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Desequilibrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to throw off balance, unbalance”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desequilibrar 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 throw off balance, unbalance |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desequilibrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desequilibrando) and past continuous (estaba desequilibrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. throwing off balance).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desequilibrado and hubiera desequilibrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have thrown off balance).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desequilibrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desequilibrado |
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 throw off balance” or “they throw off balance”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desequilibro |
| Tú | desequilibras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibra |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibramos |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibran |
| Vos | desequilibrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I threw off balance” or “she threw off balance” 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 | desequilibré | I threw off balance |
| Tú | desequilibraste | You threw off balance |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibró | He / she / you threw off balance |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibramos | We threw off balance |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibrasteis | You threw off balance |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibraron | They / you threw off balance |
| Vos | desequilibraste | You threw off balance |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was throwing off balance” or “she was throwing off balance” 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 | desequilibraba | I was throwing off balance |
| Tú | desequilibrabas | You were throwing off balance |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibraba | He was / she was / you were throwing off balance |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibrábamos | We were throwing off balance |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibrabais | You were throwing off balance |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibraban | They / you were throwing off balance |
| Vos | desequilibrabas | You were throwing off balance |
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 thrown off balance” and “she has thrown off balance”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desequilibrado | I have thrown off balance |
| Tú | has desequilibrado | You have thrown off balance |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desequilibrado | He has / she has / you have thrown off balance |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desequilibrado | We have thrown off balance |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desequilibrado | You have thrown off balance |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desequilibrado | They / you have thrown off balance |
| Vos | has desequilibrado | You have thrown off balance |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would throw off balance” or “she would throw off balance”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desequilibraría | I would throw off balance |
| Tú | desequilibrarías | You would throw off balance |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibraría | He / she / you would throw off balance |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibraríamos | We would throw off balance |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibraríais | You would throw off balance |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibrarían | They / you would throw off balance |
| Vos | desequilibrarías | You would throw off balance |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will throw off balance” or “they will throw off balance”.
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 desequilibrar” means “They are going to throw off balance”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desequilibraré | I will throw off balance |
| Tú | desequilibrarás | You will throw off balance |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibrará | He / she / you will throw off balance |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibraremos | We will throw off balance |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibraréis | You will throw off balance |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibrarán | They / you will throw off balance |
| Vos | desequilibrarás | You will throw off balance |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desequilibre |
| Tú | desequilibres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibre |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibremos |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibren |
| Vos | desequilibres |
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 | desequilibrara | desequilibrase |
| Tú | desequilibraras | desequilibrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibrara | desequilibrase |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibráramos | desequilibrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibrarais | desequilibraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibraran | desequilibrasen |
| Vos | desequilibraras | desequilibrase |
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 | desequilibrare |
| Tú | desequilibrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibrare |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibráremos |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibraren |
| Vos | desequilibrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “throw off balance!” and “don’t throw off balance!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desequilibra | no desequilibres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desequilibre | no desequilibre |
| Nosotros / as | desequilibremos | no desequilibremos |
| Vosotros / as | desequilibrad | no desequilibréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desequilibren | no desequilibren |
| Vos | desequilibrá | no desequilibres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desequilibrado |
| Tú | hayas desequilibrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desequilibrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desequilibrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desequilibrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desequilibrado |
| Vos | hayas desequilibrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desequilibrado / hubiese desequilibrado |
| Tú | hubieras desequilibrado / hubieses desequilibrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desequilibrado / hubiese desequilibrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desequilibrado / hubiésemos desequilibrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desequilibrado / hubieseis desequilibrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desequilibrado / hubiesen desequilibrado |
| Vos | hubieras desequilibrado / hubieses desequilibrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desequilibrado |
| Tú | hubieres desequilibrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desequilibrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desequilibrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desequilibrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desequilibrado |
| Vos | hubieres desequilibrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desequilibrando |
| Tú | estés desequilibrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desequilibrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desequilibrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desequilibrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desequilibrando |
| Vos | estés desequilibrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desequilibrando / estuviese desequilibrando |
| Tú | estuvieras desequilibrando / estuvieses desequilibrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desequilibrando / estuviese desequilibrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desequilibrando / estuviésamos desequilibrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desequilibrando / estuvieseis desequilibrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desequilibrando / estuviese desequilibrando |
| Vos | estuvieras desequilibrando / estuvieses desequilibrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desequilibrando |
| Tú | estuvieres desequilibrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desequilibrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desequilibrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desequilibrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desequilibrando |
| Vos | estuvieres desequilibrando |
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 desequilibrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desequilibraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desequilibrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desequilibrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desequilibrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desequilibres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desequilibraras / Vos desequilibrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desequilibrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desequilibres |