desquiciar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ quicio (“hinge”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deskiˈθjaɾ/ [d̪es.kiˈθjaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /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 takes a reflexive pronoun) 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

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