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Desaparecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disappear, make disappear, vanish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desaparecer 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 disappear, make disappear, vanish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desaparecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desapareciendo) and past continuous (estaba desapareciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disappearing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desaparecido and hubiera desaparecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disappeared).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desapareciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desaparecido |
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 disappear” or “they disappear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desaparezco |
| Tú | desapareces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desaparece |
| Nosotros / as | desaparecemos |
| Vosotros / as | desaparecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecen |
| Vos | desaparecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disappeared” or “she disappeared” 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 | desaparecí | I disappeared |
| Tú | desapareciste | You disappeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desapareció | He / she / you disappeared |
| Nosotros / as | desaparecimos | We disappeared |
| Vosotros / as | desaparecisteis | You disappeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecieron | They / you disappeared |
| Vos | desapareciste | You disappeared |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disappearing” or “she was disappearing” 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 | desaparecía | I was disappearing |
| Tú | desaparecías | You were disappearing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desaparecía | He was / she was / you were disappearing |
| Nosotros / as | desaparecíamos | We were disappearing |
| Vosotros / as | desaparecíais | You were disappearing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecían | They / you were disappearing |
| Vos | desaparecías | You were disappearing |
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 disappeared” and “she has disappeared”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desaparecido | I have disappeared |
| Tú | has desaparecido | You have disappeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desaparecido | He has / she has / you have disappeared |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desaparecido | We have disappeared |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desaparecido | You have disappeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desaparecido | They / you have disappeared |
| Vos | has desaparecido | You have disappeared |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disappear” or “she would disappear”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desaparecería | I would disappear |
| Tú | desaparecerías | You would disappear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desaparecería | He / she / you would disappear |
| Nosotros / as | desapareceríamos | We would disappear |
| Vosotros / as | desapareceríais | You would disappear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecerían | They / you would disappear |
| Vos | desaparecerías | You would disappear |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disappear” or “they will disappear”.
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 desaparecer” means “They are going to disappear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desapareceré | I will disappear |
| Tú | desaparecerás | You will disappear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desaparecerá | He / she / you will disappear |
| Nosotros / as | desapareceremos | We will disappear |
| Vosotros / as | desapareceréis | You will disappear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecerán | They / you will disappear |
| Vos | desaparecerás | You will disappear |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desaparezca |
| Tú | desaparezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desaparezca |
| Nosotros / as | desaparezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | desaparezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparezcan |
| Vos | desaparezcas |
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 | desapareciera | desapareciese |
| Tú | desaparecieras | desapareciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desapareciera | desapareciese |
| Nosotros / as | desapareciéramos | desapareciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | desaparecierais | desaparecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecieran | desapareciesen |
| Vos | desaparecieras | desapareciese |
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 | desapareciere |
| Tú | desaparecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desapareciere |
| Nosotros / as | desapareciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | desapareciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparecieren |
| Vos | desaparecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disappear!” and “don’t disappear!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desaparece | no desaparezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desaparezca | no desaparezca |
| Nosotros / as | desaparezcamos | no desaparezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | desapareced | no desaparezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaparezcan | no desaparezcan |
| Vos | desaparecé | no desaparezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desaparecido |
| Tú | hayas desaparecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desaparecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desaparecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desaparecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desaparecido |
| Vos | hayas desaparecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desaparecido / hubiese desaparecido |
| Tú | hubieras desaparecido / hubieses desaparecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desaparecido / hubiese desaparecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desaparecido / hubiésemos desaparecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desaparecido / hubieseis desaparecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desaparecido / hubiesen desaparecido |
| Vos | hubieras desaparecido / hubieses desaparecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desaparecido |
| Tú | hubieres desaparecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desaparecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desaparecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desaparecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desaparecido |
| Vos | hubieres desaparecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desapareciendo |
| Tú | estés desapareciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desapareciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desapareciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desapareciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desapareciendo |
| Vos | estés desapareciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desapareciendo / estuviese desapareciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras desapareciendo / estuvieses desapareciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desapareciendo / estuviese desapareciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desapareciendo / estuviésamos desapareciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desapareciendo / estuvieseis desapareciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desapareciendo / estuviese desapareciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras desapareciendo / estuvieses desapareciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desapareciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres desapareciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desapareciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desapareciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desapareciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desapareciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres desapareciendo |
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 desaparecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desapareciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desaparecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desaparecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desaparecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desaparezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desaparecieras / Vos desapareciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desaparecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desaparezcas |