desmitificar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ mitificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [dez.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [dez.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /dez.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒ.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mi.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mi.ti.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mi.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mi.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: des‧mi‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

desmitificar (first-person singular present desmitifico, first-person singular preterite desmitifiquei, past participle desmitificado)

1. (transitive) to demythologize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmitificar (c-qu alternation) (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	desmitificar
Personal	desmitificar	desmitificares	desmitificar	desmitificarmos	desmitificardes	desmitificarem
Gerund
	desmitificando
Past participle
Masculine	desmitificado			desmitificados
Feminine	desmitificada			desmitificadas
Indicative
Present	desmitifico	desmitificas	desmitifica	desmitificamos	desmitificais	desmitificam
Imperfect	desmitificava	desmitificavas	desmitificava	desmitificávamos	desmitificáveis	desmitificavam
Preterite	desmitifiquei	desmitificaste	desmitificou	desmitificamos1, desmitificámos2	desmitificastes	desmitificaram
Pluperfect	desmitificara	desmitificaras	desmitificara	desmitificáramos	desmitificáreis	desmitificaram
Future	desmitificarei	desmitificarás	desmitificará	desmitificaremos	desmitificareis	desmitificarão
Conditional	desmitificaria	desmitificarias	desmitificaria	desmitificaríamos	desmitificaríeis	desmitificariam
Subjunctive
Present	desmitifique	desmitifiques	desmitifique	desmitifiquemos	desmitifiqueis	desmitifiquem
Imperfect	desmitificasse	desmitificasses	desmitificasse	desmitificássemos	desmitificásseis	desmitificassem
Future	desmitificar	desmitificares	desmitificar	desmitificarmos	desmitificardes	desmitificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desmitifica	desmitifique	desmitifiquemos	desmitificai	desmitifiquem
Negative (não)		não desmitifiques	não desmitifique	não desmitifiquemos	não desmitifiqueis	não desmitifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “desmitificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “desmitificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ mito +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desmitifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪ez.mi.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧mi‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

desmitificar (first-person singular present desmitifico, first-person singular preterite desmitifiqué, past participle desmitificado)

1. to demystify

   Antonym: mitificar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmitificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desmitificar
gerund			desmitificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmitificado		desmitificada
		plural		desmitificados		desmitificadas
		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	desmitifico	desmitificastú desmitificásvos	desmitifica	desmitificamos	desmitificáis	desmitifican
	imperfect	desmitificaba	desmitificabas	desmitificaba	desmitificábamos	desmitificabais	desmitificaban
	preterite	desmitifiqué	desmitificaste	desmitificó	desmitificamos	desmitificasteis	desmitificaron
	future	desmitificaré	desmitificarás	desmitificará	desmitificaremos	desmitificaréis	desmitificarán
	conditional	desmitificaría	desmitificarías	desmitificaría	desmitificaríamos	desmitificaríais	desmitificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmitifique	desmitifiquestú desmitifiquésvos2	desmitifique	desmitifiquemos	desmitifiquéis	desmitifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	desmitificara	desmitificaras	desmitificara	desmitificáramos	desmitificarais	desmitificaran
	imperfect (se)	desmitificase	desmitificases	desmitificase	desmitificásemos	desmitificaseis	desmitificasen
	future1	desmitificare	desmitificares	desmitificare	desmitificáremos	desmitificareis	desmitificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desmitificatú desmitificávos	desmitifique	desmitifiquemos	desmitificad	desmitifiquen
	negative		no desmitifiques	no desmitifique	no desmitifiquemos	no desmitifiquéis	no desmitifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of desmitificar (c-qu 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 desmitificar	dative	desmitificarme	desmitificarte	desmitificarle, desmitificarse	desmitificarnos	desmitificaros	desmitificarles, desmitificarse
	accusative	desmitificarme	desmitificarte	desmitificarlo, desmitificarla, desmitificarse	desmitificarnos	desmitificaros	desmitificarlos, desmitificarlas, desmitificarse
with gerund desmitificando	dative	desmitificándome	desmitificándote	desmitificándole, desmitificándose	desmitificándonos	desmitificándoos	desmitificándoles, desmitificándose
	accusative	desmitificándome	desmitificándote	desmitificándolo, desmitificándola, desmitificándose	desmitificándonos	desmitificándoos	desmitificándolos, desmitificándolas, desmitificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative desmitifica	dative	desmitifícame	desmitifícate	desmitifícale	desmitifícanos	not used	desmitifícales
	accusative	desmitifícame	desmitifícate	desmitifícalo, desmitifícala	desmitifícanos	not used	desmitifícalos, desmitifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative desmitificá	dative	desmitificame	desmitificate	desmitificale	desmitificanos	not used	desmitificales
	accusative	desmitificame	desmitificate	desmitificalo, desmitificala	desmitificanos	not used	desmitificalos, desmitificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desmitifique	dative	desmitifíqueme	not used	desmitifíquele, desmitifíquese	desmitifíquenos	not used	desmitifíqueles
	accusative	desmitifíqueme	not used	desmitifíquelo, desmitifíquela, desmitifíquese	desmitifíquenos	not used	desmitifíquelos, desmitifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative desmitifiquemos	dative	not used	desmitifiquémoste	desmitifiquémosle	desmitifiquémonos	desmitifiquémoos	desmitifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	desmitifiquémoste	desmitifiquémoslo, desmitifiquémosla	desmitifiquémonos	desmitifiquémoos	desmitifiquémoslos, desmitifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desmitificad	dative	desmitificadme	not used	desmitificadle	desmitificadnos	desmitificaos	desmitificadles
	accusative	desmitificadme	not used	desmitificadlo, desmitificadla	desmitificadnos	desmitificaos	desmitificadlos, desmitificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desmitifiquen	dative	desmitifíquenme	not used	desmitifíquenle	desmitifíquennos	not used	desmitifíquenles, desmitifíquense
	accusative	desmitifíquenme	not used	desmitifíquenlo, desmitifíquenla	desmitifíquennos	not used	desmitifíquenlos, desmitifíquenlas, desmitifíquense

Further reading

• “desmitificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025