descastigar
Spanish, verb/deskastiˈɡaɾ/
descastigar is spelled D-E-S-C-A-S-T-I-G-A-R (11 letters). Descastigar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unground (to free from the punishment, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does descastigar mean in English?
verb
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colloquialto unground (to free from the punishment, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of descastigar
- descastigo first-person present singular
- descastigué first-person preterite singular
- descastigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- descastigando gerund
- descastigada feminine participle past
- descastigados masculine participle past
- descastigadas feminine participle past
- descastigas indicative informal present
- descastigás indicative informal present
- descastiga indicative present singular
- descastigamos first-person indicative plural
- descastigáis indicative plural present
- descastigan indicative plural present
- descastigaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descastigabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descastigábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descastigabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descastigar?
- /deskastiˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪es.kas.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.