desmontar

Portuguese

Etymology

des- +‎ montar

Verb

1. to demount

   Synonym: desmanchar

Related terms

• desmonte

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desmonˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.mõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Etymology 1

From des- +‎ montar.

Verb

desmontar (first-person singular present desmonto, first-person singular preterite desmonté, past participle desmontado)

1. (transitive) to dismantle, to disassemble, to demount, to take apart

   Synonym: desensamblar

2. (transitive) to clear, to stub (cut a forest)
3. (transitive, reflexive) to alight, to dismount, to unhorse

   Synonym: bajarse

4. (transitive) to uncock (a firearm)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmontar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desmontar
gerund			desmontando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmontado		desmontada
		plural		desmontados		desmontadas
		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	desmonto	desmontastú desmontásvos	desmonta	desmontamos	desmontáis	desmontan
	imperfect	desmontaba	desmontabas	desmontaba	desmontábamos	desmontabais	desmontaban
	preterite	desmonté	desmontaste	desmontó	desmontamos	desmontasteis	desmontaron
	future	desmontaré	desmontarás	desmontará	desmontaremos	desmontaréis	desmontarán
	conditional	desmontaría	desmontarías	desmontaría	desmontaríamos	desmontaríais	desmontarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmonte	desmontestú desmontésvos2	desmonte	desmontemos	desmontéis	desmonten
	imperfect (ra)	desmontara	desmontaras	desmontara	desmontáramos	desmontarais	desmontaran
	imperfect (se)	desmontase	desmontases	desmontase	desmontásemos	desmontaseis	desmontasen
	future1	desmontare	desmontares	desmontare	desmontáremos	desmontareis	desmontaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desmontatú desmontávos	desmonte	desmontemos	desmontad	desmonten
	negative		no desmontes	no desmonte	no desmontemos	no desmontéis	no desmonten

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

    Selected combined forms of desmontar

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 desmontar
	dative	desmontarme	desmontarte	desmontarle, desmontarse	desmontarnos	desmontaros	desmontarles, desmontarse
	accusative	desmontarme	desmontarte	desmontarlo, desmontarla, desmontarse	desmontarnos	desmontaros	desmontarlos, desmontarlas, desmontarse
with gerund desmontando
	dative	desmontándome	desmontándote	desmontándole, desmontándose	desmontándonos	desmontándoos	desmontándoles, desmontándose
	accusative	desmontándome	desmontándote	desmontándolo, desmontándola, desmontándose	desmontándonos	desmontándoos	desmontándolos, desmontándolas, desmontándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desmonta
	dative	desmóntame	desmóntate	desmóntale	desmóntanos	not used	desmóntales
	accusative	desmóntame	desmóntate	desmóntalo, desmóntala	desmóntanos	not used	desmóntalos, desmóntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desmontá
	dative	desmontame	desmontate	desmontale	desmontanos	not used	desmontales
	accusative	desmontame	desmontate	desmontalo, desmontala	desmontanos	not used	desmontalos, desmontalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desmonte
	dative	desmónteme	not used	desmóntele, desmóntese	desmóntenos	not used	desmónteles
	accusative	desmónteme	not used	desmóntelo, desmóntela, desmóntese	desmóntenos	not used	desmóntelos, desmóntelas
with first-person plural imperative desmontemos
	dative	not used	desmontémoste	desmontémosle	desmontémonos	desmontémoos	desmontémosles
	accusative	not used	desmontémoste	desmontémoslo, desmontémosla	desmontémonos	desmontémoos	desmontémoslos, desmontémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desmontad
	dative	desmontadme	not used	desmontadle	desmontadnos	desmontaos	desmontadles
	accusative	desmontadme	not used	desmontadlo, desmontadla	desmontadnos	desmontaos	desmontadlos, desmontadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desmonten
	dative	desmóntenme	not used	desmóntenle	desmóntennos	not used	desmóntenles, desmóntense
	accusative	desmóntenme	not used	desmóntenlo, desmóntenla	desmóntennos	not used	desmóntenlos, desmóntenlas, desmóntense

Derived terms

• desmontable
• desmontadura

Etymology 2

From des- +‎ monte +‎ -ar.

