descifrar

/desθifˈɾaɾ/, [d̪es.θifˈɾaɾ]

decipher


Gerund: descifrando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular descifrado descifrada
Plural descifrados descifradas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo descifro descifraba descifré descifraré descifraría
descifras descifrabas descifraste descifrarás descifrarías
él/ella/Ud. descifra descifraba descifró descifrará descifraría
nosotros desciframos descifrábamos desciframos descifraremos descifraríamos
vosotros descifráis descifrabais descifrasteis descifraréis descifraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. descifran descifraban descifraron descifrarán descifrarían
vos descifrás descifrabas descifraste descifrarás descifrarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo descifre descifrara descifrase descifrare
descifres descifraras descifrases descifrares
él/ella/Ud. descifre descifrara descifrase descifrare
nosotros descifremos descifráramos descifrásemos descifráremos
vosotros descifréis descifrarais descifraseis descifrareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. descifren descifraran descifrasen descifraren
vos descifrés descifraras descifrases descifrares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
descifra no descifres
Ud. descifre no descifre
nosotros descifremos no descifremos
vosotros descifrad no descifréis
Uds. descifren no descifren
vos descifrá no descifres

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Tom no pudo descifrar el mensaje secreto.

    Tom couldn't decode the secret message.

  • Desearía poder descifrar cómo derrotar al sistema.

    I wish I could figure out how to beat the system.

  • Es imposible de descifrar su escritura.

    It is impossible to decipher her handwriting.

  • Necesito la clave para descifrar este mensaje.

    I need the key to decode this message.


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