deforestar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defoɾesˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.fo.ɾesˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fo‧res‧tar

Verb

deforestar (first-person singular present deforesto, first-person singular preterite deforesté, past participle deforestado)

1. to deforest

   Synonyms: desmatar, talar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deforestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deforestar
gerund			deforestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deforestado		deforestada
		plural		deforestados		deforestadas
		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	deforesto	deforestastú deforestásvos	deforesta	deforestamos	deforestáis	deforestan
	imperfect	deforestaba	deforestabas	deforestaba	deforestábamos	deforestabais	deforestaban
	preterite	deforesté	deforestaste	deforestó	deforestamos	deforestasteis	deforestaron
	future	deforestaré	deforestarás	deforestará	deforestaremos	deforestaréis	deforestarán
	conditional	deforestaría	deforestarías	deforestaría	deforestaríamos	deforestaríais	deforestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deforeste	deforestestú deforestésvos2	deforeste	deforestemos	deforestéis	deforesten
	imperfect (ra)	deforestara	deforestaras	deforestara	deforestáramos	deforestarais	deforestaran
	imperfect (se)	deforestase	deforestases	deforestase	deforestásemos	deforestaseis	deforestasen
	future1	deforestare	deforestares	deforestare	deforestáremos	deforestareis	deforestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deforestatú deforestávos	deforeste	deforestemos	deforestad	deforesten
	negative		no deforestes	no deforeste	no deforestemos	no deforestéis	no deforesten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of deforestar

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 deforestar	dative	deforestarme	deforestarte	deforestarle, deforestarse	deforestarnos	deforestaros	deforestarles, deforestarse
	accusative	deforestarme	deforestarte	deforestarlo, deforestarla, deforestarse	deforestarnos	deforestaros	deforestarlos, deforestarlas, deforestarse
with gerund deforestando	dative	deforestándome	deforestándote	deforestándole, deforestándose	deforestándonos	deforestándoos	deforestándoles, deforestándose
	accusative	deforestándome	deforestándote	deforestándolo, deforestándola, deforestándose	deforestándonos	deforestándoos	deforestándolos, deforestándolas, deforestándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative deforesta	dative	deforéstame	deforéstate	deforéstale	deforéstanos	not used	deforéstales
	accusative	deforéstame	deforéstate	deforéstalo, deforéstala	deforéstanos	not used	deforéstalos, deforéstalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative deforestá	dative	deforestame	deforestate	deforestale	deforestanos	not used	deforestales
	accusative	deforestame	deforestate	deforestalo, deforestala	deforestanos	not used	deforestalos, deforestalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deforeste	dative	deforésteme	not used	deforéstele, deforéstese	deforéstenos	not used	deforésteles
	accusative	deforésteme	not used	deforéstelo, deforéstela, deforéstese	deforéstenos	not used	deforéstelos, deforéstelas
with first-person plural imperative deforestemos	dative	not used	deforestémoste	deforestémosle	deforestémonos	deforestémoos	deforestémosles
	accusative	not used	deforestémoste	deforestémoslo, deforestémosla	deforestémonos	deforestémoos	deforestémoslos, deforestémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deforestad	dative	deforestadme	not used	deforestadle	deforestadnos	deforestaos	deforestadles
	accusative	deforestadme	not used	deforestadlo, deforestadla	deforestadnos	deforestaos	deforestadlos, deforestadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deforesten	dative	deforéstenme	not used	deforéstenle	deforéstennos	not used	deforéstenles, deforéstense
	accusative	deforéstenme	not used	deforéstenlo, deforéstenla	deforéstennos	not used	deforéstenlos, deforéstenlas, deforéstense

Related terms

• deforestación

Further reading

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