What does 'descabellar' mean in English?

In Spanish, 'descabellar' means to finish off. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.

Is descabellar an irregular verb in Spanish?

Descabellar is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.

How do you conjugate descabellar in the present tense?

Present tense (Presente) of descabellar: yo descabello, tú descabellas, él/ella/usted descabella, nosotros descabellamos, vosotros descabelláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes descabellan.

How do you conjugate descabellar in the preterite?

Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of descabellar: yo descabellé, tú descabellaste, él/ella/usted descabelló, nosotros descabellamos, vosotros descabellasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes descabellaron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.

What is the imperfect tense of descabellar?

Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of descabellar: yo descabellaba, tú descabellabas, él/ella/usted descabellaba, nosotros descabellábamos, vosotros descabellabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes descabellaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.

What is the past participle of descabellar?

The past participle of descabellar is 'descabellado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he descabellado' (I have finish offed), 'has descabellado', 'ha descabellado'.

What is the gerundio (present participle) of descabellar?

The gerundio of descabellar is 'descabellando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy descabellando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.

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Spanish verb conjugation

Descabellar conjugation

descabellar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning finish off. In the present tense: yo descabello, tú descabellas, él/ella descabella, nosotros descabellamos, vosotros descabelláis, ellos descabellan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.

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At a glance

Infinitive: descabellar
Gerundio: descabellando
Meaning: finish off
Pattern: Regular
Difficulty: Level 2

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Descabellar across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Infinitivo and Gerundio

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Form	Spanish	Use
Infinitivo	descabellar	Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures.
Gerundio	descabellando	Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar descabellando.

