destornillar

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /destoɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.niˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /destoɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.niˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /destoɾniˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.niˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /destoɾniˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.niˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /destoɾniˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾ.niˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧tor‧ni‧llar

Verb

destornillar (first-person singular present destornillo, first-person singular preterite destornillé, past participle destornillado)

1. alternative form of desatornillar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destornillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			destornillar
gerund			destornillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		destornillado		destornillada
		plural		destornillados		destornilladas
		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	destornillo	destornillastú destornillásvos	destornilla	destornillamos	destornilláis	destornillan
	imperfect	destornillaba	destornillabas	destornillaba	destornillábamos	destornillabais	destornillaban
	preterite	destornillé	destornillaste	destornilló	destornillamos	destornillasteis	destornillaron
	future	destornillaré	destornillarás	destornillará	destornillaremos	destornillaréis	destornillarán
	conditional	destornillaría	destornillarías	destornillaría	destornillaríamos	destornillaríais	destornillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	destornille	destornillestú destornillésvos2	destornille	destornillemos	destornilléis	destornillen
	imperfect (ra)	destornillara	destornillaras	destornillara	destornilláramos	destornillarais	destornillaran
	imperfect (se)	destornillase	destornillases	destornillase	destornillásemos	destornillaseis	destornillasen
	future1	destornillare	destornillares	destornillare	destornilláremos	destornillareis	destornillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		destornillatú destornillávos	destornille	destornillemos	destornillad	destornillen
	negative		no destornilles	no destornille	no destornillemos	no destornilléis	no destornillen

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

    Selected combined forms of destornillar

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 destornillar	dative	destornillarme	destornillarte	destornillarle, destornillarse	destornillarnos	destornillaros	destornillarles, destornillarse
	accusative	destornillarme	destornillarte	destornillarlo, destornillarla, destornillarse	destornillarnos	destornillaros	destornillarlos, destornillarlas, destornillarse
with gerund destornillando	dative	destornillándome	destornillándote	destornillándole, destornillándose	destornillándonos	destornillándoos	destornillándoles, destornillándose
	accusative	destornillándome	destornillándote	destornillándolo, destornillándola, destornillándose	destornillándonos	destornillándoos	destornillándolos, destornillándolas, destornillándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative destornilla	dative	destorníllame	destorníllate	destorníllale	destorníllanos	not used	destorníllales
	accusative	destorníllame	destorníllate	destorníllalo, destorníllala	destorníllanos	not used	destorníllalos, destorníllalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative destornillá	dative	destornillame	destornillate	destornillale	destornillanos	not used	destornillales
	accusative	destornillame	destornillate	destornillalo, destornillala	destornillanos	not used	destornillalos, destornillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative destornille	dative	destornílleme	not used	destorníllele, destorníllese	destorníllenos	not used	destornílleles
	accusative	destornílleme	not used	destorníllelo, destorníllela, destorníllese	destorníllenos	not used	destorníllelos, destorníllelas
with first-person plural imperative destornillemos	dative	not used	destornillémoste	destornillémosle	destornillémonos	destornillémoos	destornillémosles
	accusative	not used	destornillémoste	destornillémoslo, destornillémosla	destornillémonos	destornillémoos	destornillémoslos, destornillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative destornillad	dative	destornilladme	not used	destornilladle	destornilladnos	destornillaos	destornilladles
	accusative	destornilladme	not used	destornilladlo, destornilladla	destornilladnos	destornillaos	destornilladlos, destornilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative destornillen	dative	destorníllenme	not used	destorníllenle	destorníllennos	not used	destorníllenles, destorníllense
	accusative	destorníllenme	not used	destorníllenlo, destorníllenla	destorníllennos	not used	destorníllenlos, destorníllenlas, destorníllense

Further reading

• “destornillar”, 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