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Desenrollar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unroll, unwind”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desenrollar 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 unroll, unwind |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desenrollar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desenrollando) and past continuous (estaba desenrollando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unrolling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desenrollado and hubiera desenrollado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unrolled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desenrollando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desenrollado |
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 unroll” or “they unroll”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenrollo |
| Tú | desenrollas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrolla |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollamos |
| Vosotros / as | desenrolláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollan |
| Vos | desenrollás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unrolled” or “she unrolled” 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 | desenrollé | I unrolled |
| Tú | desenrollaste | You unrolled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrolló | He / she / you unrolled |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollamos | We unrolled |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollasteis | You unrolled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollaron | They / you unrolled |
| Vos | desenrollaste | You unrolled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unrolling” or “she was unrolling” 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 | desenrollaba | I was unrolling |
| Tú | desenrollabas | You were unrolling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrollaba | He was / she was / you were unrolling |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollábamos | We were unrolling |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollabais | You were unrolling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollaban | They / you were unrolling |
| Vos | desenrollabas | You were unrolling |
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 unrolled” and “she has unrolled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desenrollado | I have unrolled |
| Tú | has desenrollado | You have unrolled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desenrollado | He has / she has / you have unrolled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desenrollado | We have unrolled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desenrollado | You have unrolled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desenrollado | They / you have unrolled |
| Vos | has desenrollado | You have unrolled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unroll” or “she would unroll”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenrollaría | I would unroll |
| Tú | desenrollarías | You would unroll |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrollaría | He / she / you would unroll |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollaríamos | We would unroll |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollaríais | You would unroll |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollarían | They / you would unroll |
| Vos | desenrollarías | You would unroll |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unroll” or “they will unroll”.
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 desenrollar” means “They are going to unroll”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenrollaré | I will unroll |
| Tú | desenrollarás | You will unroll |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrollará | He / she / you will unroll |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollaremos | We will unroll |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollaréis | You will unroll |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollarán | They / you will unroll |
| Vos | desenrollarás | You will unroll |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenrolle |
| Tú | desenrolles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrolle |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenrolléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollen |
| Vos | desenrolles |
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 | desenrollara | desenrollase |
| Tú | desenrollaras | desenrollase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrollara | desenrollase |
| Nosotros / as | desenrolláramos | desenrollásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollarais | desenrollaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollaran | desenrollasen |
| Vos | desenrollaras | desenrollase |
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 | desenrollare |
| Tú | desenrollares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrollare |
| Nosotros / as | desenrolláremos |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollaren |
| Vos | desenrollares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unroll!” and “don’t unroll!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desenrolla | no desenrolles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenrolle | no desenrolle |
| Nosotros / as | desenrollemos | no desenrollemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenrollad | no desenrolléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenrollen | no desenrollen |
| Vos | desenrollá | no desenrolles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desenrollado |
| Tú | hayas desenrollado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desenrollado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desenrollado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desenrollado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desenrollado |
| Vos | hayas desenrollado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desenrollado / hubiese desenrollado |
| Tú | hubieras desenrollado / hubieses desenrollado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desenrollado / hubiese desenrollado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desenrollado / hubiésemos desenrollado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desenrollado / hubieseis desenrollado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desenrollado / hubiesen desenrollado |
| Vos | hubieras desenrollado / hubieses desenrollado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desenrollado |
| Tú | hubieres desenrollado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desenrollado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desenrollado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desenrollado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desenrollado |
| Vos | hubieres desenrollado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desenrollando |
| Tú | estés desenrollando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desenrollando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desenrollando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desenrollando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desenrollando |
| Vos | estés desenrollando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desenrollando / estuviese desenrollando |
| Tú | estuvieras desenrollando / estuvieses desenrollando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desenrollando / estuviese desenrollando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desenrollando / estuviésamos desenrollando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desenrollando / estuvieseis desenrollando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desenrollando / estuviese desenrollando |
| Vos | estuvieras desenrollando / estuvieses desenrollando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desenrollando |
| Tú | estuvieres desenrollando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desenrollando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desenrollando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desenrollando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desenrollando |
| Vos | estuvieres desenrollando |
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 desenrollás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desenrollaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desenrollabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desenrollarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desenrollarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desenrolles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desenrollaras / Vos desenrollase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desenrollá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desenrolles |