descabezar

descabezar
transitive verb
1to behead (quitar la cabeza) (persona); to break the head off (cosa)
2to top (quitar la punta) (planta, árbol)

descabezar [des-cah-bay-thar’]
article & verb transitive
1To behead.
2To revoke an assessment which towns have made.
3To cut the upper parts or points of some things; to head, top, poll.
4To begin, to let the beginning of a thing pass over.
5To break a mast through its neck. (Nautical)
  • descabezar la misa -> to let the beginning of the mass be over, before one enters church
verb neuter
6To terminate, to join another property: speaking of the part of an estate or piece of land which adjoins another, belonging to a different person. (n)
verb reflexive
7To screw one’s wits, to batter one’s brains.
8To take the grain from the ears of corn.

descabezar
verbo:transitivo
1 (quitar la cabeza de) [+persona] to behead; [+árbol] to lop; [+planta] to top
2 [+dificultad] to surmount
verbo:pronominal
descabezarse
1 (Botánica) to shed its grain
2 [+persona] to rack one's brains

Verb Conjugation for "descabezar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo descabezo descabecé descabezaba descabezaré descabece
descabezas descabezaste descabezabas descabezarás descabeces
Ella/Él/Usted descabeza descabezó descabezaba descabezará descabece
Nosotros descabezamos descabezamos descabezábamos descabezaremos descabecemos
Vosotros descabezáis descabezasteis descabezabais descabezaréis descabecéis
Ellos/Ustedes descabezan descabezaron descabezaban descabezarán descabecen
Gerund: descabezando / Participle: descabezado / Complete descabezar conjugation >

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