descafeinar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /desˌka.fe.iˈna(ʁ)/ [desˌka.fe.iˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /desˌka.fe.iˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃˌka.fe.iˈna(ʁ)/ [deʃˌka.fe.iˈna(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /desˌka.fe.iˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kɐ.fe.iˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kɐ.fe.iˈna.ɾi/
Verb
descafeinar (first-person singular present descafeíno, first-person singular preterite descafeinei, past participle descafeinado)
- to decaffeinate (take away caffeine)
Conjugation
Conjugation of descafeinar (i becomes í when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “descafeinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “descafeinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “descafeinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + cafeína (“caffeine”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskafeiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.ka.fei̯ˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧fei‧nar
Verb
descafeinar (first-person singular present descafeíno, first-person singular preterite descafeiné, past participle descafeinado)
- (transitive) to decaffeinate (to remove the caffeine from something, especially coffee)
Conjugation
Conjugation of descafeinar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “descafeinar”, 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