descalcificar

Spanish

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

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

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Spanish calcio

Spanish -ificar

Spanish calcificar

Spanish descalcificar

From des- + calcificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskalθifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.kal̟.θi.fiˈkaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deskalsifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪es.kal.si.fiˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

descalcificar (first-person singular present descalcifico, first-person singular preterite descalcifiqué, past participle descalcificado)

1. to descale; to decalcify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			descalcificar
gerund			descalcificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descalcificado		descalcificada
		plural		descalcificados		descalcificadas
		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	descalcifico	descalcificastú descalcificásvos	descalcifica	descalcificamos	descalcificáis	descalcifican
	imperfect	descalcificaba	descalcificabas	descalcificaba	descalcificábamos	descalcificabais	descalcificaban
	preterite	descalcifiqué	descalcificaste	descalcificó	descalcificamos	descalcificasteis	descalcificaron
	future	descalcificaré	descalcificarás	descalcificará	descalcificaremos	descalcificaréis	descalcificarán
	conditional	descalcificaría	descalcificarías	descalcificaría	descalcificaríamos	descalcificaríais	descalcificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descalcifique	descalcifiquestú descalcifiquésvos2	descalcifique	descalcifiquemos	descalcifiquéis	descalcifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	descalcificara	descalcificaras	descalcificara	descalcificáramos	descalcificarais	descalcificaran
	imperfect (se)	descalcificase	descalcificases	descalcificase	descalcificásemos	descalcificaseis	descalcificasen
	future1	descalcificare	descalcificares	descalcificare	descalcificáremos	descalcificareis	descalcificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descalcificatú descalcificávos	descalcifique	descalcifiquemos	descalcificad	descalcifiquen
	negative		no descalcifiques	no descalcifique	no descalcifiquemos	no descalcifiquéis	no descalcifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of descalcificar (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 descalcificar	dative	descalcificarme	descalcificarte	descalcificarle, descalcificarse	descalcificarnos	descalcificaros	descalcificarles, descalcificarse
	accusative	descalcificarme	descalcificarte	descalcificarlo, descalcificarla, descalcificarse	descalcificarnos	descalcificaros	descalcificarlos, descalcificarlas, descalcificarse
with gerund descalcificando	dative	descalcificándome	descalcificándote	descalcificándole, descalcificándose	descalcificándonos	descalcificándoos	descalcificándoles, descalcificándose
	accusative	descalcificándome	descalcificándote	descalcificándolo, descalcificándola, descalcificándose	descalcificándonos	descalcificándoos	descalcificándolos, descalcificándolas, descalcificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative descalcifica	dative	descalcifícame	descalcifícate	descalcifícale	descalcifícanos	not used	descalcifícales
	accusative	descalcifícame	descalcifícate	descalcifícalo, descalcifícala	descalcifícanos	not used	descalcifícalos, descalcifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative descalcificá	dative	descalcificame	descalcificate	descalcificale	descalcificanos	not used	descalcificales
	accusative	descalcificame	descalcificate	descalcificalo, descalcificala	descalcificanos	not used	descalcificalos, descalcificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descalcifique	dative	descalcifíqueme	not used	descalcifíquele, descalcifíquese	descalcifíquenos	not used	descalcifíqueles
	accusative	descalcifíqueme	not used	descalcifíquelo, descalcifíquela, descalcifíquese	descalcifíquenos	not used	descalcifíquelos, descalcifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative descalcifiquemos	dative	not used	descalcifiquémoste	descalcifiquémosle	descalcifiquémonos	descalcifiquémoos	descalcifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	descalcifiquémoste	descalcifiquémoslo, descalcifiquémosla	descalcifiquémonos	descalcifiquémoos	descalcifiquémoslos, descalcifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descalcificad	dative	descalcificadme	not used	descalcificadle	descalcificadnos	descalcificaos	descalcificadles
	accusative	descalcificadme	not used	descalcificadlo, descalcificadla	descalcificadnos	descalcificaos	descalcificadlos, descalcificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descalcifiquen	dative	descalcifíquenme	not used	descalcifíquenle	descalcifíquennos	not used	descalcifíquenles, descalcifíquense
	accusative	descalcifíquenme	not used	descalcifíquenlo, descalcifíquenla	descalcifíquennos	not used	descalcifíquenlos, descalcifíquenlas, descalcifíquense

Further reading

• “descalcificar”, 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