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Desabrochar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unfasten, undo”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desabrochar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to unfasten, undo |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desabrochar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desabrochando) and past continuous (estaba desabrochando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unfastening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desabrochado and hubiera desabrochado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unfastened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desabrochando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desabrochado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I unfasten” or “they unfasten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desabrocho |
| Tú | desabrochas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrocha |
| Nosotros / as | desabrochamos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrocháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrochan |
| Vos | desabrochás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unfastened” or “she unfastened” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabroché | I unfastened |
| Tú | desabrochaste | You unfastened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrochó | He / she / you unfastened |
| Nosotros / as | desabrochamos | We unfastened |
| Vosotros / as | desabrochasteis | You unfastened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrocharon | They / you unfastened |
| Vos | desabrochaste | You unfastened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unfastening” or “she was unfastening” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabrochaba | I was unfastening |
| Tú | desabrochabas | You were unfastening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrochaba | He was / she was / you were unfastening |
| Nosotros / as | desabrochábamos | We were unfastening |
| Vosotros / as | desabrochabais | You were unfastening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrochaban | They / you were unfastening |
| Vos | desabrochabas | You were unfastening |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have unfastened” and “she has unfastened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desabrochado | I have unfastened |
| Tú | has desabrochado | You have unfastened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desabrochado | He has / she has / you have unfastened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desabrochado | We have unfastened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desabrochado | You have unfastened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desabrochado | They / you have unfastened |
| Vos | has desabrochado | You have unfastened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unfasten” or “she would unfasten”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabrocharía | I would unfasten |
| Tú | desabrocharías | You would unfasten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrocharía | He / she / you would unfasten |
| Nosotros / as | desabrocharíamos | We would unfasten |
| Vosotros / as | desabrocharíais | You would unfasten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrocharían | They / you would unfasten |
| Vos | desabrocharías | You would unfasten |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unfasten” or “they will unfasten”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a desabrochar” means “They are going to unfasten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabrocharé | I will unfasten |
| Tú | desabrocharás | You will unfasten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrochará | He / she / you will unfasten |
| Nosotros / as | desabrocharemos | We will unfasten |
| Vosotros / as | desabrocharéis | You will unfasten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrocharán | They / you will unfasten |
| Vos | desabrocharás | You will unfasten |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desabroche |
| Tú | desabroches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabroche |
| Nosotros / as | desabrochemos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrochéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrochen |
| Vos | desabroches |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabrochara | desabrochase |
| Tú | desabrocharas | desabrochase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrochara | desabrochase |
| Nosotros / as | desabrocháramos | desabrochásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrocharais | desabrochaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrocharan | desabrochasen |
| Vos | desabrocharas | desabrochase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desabrochare |
| Tú | desabrochares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrochare |
| Nosotros / as | desabrocháremos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrochareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrocharen |
| Vos | desabrochares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unfasten!” and “don’t unfasten!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desabrocha | no desabroches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabroche | no desabroche |
| Nosotros / as | desabrochemos | no desabrochemos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrochad | no desabrochéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrochen | no desabrochen |
| Vos | desabrochá | no desabroches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desabrochado |
| Tú | hayas desabrochado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desabrochado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desabrochado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desabrochado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desabrochado |
| Vos | hayas desabrochado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desabrochado / hubiese desabrochado |
| Tú | hubieras desabrochado / hubieses desabrochado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desabrochado / hubiese desabrochado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desabrochado / hubiésemos desabrochado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desabrochado / hubieseis desabrochado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desabrochado / hubiesen desabrochado |
| Vos | hubieras desabrochado / hubieses desabrochado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desabrochado |
| Tú | hubieres desabrochado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desabrochado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desabrochado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desabrochado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desabrochado |
| Vos | hubieres desabrochado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desabrochando |
| Tú | estés desabrochando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desabrochando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desabrochando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desabrochando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desabrochando |
| Vos | estés desabrochando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desabrochando / estuviese desabrochando |
| Tú | estuvieras desabrochando / estuvieses desabrochando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desabrochando / estuviese desabrochando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desabrochando / estuviésamos desabrochando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desabrochando / estuvieseis desabrochando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desabrochando / estuviese desabrochando |
| Vos | estuvieras desabrochando / estuvieses desabrochando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desabrochando |
| Tú | estuvieres desabrochando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desabrochando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desabrochando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desabrochando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desabrochando |
| Vos | estuvieres desabrochando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos desabrochás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desabrochaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desabrochabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desabrocharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desabrocharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desabroches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desabrocharas / Vos desabrochase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desabrochá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desabroches |