Descansás

Descansás is the second person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb descansar in dialects that use voseo. In these varieties, such as those spoken in Argentina, Uruguay, parts of Paraguay, and some Central American communities, the pronoun vos replaces tú, and the verb takes a distinct set of endings. Descansás therefore means “you rest” or “you are resting” in informal address.

Morphology and usage: For verbs in the -ar group, the vos present indicative typically ends in -ás. Thus, descansar with vos becomes descansás. This form is used in everyday speech and, in regions where voseo is common, appears in informal writing as well. The standard tú form, descansas, is used in regions that do not practice voseo or in formal contexts where tú is appropriate. The choice between vos-descansás and tú-descansas reflects regional and social variation rather than a difference in meaning.

Regional distribution and register: Voseo varieties are well established in Rioplatense Spanish and are also found in other parts of Latin America. In formal writing or broadcast news outside voseo regions, descansar is typically conjugated with tú and usted forms as appropriate, and descansás would not be used in those contexts.

Notes and etymology: Descansar comes from the root meaning to relieve fatigue, with origins in Latin via Old Spanish. The form descansás is simply the voseo present tense of descansar and is not a separate lexical entry.

See also: descansar, voseo, Spanish verbs.