# descontaminar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ contaminar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.ta.miˈna(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.ta.miˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.ta.miˈna(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.ta.miˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.kõ.ta.miˈna(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.ta.miˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõ.ta.miˈna(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.ta.miˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.kõ.ta.miˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kõ.tɐ.miˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kõ.tɐ.miˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.kõ.tɐ.miˈna.ɾi/

### Verb

descontaminar (first-person singular present descontamino, first-person singular preterite descontaminei, past participle descontaminado)
* to decontaminate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ contaminar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deskontamiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.kõn̪.t̪a.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧con‧ta‧mi‧nar

### Verb

descontaminar (first-person singular present descontamino, first-person singular preterite descontaminé, past participle descontaminado)
* to decontaminate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | descontaminar | descontaminar | descontaminar | descontaminar | descontaminar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | descontaminando | descontaminando | descontaminando | descontaminando | descontaminando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | descontaminado | descontaminado | descontaminada | descontaminada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | descontaminados | descontaminados | descontaminadas | descontaminadas |
| | | 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 | descontamino | descontaminas$^{tú}$ descontaminás$^{vos}$ | descontamina | descontaminamos | descontamináis | descontaminan |
| indicative | imperfect | descontaminaba | descontaminabas | descontaminaba | descontaminábamos | descontaminabais | descontaminaban |
| indicative | preterite | descontaminé | descontaminaste | descontaminó | descontaminamos | descontaminasteis | descontaminaron |
| indicative | future | descontaminaré | descontaminarás | descontaminará | descontaminaremos | descontaminaréis | descontaminarán |
| indicative | conditional | descontaminaría | descontaminarías | descontaminaría | descontaminaríamos | descontaminaríais | descontaminarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | descontamine | descontamines$^{tú}$ descontaminés$^{vos2}$ | descontamine | descontaminemos | descontaminéis | descontaminen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | descontaminara | descontaminaras | descontaminara | descontamináramos | descontaminarais | descontaminaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | descontaminase | descontaminases | descontaminase | descontaminásemos | descontaminaseis | descontaminasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | descontaminare | descontaminares | descontaminare | descontamináremos | descontaminareis | descontaminaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | descontamina$^{tú}$ descontaminá$^{vos}$ | descontamine | descontaminemos | descontaminad | descontaminen |
| imperative | negative | | no descontamines | no descontamine | no descontaminemos | no descontaminéis | no descontaminen |
$^1$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

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