descerrajar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cerraja +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desθeraˈxaɾ/ [d̪es.θe.raˈxaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deseraˈxaɾ/ [d̪e.se.raˈxaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ce‧rra‧jar

Verb

descerrajar (first-person singular present descerrajo, first-person singular preterite descerrajé, past participle descerrajado)

1. to break in, break into, break through (a locked door)
2. to let off (a firearm)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descerrajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descerrajar
gerund			descerrajando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descerrajado		descerrajada
		plural		descerrajados		descerrajadas
		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	descerrajo	descerrajastú descerrajásvos	descerraja	descerrajamos	descerrajáis	descerrajan
	imperfect	descerrajaba	descerrajabas	descerrajaba	descerrajábamos	descerrajabais	descerrajaban
	preterite	descerrajé	descerrajaste	descerrajó	descerrajamos	descerrajasteis	descerrajaron
	future	descerrajaré	descerrajarás	descerrajará	descerrajaremos	descerrajaréis	descerrajarán
	conditional	descerrajaría	descerrajarías	descerrajaría	descerrajaríamos	descerrajaríais	descerrajarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descerraje	descerrajestú descerrajésvos2	descerraje	descerrajemos	descerrajéis	descerrajen
	imperfect (ra)	descerrajara	descerrajaras	descerrajara	descerrajáramos	descerrajarais	descerrajaran
	imperfect (se)	descerrajase	descerrajases	descerrajase	descerrajásemos	descerrajaseis	descerrajasen
	future1	descerrajare	descerrajares	descerrajare	descerrajáremos	descerrajareis	descerrajaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descerrajatú descerrajávos	descerraje	descerrajemos	descerrajad	descerrajen
	negative		no descerrajes	no descerraje	no descerrajemos	no descerrajéis	no descerrajen

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

Further reading

• “descerrajar”, 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