descontrolar

descontrolar

1. only used in es ... descontrolar, syntactic variant of descontrolar-se, infinitive of descontrolar-se

From descontrol +‎ -ar or des- +‎ controlar. Cognate with English decontrol.

• IPA^(key): /deskontɾoˈlaɾ/ [d̪es.kõn̪.t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧con‧tro‧lar

descontrolar (first-person singular present descontrolo, first-person singular preterite descontrolé, past participle descontrolado)

1. (transitive) to lose control
2. (reflexive) to lose self-control, to lack control
3. (reflexive) to spin out of control, to come apart at the seams

• “descontrolar”, 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