Verb

desmontar (first-person singular present desmonto, first-person singular preterite desmonté, past participle desmontado)

1. (transitive) to level off (with respect to terrain)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmontar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desmontar
gerund			desmontando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmontado		desmontada
		plural		desmontados		desmontadas
		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	desmonto	desmontastú desmontásvos	desmonta	desmontamos	desmontáis	desmontan
	imperfect	desmontaba	desmontabas	desmontaba	desmontábamos	desmontabais	desmontaban
	preterite	desmonté	desmontaste	desmontó	desmontamos	desmontasteis	desmontaron
	future	desmontaré	desmontarás	desmontará	desmontaremos	desmontaréis	desmontarán
	conditional	desmontaría	desmontarías	desmontaría	desmontaríamos	desmontaríais	desmontarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmonte	desmontestú desmontésvos2	desmonte	desmontemos	desmontéis	desmonten
	imperfect (ra)	desmontara	desmontaras	desmontara	desmontáramos	desmontarais	desmontaran
	imperfect (se)	desmontase	desmontases	desmontase	desmontásemos	desmontaseis	desmontasen
	future1	desmontare	desmontares	desmontare	desmontáremos	desmontareis	desmontaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desmontatú desmontávos	desmonte	desmontemos	desmontad	desmonten
	negative		no desmontes	no desmonte	no desmontemos	no desmontéis	no desmonten

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

    Selected combined forms of desmontar

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 desmontar
	dative	desmontarme	desmontarte	desmontarle, desmontarse	desmontarnos	desmontaros	desmontarles, desmontarse
	accusative	desmontarme	desmontarte	desmontarlo, desmontarla, desmontarse	desmontarnos	desmontaros	desmontarlos, desmontarlas, desmontarse
with gerund desmontando
	dative	desmontándome	desmontándote	desmontándole, desmontándose	desmontándonos	desmontándoos	desmontándoles, desmontándose
	accusative	desmontándome	desmontándote	desmontándolo, desmontándola, desmontándose	desmontándonos	desmontándoos	desmontándolos, desmontándolas, desmontándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desmonta
	dative	desmóntame	desmóntate	desmóntale	desmóntanos	not used	desmóntales
	accusative	desmóntame	desmóntate	desmóntalo, desmóntala	desmóntanos	not used	desmóntalos, desmóntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desmontá
	dative	desmontame	desmontate	desmontale	desmontanos	not used	desmontales
	accusative	desmontame	desmontate	desmontalo, desmontala	desmontanos	not used	desmontalos, desmontalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desmonte
	dative	desmónteme	not used	desmóntele, desmóntese	desmóntenos	not used	desmónteles
	accusative	desmónteme	not used	desmóntelo, desmóntela, desmóntese	desmóntenos	not used	desmóntelos, desmóntelas
with first-person plural imperative desmontemos
	dative	not used	desmontémoste	desmontémosle	desmontémonos	desmontémoos	desmontémosles
	accusative	not used	desmontémoste	desmontémoslo, desmontémosla	desmontémonos	desmontémoos	desmontémoslos, desmontémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desmontad
	dative	desmontadme	not used	desmontadle	desmontadnos	desmontaos	desmontadles
	accusative	desmontadme	not used	desmontadlo, desmontadla	desmontadnos	desmontaos	desmontadlos, desmontadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desmonten
	dative	desmóntenme	not used	desmóntenle	desmóntennos	not used	desmóntenles, desmóntense
	accusative	desmóntenme	not used	desmóntenlo, desmóntenla	desmóntennos	not used	desmóntenlos, desmóntenlas, desmóntense

Further reading

• “desmontar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Venetian

Etymology

des- +‎ montar

Verb

desmontar

1. (transitive) to dismount (from)
2. (transitive) to clear, stub (cut a forest)

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of desmontar (first conjugation)

infinitive	desmontar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		desmontando
past participle		desmontà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	desmonto	(te) desmonti, (te) desmunti	(el/ła) desmonta	desmontémo, desmontòn	desmonté	(i/łe) desmonta
imperfect	desmontava	(te) desmontavi	(el/ła) desmontava	desmontàvimo	desmontavi	(i/łe) desmontava
future	desmontarò	(te) desmontarè	(el/ła) desmontarà	desmontarémo	desmontarè	(i/łe) desmontarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	desmontarìa	(te) desmontarisi	(el/ła) desmontarìa	desmontarìsimo	desmontarisi	(i/łe) desmontarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	desmonte, desmonta	(te) desmonti	(el/ła) desmonte, (el/ła) desmonta	desmontémo, desmontone	desmonté	(i/łe) desmonte, (i/łe) desmonta
imperfect	desmontase	(te) desmontasi	(el/ła) desmontase	desmontàsimo	desmontasi	(i/łe) desmontase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) desmonta	(el/ła) desmonta, (el/ła) desmonte	desmontémo	desmonté	(i/łe) desmonta, (i/łe) desmonte