# desconchar
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deskonˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [d̪es.kõnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧con‧char

### Verb

desconchar (first-person singular present desconcho, first-person singular preterite desconché, past participle desconchado)
* to chip; to damage the surface of something
* to peel off
** 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:Dicho club estaba en los fondos de la casa de Enrique, frente a una letrineja de muros negruzcos y revoques desconchados, y consistía en una estrecha pieza de madera polvorienta, de cuyo techo de tablas pendían largas telas de araña.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | desconchar | desconchar | desconchar | desconchar | desconchar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | desconchando | desconchando | desconchando | desconchando | desconchando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | desconchado | desconchado | desconchada | desconchada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | desconchados | desconchados | desconchadas | desconchadas |
| | | 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 | desconcho | desconchas$^{tú}$ desconchás$^{vos}$ | desconcha | desconchamos | desconcháis | desconchan |
| indicative | imperfect | desconchaba | desconchabas | desconchaba | desconchábamos | desconchabais | desconchaban |
| indicative | preterite | desconché | desconchaste | desconchó | desconchamos | desconchasteis | desconcharon |
| indicative | future | desconcharé | desconcharás | desconchará | desconcharemos | desconcharéis | desconcharán |
| indicative | conditional | desconcharía | desconcharías | desconcharía | desconcharíamos | desconcharíais | desconcharían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | desconche | desconches$^{tú}$ desconchés$^{vos2}$ | desconche | desconchemos | desconchéis | desconchen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | desconchara | desconcharas | desconchara | desconcháramos | desconcharais | desconcharan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | desconchase | desconchases | desconchase | desconchásemos | desconchaseis | desconchasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | desconchare | desconchares | desconchare | desconcháremos | desconchareis | desconcharen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | desconcha$^{tú}$ desconchá$^{vos}$ | desconche | desconchemos | desconchad | desconchen |
| imperative | negative | | no desconches | no desconche | no desconchemos | no desconchéis | no desconchen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

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