destechar

Spanish

Verb

destechar (first-person singular present destecho, first-person singular preterite desteché, past participle destechado)

1. to unroof

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destechar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			destechar
gerund			destechando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		destechado		destechada
		plural		destechados		destechadas
		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	destecho	destechastú destechásvos	destecha	destechamos	destecháis	destechan
	imperfect	destechaba	destechabas	destechaba	destechábamos	destechabais	destechaban
	preterite	desteché	destechaste	destechó	destechamos	destechasteis	destecharon
	future	destecharé	destecharás	destechará	destecharemos	destecharéis	destecharán
	conditional	destecharía	destecharías	destecharía	destecharíamos	destecharíais	destecharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desteche	destechestú destechésvos2	desteche	destechemos	destechéis	destechen
	imperfect (ra)	destechara	destecharas	destechara	destecháramos	destecharais	destecharan
	imperfect (se)	destechase	destechases	destechase	destechásemos	destechaseis	destechasen
	future1	destechare	destechares	destechare	destecháremos	destechareis	destecharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		destechatú destechávos	desteche	destechemos	destechad	destechen
	negative		no desteches	no desteche	no destechemos	no destechéis	no destechen

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

    Selected combined forms of destechar

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 destechar
	dative	destecharme	destecharte	destecharle, destecharse	destecharnos	destecharos	destecharles, destecharse
	accusative	destecharme	destecharte	destecharlo, destecharla, destecharse	destecharnos	destecharos	destecharlos, destecharlas, destecharse
with gerund destechando
	dative	destechándome	destechándote	destechándole, destechándose	destechándonos	destechándoos	destechándoles, destechándose
	accusative	destechándome	destechándote	destechándolo, destechándola, destechándose	destechándonos	destechándoos	destechándolos, destechándolas, destechándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative destecha
	dative	destéchame	destéchate	destéchale	destéchanos	not used	destéchales
	accusative	destéchame	destéchate	destéchalo, destéchala	destéchanos	not used	destéchalos, destéchalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative destechá
	dative	destechame	destechate	destechale	destechanos	not used	destechales
	accusative	destechame	destechate	destechalo, destechala	destechanos	not used	destechalos, destechalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desteche
	dative	destécheme	not used	destéchele, destéchese	destéchenos	not used	destécheles
	accusative	destécheme	not used	destéchelo, destéchela, destéchese	destéchenos	not used	destéchelos, destéchelas
with first-person plural imperative destechemos
	dative	not used	destechémoste	destechémosle	destechémonos	destechémoos	destechémosles
	accusative	not used	destechémoste	destechémoslo, destechémosla	destechémonos	destechémoos	destechémoslos, destechémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative destechad
	dative	destechadme	not used	destechadle	destechadnos	destechaos	destechadles
	accusative	destechadme	not used	destechadlo, destechadla	destechadnos	destechaos	destechadlos, destechadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative destechen
	dative	destéchenme	not used	destéchenle	destéchennos	not used	destéchenles, destéchense
	accusative	destéchenme	not used	destéchenlo, destéchenla	destéchennos	not used	destéchenlos, destéchenlas, destéchense

Further reading

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