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Desganarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lose (one’s appetite/ interest in something)”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me desgano) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que desganarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for desganarse 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 lose (one’s appetite/ interest in something) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desganarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desganándose) and past continuous (estaba desganándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. losing one’s appetite).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desganado and hubiera desganado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lost one’s appetite).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desganándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desganado |
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 lose one’s appetite” or “they lose one’s appetite”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desgano |
| Tú | te desganas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desgana |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganamos |
| Vosotros / as | os desganáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganan |
| Vos | desganás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lost one’s appetite” or “she lost one’s appetite” 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 | me desgané | I lost one’s appetite |
| Tú | te desganaste | You lost one’s appetite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desganó | He / she / you lost one’s appetite |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganamos | We lost one’s appetite |
| Vosotros / as | os desganasteis | You lost one’s appetite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganaron | They / you lost one’s appetite |
| Vos | te desganaste | You lost one’s appetite |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was losing one’s appetite” or “she was losing one’s appetite” 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 | me desganaba | I was losing one’s appetite |
| Tú | te desganabas | You were losing one’s appetite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desganaba | He was / she was / you were losing one’s appetite |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganábamos | We were losing one’s appetite |
| Vosotros / as | os desganabais | You were losing one’s appetite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganaban | They / you were losing one’s appetite |
| Vos | te desganabas | You were losing one’s appetite |
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 lost one’s appetite” and “she has lost one’s appetite”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he desganado | I have lost one’s appetite |
| Tú | te has desganado | You have lost one’s appetite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha desganado | He has / she has / you have lost one’s appetite |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos desganado | We have lost one’s appetite |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis desganado | You have lost one’s appetite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han desganado | They / you have lost one’s appetite |
| Vos | te has desganado | You have lost one’s appetite |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lose one’s appetite” or “she would lose one’s appetite”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desganaría | I would lose one’s appetite |
| Tú | te desganarías | You would lose one’s appetite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desganaría | He / she / you would lose one’s appetite |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganaríamos | We would lose one’s appetite |
| Vosotros / as | os desganaríais | You would lose one’s appetite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganarían | They / you would lose one’s appetite |
| Vos | te desganarías | You would lose one’s appetite |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lose one’s appetite” or “they will lose one’s appetite”.
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 desganarse” means “They are going to lose one’s appetite”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desganaré | I will lose one’s appetite |
| Tú | te desganarás | You will lose one’s appetite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desganará | He / she / you will lose one’s appetite |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganaremos | We will lose one’s appetite |
| Vosotros / as | os desganaréis | You will lose one’s appetite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganarán | They / you will lose one’s appetite |
| Vos | te desganarás | You will lose one’s appetite |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desgane |
| Tú | te desganes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desgane |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganemos |
| Vosotros / as | os desganéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganen |
| Vos | te desganes |
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 | me desganara | me desganase |
| Tú | te desganaras | me desganase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desganara | se desganase |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganáramos | nos desganásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os desganarais | os desganaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganaran | se desganasen |
| Vos | te desganaras | me desganase |
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 | me desganare |
| Tú | te desganares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desganare |
| Nosotros / as | nos desganáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os desganareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desganaren |
| Vos | te desganares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lose one’s appetite!” and “don’t lose one’s appetite!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desgánate | no te desganes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgánese | no se desgane |
| Nosotros / as | desganémonos | no nos desganemos |
| Vosotros / as | desganaos | no os desganéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgánense | no se desganen |
| Vos | desganá | no te desganes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desganado |
| Tú | hayas desganado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desganado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desganado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desganado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desganado |
| Vos | hayas desganado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desganado / hubiese desganado |
| Tú | hubieras desganado / hubieses desganado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desganado / hubiese desganado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desganado / hubiésemos desganado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desganado / hubieseis desganado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desganado / hubiesen desganado |
| Vos | hubieras desganado / hubieses desganado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desganado |
| Tú | hubieres desganado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desganado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desganado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desganado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desganado |
| Vos | hubieres desganado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desganándose |
| Tú | estés desganándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desganándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desganándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desganándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desganándose |
| Vos | estés desganándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desganándose / estuviese desganándose |
| Tú | estuvieras desganándose / estuvieses desganándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desganándose / estuviese desganándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desganándose / estuviésamos desganándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desganándose / estuvieseis desganándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desganándose / estuviese desganándose |
| Vos | estuvieras desganándose / estuvieses desganándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desganándose |
| Tú | estuvieres desganándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desganándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desganándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desganándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desganándose |
| Vos | estuvieres desganándose |
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 desganás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te desganaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te desganabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te desganarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te desganarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te desganes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te desganaras / Vos me desganase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desganá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te desganes |