desatinar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Galician-Portuguese des-

Portuguese des-

Portuguese a-

Portuguese tino

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese atinar

Portuguese desatinar

From des- + atinar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.t͡ʃiˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.tiˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.tiˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.tiˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧sa‧ti‧nar

Verb

desatinar (first-person singular present desatino, first-person singular preterite desatinei, past participle desatinado)

1. (transitive) to make somebody go crazy
2. (intransitive) to go crazy, flip out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desatinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desatinar
Personal	desatinar	desatinares	desatinar	desatinarmos	desatinardes	desatinarem
Gerund
	desatinando
Past participle
Masculine	desatinado			desatinados
Feminine	desatinada			desatinadas
Indicative
Present	desatino	desatinas	desatina	desatinamos	desatinais	desatinam
Imperfect	desatinava	desatinavas	desatinava	desatinávamos	desatináveis	desatinavam
Preterite	desatinei	desatinaste	desatinou	desatinamos1, desatinámos2	desatinastes	desatinaram
Pluperfect	desatinara	desatinaras	desatinara	desatináramos	desatináreis	desatinaram
Future	desatinarei	desatinarás	desatinará	desatinaremos	desatinareis	desatinarão
Conditional	desatinaria	desatinarias	desatinaria	desatinaríamos	desatinaríeis	desatinariam
Subjunctive
Present	desatine	desatines	desatine	desatinemos	desatineis	desatinem
Imperfect	desatinasse	desatinasses	desatinasse	desatinássemos	desatinásseis	desatinassem
Future	desatinar	desatinares	desatinar	desatinarmos	desatinardes	desatinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desatina	desatine	desatinemos	desatinai	desatinem
Negative (não)		não desatines	não desatine	não desatinemos	não desatineis	não desatinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• tresvariar, disparatar

Further reading

• “desatinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “desatinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Spanish atinar

Spanish desatinar

From des- + atinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desatiˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧ti‧nar

Verb

desatinar (first-person singular present desatino, first-person singular preterite desatiné, past participle desatinado)

1. (intransitive) to lose one's good sense or moderation
2. (intransitive) to act foolishly, wildly, rashly
3. (intransitive) to talk nonsense
4. (transitive) to cause to act foolishly, wildly, rashly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desatinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desatinar
gerund			desatinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desatinado		desatinada
		plural		desatinados		desatinadas
		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	desatino	desatinastú desatinásvos	desatina	desatinamos	desatináis	desatinan
	imperfect	desatinaba	desatinabas	desatinaba	desatinábamos	desatinabais	desatinaban
	preterite	desatiné	desatinaste	desatinó	desatinamos	desatinasteis	desatinaron
	future	desatinaré	desatinarás	desatinará	desatinaremos	desatinaréis	desatinarán
	conditional	desatinaría	desatinarías	desatinaría	desatinaríamos	desatinaríais	desatinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desatine	desatinestú desatinésvos2	desatine	desatinemos	desatinéis	desatinen
	imperfect (ra)	desatinara	desatinaras	desatinara	desatináramos	desatinarais	desatinaran
	imperfect (se)	desatinase	desatinases	desatinase	desatinásemos	desatinaseis	desatinasen
	future1	desatinare	desatinares	desatinare	desatináremos	desatinareis	desatinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desatinatú desatinávos	desatine	desatinemos	desatinad	desatinen
	negative		no desatines	no desatine	no desatinemos	no desatinéis	no desatinen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of desatinar

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 desatinar	dative	desatinarme	desatinarte	desatinarle, desatinarse	desatinarnos	desatinaros	desatinarles, desatinarse
	accusative	desatinarme	desatinarte	desatinarlo, desatinarla, desatinarse	desatinarnos	desatinaros	desatinarlos, desatinarlas, desatinarse
with gerund desatinando	dative	desatinándome	desatinándote	desatinándole, desatinándose	desatinándonos	desatinándoos	desatinándoles, desatinándose
	accusative	desatinándome	desatinándote	desatinándolo, desatinándola, desatinándose	desatinándonos	desatinándoos	desatinándolos, desatinándolas, desatinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative desatina	dative	desatíname	desatínate	desatínale	desatínanos	not used	desatínales
	accusative	desatíname	desatínate	desatínalo, desatínala	desatínanos	not used	desatínalos, desatínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative desatiná	dative	desatiname	desatinate	desatinale	desatinanos	not used	desatinales
	accusative	desatiname	desatinate	desatinalo, desatinala	desatinanos	not used	desatinalos, desatinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desatine	dative	desatíneme	not used	desatínele, desatínese	desatínenos	not used	desatíneles
	accusative	desatíneme	not used	desatínelo, desatínela, desatínese	desatínenos	not used	desatínelos, desatínelas
with first-person plural imperative desatinemos	dative	not used	desatinémoste	desatinémosle	desatinémonos	desatinémoos	desatinémosles
	accusative	not used	desatinémoste	desatinémoslo, desatinémosla	desatinémonos	desatinémoos	desatinémoslos, desatinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desatinad	dative	desatinadme	not used	desatinadle	desatinadnos	desatinaos	desatinadles
	accusative	desatinadme	not used	desatinadlo, desatinadla	desatinadnos	desatinaos	desatinadlos, desatinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desatinen	dative	desatínenme	not used	desatínenle	desatínennos	not used	desatínenles, desatínense
	accusative	desatínenme	not used	desatínenlo, desatínenla	desatínennos	not used	desatínenlos, desatínenlas, desatínense

Further reading

• “desatinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025