# desatornillar
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* destornillar

### Etymology

From des- +‎ atornillar, from tornillo, from torno, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), from Proto-Indo-European *torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, bore, twist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desatoɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /desatoɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /desatoɾniˈʎaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /desatoɾniˈʃaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desatoɾniˈʒaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧sa‧tor‧ni‧llar

### Verb

desatornillar (first-person singular present desatornillo, first-person singular preterite desatornillé, past participle desatornillado)
* (transitive) to unscrew
    Antonym: atornillar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | desatornillar | desatornillar | desatornillar | desatornillar | desatornillar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | desatornillando | desatornillando | desatornillando | desatornillando | desatornillando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | desatornillado | desatornillado | desatornillada | desatornillada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | desatornillados | desatornillados | desatornilladas | desatornilladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | desatornillo | desatornillas$^{tú}$ desatornillás$^{vos}$ | desatornilla | desatornillamos | desatornilláis | desatornillan |
| indicative | imperfect | desatornillaba | desatornillabas | desatornillaba | desatornillábamos | desatornillabais | desatornillaban |
| indicative | preterite | desatornillé | desatornillaste | desatornilló | desatornillamos | desatornillasteis | desatornillaron |
| indicative | future | desatornillaré | desatornillarás | desatornillará | desatornillaremos | desatornillaréis | desatornillarán |
| indicative | conditional | desatornillaría | desatornillarías | desatornillaría | desatornillaríamos | desatornillaríais | desatornillarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | desatornille | desatornilles$^{tú}$ desatornillés$^{vos2}$ | desatornille | desatornillemos | desatornilléis | desatornillen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | desatornillara | desatornillaras | desatornillara | desatornilláramos | desatornillarais | desatornillaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | desatornillase | desatornillases | desatornillase | desatornillásemos | desatornillaseis | desatornillasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | desatornillare | desatornillares | desatornillare | desatornilláremos | desatornillareis | desatornillaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | desatornilla$^{tú}$ desatornillá$^{vos}$ | desatornille | desatornillemos | desatornillad | desatornillen |
| imperative | negative | | no desatornilles | no desatornille | no desatornillemos | no desatornilléis | no desatornillen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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