desconcertar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ concertar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəs.kun.sərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəs.kon.sərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.kon.seɾˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

desconcertar (first-person singular present desconcerto, first-person singular preterite desconcertí, past participle desconcertat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, pronominal) to disconcert, to upset

   Synonyms: atordir, confondre, embolicar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desconcertar (first conjugation)

infinitive			desconcertar
gerund			desconcertant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desconcertat		desconcertada
		plural		desconcertats		desconcertades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desconcerto	desconcertes	desconcerta	desconcertem	desconcerteu	desconcerten
	imperfect	desconcertava	desconcertaves	desconcertava	desconcertàvem	desconcertàveu	desconcertaven
	future	desconcertaré	desconcertaràs	desconcertarà	desconcertarem	desconcertareu	desconcertaran
	preterite	desconcertí	desconcertares	desconcertà	desconcertàrem	desconcertàreu	desconcertaren
	conditional	desconcertaria	desconcertaries	desconcertaria	desconcertaríem	desconcertaríeu	desconcertarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desconcerti	desconcertis	desconcerti	desconcertem	desconcerteu	desconcertin
	imperfect	desconcertés	desconcertessis	desconcertés	desconcertéssim	desconcertéssiu	desconcertessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desconcerta	desconcerti	desconcertem	desconcerteu	desconcertin
	negative (no)	—	no desconcertis	no desconcerti	no desconcertem	no desconcerteu	no desconcertin

Further reading

• “desconcertar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “desconcertar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “desconcertar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desconcertar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ concertar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.sehˈta(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.sehˈta(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõ.seχˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seχˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈta.ɾi/

Verb

desconcertar (first-person singular present desconcerto, first-person singular preterite desconcertei, past participle desconcertado)

1. to bewilder; to puzzle; to perplex; to baffle

   Synonyms: confundir, desorientar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desconcertar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desconcertar
Personal	desconcertar	desconcertares	desconcertar	desconcertarmos	desconcertardes	desconcertarem
Gerund
	desconcertando
Past participle
Masculine	desconcertado			desconcertados
Feminine	desconcertada			desconcertadas
Indicative
Present	desconcerto	desconcertas	desconcerta	desconcertamos	desconcertais	desconcertam
Imperfect	desconcertava	desconcertavas	desconcertava	desconcertávamos	desconcertáveis	desconcertavam
Preterite	desconcertei	desconcertaste	desconcertou	desconcertamos1, desconcertámos2	desconcertastes	desconcertaram
Pluperfect	desconcertara	desconcertaras	desconcertara	desconcertáramos	desconcertáreis	desconcertaram
Future	desconcertarei	desconcertarás	desconcertará	desconcertaremos	desconcertareis	desconcertarão
Conditional	desconcertaria	desconcertarias	desconcertaria	desconcertaríamos	desconcertaríeis	desconcertariam
Subjunctive
Present	desconcerte	desconcertes	desconcerte	desconcertemos	desconcerteis	desconcertem
Imperfect	desconcertasse	desconcertasses	desconcertasse	desconcertássemos	desconcertásseis	desconcertassem
Future	desconcertar	desconcertares	desconcertar	desconcertarmos	desconcertardes	desconcertarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desconcerta	desconcerte	desconcertemos	desconcertai	desconcertem
Negative (não)		não desconcertes	não desconcerte	não desconcertemos	não desconcerteis	não desconcertem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ concertar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskonθeɾˈtaɾ/ [d̪es.kõn̟.θeɾˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskonseɾˈtaɾ/ [d̪es.kõn.seɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧con‧cer‧tar

Verb

desconcertar (first-person singular present desconcierto, first-person singular preterite desconcerté, past participle desconcertado)

1. (transitive) to disconcert

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desconcertar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desconcertar
gerund			desconcertando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desconcertado		desconcertada
		plural		desconcertados		desconcertadas
		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	desconcierto	desconciertastú desconcertásvos	desconcierta	desconcertamos	desconcertáis	desconciertan
	imperfect	desconcertaba	desconcertabas	desconcertaba	desconcertábamos	desconcertabais	desconcertaban
	preterite	desconcerté	desconcertaste	desconcertó	desconcertamos	desconcertasteis	desconcertaron
	future	desconcertaré	desconcertarás	desconcertará	desconcertaremos	desconcertaréis	desconcertarán
	conditional	desconcertaría	desconcertarías	desconcertaría	desconcertaríamos	desconcertaríais	desconcertarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desconcierte	desconciertestú desconcertésvos2	desconcierte	desconcertemos	desconcertéis	desconcierten
	imperfect (ra)	desconcertara	desconcertaras	desconcertara	desconcertáramos	desconcertarais	desconcertaran
	imperfect (se)	desconcertase	desconcertases	desconcertase	desconcertásemos	desconcertaseis	desconcertasen
	future1	desconcertare	desconcertares	desconcertare	desconcertáremos	desconcertareis	desconcertaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desconciertatú desconcertávos	desconcierte	desconcertemos	desconcertad	desconcierten
	negative		no desconciertes	no desconcierte	no desconcertemos	no desconcertéis	no desconcierten

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

    Selected combined forms of desconcertar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive desconcertar	dative	desconcertarme	desconcertarte	desconcertarle, desconcertarse	desconcertarnos	desconcertaros	desconcertarles, desconcertarse
	accusative	desconcertarme	desconcertarte	desconcertarlo, desconcertarla, desconcertarse	desconcertarnos	desconcertaros	desconcertarlos, desconcertarlas, desconcertarse
with gerund desconcertando	dative	desconcertándome	desconcertándote	desconcertándole, desconcertándose	desconcertándonos	desconcertándoos	desconcertándoles, desconcertándose
	accusative	desconcertándome	desconcertándote	desconcertándolo, desconcertándola, desconcertándose	desconcertándonos	desconcertándoos	desconcertándolos, desconcertándolas, desconcertándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desconcierta	dative	desconciértame	desconciértate	desconciértale	desconciértanos	not used	desconciértales
	accusative	desconciértame	desconciértate	desconciértalo, desconciértala	desconciértanos	not used	desconciértalos, desconciértalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desconcertá	dative	desconcertame	desconcertate	desconcertale	desconcertanos	not used	desconcertales
	accusative	desconcertame	desconcertate	desconcertalo, desconcertala	desconcertanos	not used	desconcertalos, desconcertalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desconcierte	dative	desconciérteme	not used	desconciértele, desconciértese	desconciértenos	not used	desconciérteles
	accusative	desconciérteme	not used	desconciértelo, desconciértela, desconciértese	desconciértenos	not used	desconciértelos, desconciértelas
with first-person plural imperative desconcertemos	dative	not used	desconcertémoste	desconcertémosle	desconcertémonos	desconcertémoos	desconcertémosles
	accusative	not used	desconcertémoste	desconcertémoslo, desconcertémosla	desconcertémonos	desconcertémoos	desconcertémoslos, desconcertémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desconcertad	dative	desconcertadme	not used	desconcertadle	desconcertadnos	desconcertaos	desconcertadles
	accusative	desconcertadme	not used	desconcertadlo, desconcertadla	desconcertadnos	desconcertaos	desconcertadlos, desconcertadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desconcierten	dative	desconciértenme	not used	desconciértenle	desconciértennos	not used	desconciértenles, desconciértense
	accusative	desconciértenme	not used	desconciértenlo, desconciértenla	desconciértennos	not used	desconciértenlos, desconciértenlas, desconciértense

Derived terms

• desconcertadamente
• desconcertador
• desconcertante
• desconcierto

 

Further reading

• “desconcertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10