# descarapelar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ cara (“face”) +‎ pelar (“to peel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deskaɾapeˈlaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.ɾa.peˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧ca‧ra‧pe‧lar

### Verb

descarapelar (first-person singular present descarapelo, first-person singular preterite descarapelé, past participle descarapelado)
* (Mexico) to flake; flake off

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | descarapelar | descarapelar | descarapelar | descarapelar | descarapelar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | descarapelando | descarapelando | descarapelando | descarapelando | descarapelando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | descarapelado | descarapelado | descarapelada | descarapelada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | descarapelados | descarapelados | descarapeladas | descarapeladas |
| | | 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 | descarapelo | descarapelas$^{tú}$ descarapelás$^{vos}$ | descarapela | descarapelamos | descarapeláis | descarapelan |
| indicative | imperfect | descarapelaba | descarapelabas | descarapelaba | descarapelábamos | descarapelabais | descarapelaban |
| indicative | preterite | descarapelé | descarapelaste | descarapeló | descarapelamos | descarapelasteis | descarapelaron |
| indicative | future | descarapelaré | descarapelarás | descarapelará | descarapelaremos | descarapelaréis | descarapelarán |
| indicative | conditional | descarapelaría | descarapelarías | descarapelaría | descarapelaríamos | descarapelaríais | descarapelarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | descarapele | descarapeles$^{tú}$ descarapelés$^{vos2}$ | descarapele | descarapelemos | descarapeléis | descarapelen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | descarapelara | descarapelaras | descarapelara | descarapeláramos | descarapelarais | descarapelaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | descarapelase | descarapelases | descarapelase | descarapelásemos | descarapelaseis | descarapelasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | descarapelare | descarapelares | descarapelare | descarapeláremos | descarapelareis | descarapelaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | descarapela$^{tú}$ descarapelá$^{vos}$ | descarapele | descarapelemos | descarapelad | descarapelen |
| imperative | negative | | no descarapeles | no descarapele | no descarapelemos | no descarapeléis | no descarapelen |
$^1$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

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