Presente

Present

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabello	Yo descabello el pez grande de un golpe.I finish off the big fish with one blow.
tú	descabellas	Normalmente, tú descabellas la trucha herida en la orilla.You usually finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabella	Hoy, el ganadero del valle descabella al animal tras el accidente.Today, the rancher in the valley finishes off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellamos	A veces, nosotros descabellamos la res enferma para evitar dolor.At times, we finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabelláis	Ahora, vosotros descabelláis al jabalí atrapado en la red.Right now, you all finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellan	Casi siempre, los cazadores del monte descabellan la pieza malherida al amanecer.Most of the time, the hunters in the hills finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	he descabellado	Este año, yo he descabellado el pez grande de un golpe.This year, I have finished off the big fish with one blow.
tú	has descabellado	Últimamente, tú has descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla.Lately, you have finished off the injured trout on the shore.
él	ha descabellado	En estos meses, el ganadero del valle ha descabellado al animal tras el accidente.In these months, the rancher in the valley has finished off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	hemos descabellado	Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor.So far, we have finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	habéis descabellado	En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red.This term, you all have finished off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	han descabellado	En este tiempo, los cazadores del monte han descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer.During this time, the hunters in the hills have finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabellé	Ayer, yo descabellé el pez grande de un golpe.Yesterday, I finished off the big fish with one blow.
tú	descabellaste	Hace un rato, tú descabellaste la trucha herida en la orilla.A little while ago, you finished off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabelló	Esta mañana, el ganadero del valle descabelló al animal tras el accidente.This morning, the rancher in the valley finished off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellamos	Anoche, nosotros descabellamos la res enferma para evitar dolor.Last night, we finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabellasteis	El sábado, vosotros descabellasteis al jabalí atrapado en la red.On Saturday, you all finished off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellaron	Hace poco, los cazadores del monte descabellaron la pieza malherida al amanecer.Not long ago, the hunters in the hills finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabellaba	Antes, yo descabellaba el pez grande de un golpe.Before, I used to finish off the big fish with one blow.
tú	descabellabas	Por entonces, tú descabellabas la trucha herida en la orilla.Back then, you used to finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabellaba	En esa época, el ganadero del valle descabellaba al animal tras el accidente.At that time, the rancher in the valley used to finish off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellábamos	Cuando eso era normal, nosotros descabellábamos la res enferma para evitar dolor.When that was normal, we used to finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabellabais	Hace años, vosotros descabellabais al jabalí atrapado en la red.Years ago, you all used to finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellaban	En aquellos días, los cazadores del monte descabellaban la pieza malherida al amanecer.In those days, the hunters in the hills used to finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	había descabellado	Cuando llegaste, yo ya había descabellado el pez grande de un golpe.When you arrived, I had already finished off the big fish with one blow.
tú	habías descabellado	Para entonces, tú ya habías descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla.By then, you had already finished off the injured trout on the shore.
él	había descabellado	Al volver, el ganadero del valle ya había descabellado al animal tras el accidente.When we came back, the rancher in the valley had already finished off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	habíamos descabellado	Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor.Before talking it through, we had already finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	habíais descabellado	Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red.When you looked again, you all had already finished off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	habían descabellado	Para ese momento, los cazadores del monte ya habían descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer.By that moment, the hunters in the hills had already finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hube descabellado	Apenas yo hube descabellado el pez grande de un golpe, todo cambió.As soon as I had finished off the big fish with one blow, everything changed.
tú	hubiste descabellado	En cuanto tú hubiste descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla, se notó.The moment you had finished off the injured trout on the shore, it showed.
él	hubo descabellado	No bien el ganadero del valle hubo descabellado al animal tras el accidente, hubo ruido.As soon as the rancher in the valley had finished off the animal after the accident, there was trouble.
nosotros	hubimos descabellado	Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor, seguimos adelante.Once we had finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain, we moved on.
vosotros	hubisteis descabellado	Apenas vosotros hubisteis descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had finished off the boar caught in the net, you checked the result.
ellos	hubieron descabellado	En cuanto los cazadores del monte hubieron descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer, el ambiente cambió.The moment the hunters in the hills had finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn, the mood changed.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabellaré	Mañana, yo descabellaré el pez grande de un golpe.Tomorrow, I will finish off the big fish with one blow.
tú	descabellarás	Dentro de poco, tú descabellarás la trucha herida en la orilla.Soon, you will finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabellará	Esta tarde, el ganadero del valle descabellará al animal tras el accidente.This afternoon, the rancher in the valley will finish off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellaremos	La semana que viene, nosotros descabellaremos la res enferma para evitar dolor.Next week, we will finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabellaréis	Pronto, vosotros descabellaréis al jabalí atrapado en la red.Before long, you all will finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellarán	Más adelante, los cazadores del monte descabellarán la pieza malherida al amanecer.Later on, the hunters in the hills will finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habré descabellado	Para entonces, yo ya habré descabellado el pez grande de un golpe.By then, I will already have finished off the big fish with one blow.
tú	habrás descabellado	Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla.Before closing time, you will already have finished off the injured trout on the shore.
él	habrá descabellado	Al final del día, el ganadero del valle ya habrá descabellado al animal tras el accidente.By the end of the day, the rancher in the valley will already have finished off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	habremos descabellado	Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor.By tomorrow, we will already have finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	habréis descabellado	Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red.Before leaving, you all will already have finished off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	habrán descabellado	Para esa hora, los cazadores del monte ya habrán descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer.By that hour, the hunters in the hills will already have finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabellaría	En un caso así, yo descabellaría el pez grande de un golpe.In a case like that, I would finish off the big fish with one blow.
tú	descabellarías	Con un poco más de tiempo, tú descabellarías la trucha herida en la orilla.With a little more time, you would finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabellaría	En esa situación, el ganadero del valle descabellaría al animal tras el accidente.In that situation, the rancher in the valley would finish off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellaríamos	Con ese panorama, nosotros descabellaríamos la res enferma para evitar dolor.With that outlook, we would finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabellaríais	Llegado el caso, vosotros descabellaríais al jabalí atrapado en la red.If it came to that, you all would finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellarían	En un día así, los cazadores del monte descabellarían la pieza malherida al amanecer.On a day like that, the hunters in the hills would finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habría descabellado	En otro momento, yo habría descabellado el pez grande de un golpe.At another moment, I would have finished off the big fish with one blow.
tú	habrías descabellado	Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla.With a little more margin, you would have finished off the injured trout on the shore.
