descaecer

Spanish

Etymology

From des- + archaic caecer (“to occur”), from Latin *cadescere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskaeˈθeɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskaeˈseɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧e‧cer

Verb

descaecer (first-person singular present descaezco, first-person singular preterite descaecí, past participle descaecido)

1. (obsolete) to decline; to wane

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descaecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descaecer
gerund			descaeciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descaecido		descaecida
		plural		descaecidos		descaecidas
		singular			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
	present	descaezco	descaecestú descaecésvos	descaece	descaecemos	descaecéis	descaecen
	imperfect	descaecía	descaecías	descaecía	descaecíamos	descaecíais	descaecían
	preterite	descaecí	descaeciste	descaeció	descaecimos	descaecisteis	descaecieron
	future	descaeceré	descaecerás	descaecerá	descaeceremos	descaeceréis	descaecerán
	conditional	descaecería	descaecerías	descaecería	descaeceríamos	descaeceríais	descaecerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descaezca	descaezcastú descaezcásvos2	descaezca	descaezcamos	descaezcáis	descaezcan
	imperfect (ra)	descaeciera	descaecieras	descaeciera	descaeciéramos	descaecierais	descaecieran
	imperfect (se)	descaeciese	descaecieses	descaeciese	descaeciésemos	descaecieseis	descaeciesen
	future1	descaeciere	descaecieres	descaeciere	descaeciéremos	descaeciereis	descaecieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descaecetú descaecévos	descaezca	descaezcamos	descaeced	descaezcan
	negative		no descaezcas	no descaezca	no descaezcamos	no descaezcáis	no descaezcan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• descaecimiento

 

See also

• decaer

Further reading

• “descaecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28