaos	despicadlos, despicadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative despiquen	dative	despíquenme	not used	despíquenle	despíquennos	not used	despíquenles, despíquense
with formal second-person plural imperative despiquen	accusative	despíquenme	not used	despíquenlo, despíquenla	despíquennos	not used	despíquenlos, despíquenlas, despíquense

Derived terms

despique