él	habría descabellado	A esas alturas, el ganadero del valle habría descabellado al animal tras el accidente.By then, the rancher in the valley would have finished off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	habríamos descabellado	Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor.With that turn, we would have finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	habríais descabellado	Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red.At that point, you all would have finished off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	habrían descabellado	En ese punto, los cazadores del monte habrían descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer.From there, the hunters in the hills would have finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabelle	Es mejor que yo descabelle el pez grande de un golpe.It is better that I finish off the big fish with one blow.
tú	descabelles	Hace falta que tú descabelles la trucha herida en la orilla.It is necessary that you finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabelle	Conviene que el ganadero del valle descabelle al animal tras el accidente.It is wise that the rancher in the valley finish off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellemos	Importa que nosotros descabellemos la res enferma para evitar dolor.It matters that we finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabelléis	Puede ser útil que vosotros descabelléis al jabalí atrapado en la red.It may help if you all finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellen	Es posible que los cazadores del monte descabellen la pieza malherida al amanecer.It is possible that the hunters in the hills finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	haya descabellado	Ojalá yo haya descabellado el pez grande de un golpe.Hopefully I have finished off the big fish with one blow.
tú	hayas descabellado	Puede que tú ya hayas descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla.Maybe you already have finished off the injured trout on the shore.
él	haya descabellado	Tal vez el ganadero del valle haya descabellado al animal tras el accidente.Perhaps the rancher in the valley has finished off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	hayamos descabellado	Quizá nosotros ya hayamos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor.Maybe we already have finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	hayáis descabellado	Es probable que vosotros hayáis descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red.It is likely that you all have finished off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	hayan descabellado	Puede ser que los cazadores del monte ya hayan descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer.It may be that the hunters in the hills already have finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabellara	Si yo descabellara el pez grande de un golpe, se notaría enseguida.If I finished off the big fish with one blow, it would show right away.
tú	descabellaras	Si tú descabellaras la trucha herida en la orilla, costaría ocultarlo.If you finished off the injured trout on the shore, it would be hard to hide.
él	descabellara	Si el ganadero del valle descabellara al animal tras el accidente, daría mucho que hablar.If the rancher in the valley finished off the animal after the accident, it would give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	descabelláramos	Si nosotros descabelláramos la res enferma para evitar dolor, todo iría por otro lado.If we finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain, everything would go another way.
vosotros	descabellarais	Si vosotros descabellarais al jabalí atrapado en la red, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all finished off the boar caught in the net, the mood would change.
ellos	descabellaran	Si los cazadores del monte descabellaran la pieza malherida al amanecer, la escena sería otra.If the hunters in the hills finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn, the whole scene would be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiera descabellado	Si yo hubiera descabellado el pez grande de un golpe, aún se recordaría.If I had finished off the big fish with one blow, it would still be remembered.
tú	hubieras descabellado	Si tú hubieras descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla, eso habría dejado marca.If you had finished off the injured trout on the shore, that would have left a mark.
él	hubiera descabellado	Si el ganadero del valle hubiera descabellado al animal tras el accidente, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the rancher in the valley had finished off the animal after the accident, people would still be talking about it.
nosotros	hubiéramos descabellado	Si nosotros hubiéramos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain, the day would have gone another way.
vosotros	hubierais descabellado	Si vosotros hubierais descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had finished off the boar caught in the net, the change would have shown earlier.
ellos	hubieran descabellado	Si los cazadores del monte hubieran descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer, nada habría quedado igual.If the hunters in the hills had finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn, nothing would have stayed the same.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	descabellare	Si yo descabellare el pez grande de un golpe, se notará enseguida.If I finish off the big fish with one blow, it will show right away.
tú	descabellares	Si tú descabellares la trucha herida en la orilla, costará ignorarlo.If you finish off the injured trout on the shore, it will be hard to ignore.
él	descabellare	Si el ganadero del valle descabellare al animal tras el accidente, dará mucho que hablar.If the rancher in the valley finishes off the animal after the accident, it will give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	descabelláremos	Si nosotros descabelláremos la res enferma para evitar dolor, todo irá por otro camino.If we finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain, everything will go another way.
vosotros	descabellareis	Si vosotros descabellareis al jabalí atrapado en la red, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all finish off the boar caught in the net, the mood will change fast.
ellos	descabellaren	Si los cazadores del monte descabellaren la pieza malherida al amanecer, la escena será distinta.If the hunters in the hills finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn, the whole scene will be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiere descabellado	Cuando yo hubiere descabellado el pez grande de un golpe, ya se notará.When I have finished off the big fish with one blow, it will already show.
tú	hubieres descabellado	En cuanto tú hubieres descabellado la trucha herida en la orilla, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have finished off the injured trout on the shore, it will be hard not to see.
él	hubiere descabellado	Cuando el ganadero del valle hubiere descabellado al animal tras el accidente, se verá de inmediato.When the rancher in the valley has finished off the animal after the accident, it will show at once.
nosotros	hubiéremos descabellado	Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos descabellado la res enferma para evitar dolor, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have finished off the sick cow to avoid more pain, everything will move differently.
vosotros	hubiereis descabellado	Cuando vosotros hubiereis descabellado al jabalí atrapado en la red, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have finished off the boar caught in the net, the mood will sound different.
ellos	hubieren descabellado	En cuanto los cazadores del monte hubieren descabellado la pieza malherida al amanecer, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the hunters in the hills have finished off the badly wounded animal at dawn, the change will be clear.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	descabella	descabella la trucha herida en la orilla.Finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	descabelle	Que el ganadero del valle descabelle al animal tras el accidente.Let the rancher in the valley finish off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	descabellemos	descabellemos la res enferma para evitar dolor.Finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	descabellad	descabellad al jabalí atrapado en la red.Finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	descabellen	Que los cazadores del monte descabellen la pieza malherida al amanecer.Let the hunters in the hills finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	no descabelles	No no descabelles la trucha herida en la orilla.Do not finish off the injured trout on the shore.
él	no descabelle	Que el ganadero del valle no no descabelle al animal tras el accidente.Let the rancher in the valley not finish off the animal after the accident.
nosotros	no descabellemos	No no descabellemos la res enferma para evitar dolor.Let us not finish off the sick cow to avoid more pain.
vosotros	no descabelléis	No no descabelléis al jabalí atrapado en la red.Do not finish off the boar caught in the net.
ellos	no descabellen	Que los cazadores del monte no no descabellen la pieza malherida al amanecer.Let the hunters in the hills not finish off the badly wounded animal at dawn.

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Pretérito Perfecto

Pretérito Indefinido

Pretérito Imperfecto

Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Pretérito Anterior

Futuro

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Condicional

Condicional Perfecto

Subjuntivo Presente

Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Subjuntivo Futuro

Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto

Imperativo Afirmativo

Imperativo Negativo

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