desincrustar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ incrustar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.ziŋ.kɾusˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.ziŋ.kɾusˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [de.ziŋ.kɾusˈta]

Verb

desincrustar (first-person singular present desincrusto, first-person singular preterite desincrustí, past participle desincrustat)

1. (transitive) to remove an encrustation from; to scrape clean, to descale

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of desincrustar (first conjugation)

infinitive			desincrustar
gerund			desincrustant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desincrustat		desincrustada
		plural		desincrustats		desincrustades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desincrusto	desincrustes	desincrusta	desincrustem	desincrusteu	desincrusten
	imperfect	desincrustava	desincrustaves	desincrustava	desincrustàvem	desincrustàveu	desincrustaven
	future	desincrustaré	desincrustaràs	desincrustarà	desincrustarem	desincrustareu	desincrustaran
	preterite	desincrustí	desincrustares	desincrustà	desincrustàrem	desincrustàreu	desincrustaren
	conditional	desincrustaria	desincrustaries	desincrustaria	desincrustaríem	desincrustaríeu	desincrustarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desincrusti	desincrustis	desincrusti	desincrustem	desincrusteu	desincrustin
	imperfect	desincrustés	desincrustessis	desincrustés	desincrustéssim	desincrustéssiu	desincrustessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desincrusta	desincrusti	desincrustem	desincrusteu	desincrustin
	negative (no)	—	no desincrustis	no desincrusti	no desincrustem	no desincrusteu	no desincrustin

Related terms

• desincrustació

Further reading

• “desincrustar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desinkɾusˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.sĩŋ.kɾusˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sin‧crus‧tar

Verb

desincrustar (first-person singular present desincrusto, first-person singular preterite desincrusté, past participle desincrustado)

1. to descale (remove scale from a surface)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desincrustar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desincrustar
gerund			desincrustando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desincrustado		desincrustada
		plural		desincrustados		desincrustadas
		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	desincrusto	desincrustastú desincrustásvos	desincrusta	desincrustamos	desincrustáis	desincrustan
	imperfect	desincrustaba	desincrustabas	desincrustaba	desincrustábamos	desincrustabais	desincrustaban
	preterite	desincrusté	desincrustaste	desincrustó	desincrustamos	desincrustasteis	desincrustaron
	future	desincrustaré	desincrustarás	desincrustará	desincrustaremos	desincrustaréis	desincrustarán
	conditional	desincrustaría	desincrustarías	desincrustaría	desincrustaríamos	desincrustaríais	desincrustarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desincruste	desincrustestú desincrustésvos2	desincruste	desincrustemos	desincrustéis	desincrusten
	imperfect (ra)	desincrustara	desincrustaras	desincrustara	desincrustáramos	desincrustarais	desincrustaran
	imperfect (se)	desincrustase	desincrustases	desincrustase	desincrustásemos	desincrustaseis	desincrustasen
	future1	desincrustare	desincrustares	desincrustare	desincrustáremos	desincrustareis	desincrustaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desincrustatú desincrustávos	desincruste	desincrustemos	desincrustad	desincrusten
	negative		no desincrustes	no desincruste	no desincrustemos	no desincrustéis	no desincrusten

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

Related terms

• desencrustante
• desincrustación
• desincrustamiento
• incrustar

Further reading

• “desincrustar”, 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