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Deshacer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to undo, destroy, take apart”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deshacer 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 undo, destroy, take apart |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deshacer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deshaciendo) and past continuous (estaba deshaciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. undoing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deshecho and hubiera deshecho. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have undone).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deshaciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deshecho |
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 undo” or “they undo”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deshago |
| Tú | deshaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshace |
| Nosotros / as | deshacemos |
| Vosotros / as | deshacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshacen |
| Vos | deshacés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I undid” or “she undid” 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 | deshice | I undid |
| Tú | deshiciste | You undid |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshizo | He / she / you undid |
| Nosotros / as | deshicimos | We undid |
| Vosotros / as | deshicisteis | You undid |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshicieron | They / you undid |
| Vos | deshiciste | You undid |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was undoing” or “she was undoing” 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 | deshacía | I was undoing |
| Tú | deshacías | You were undoing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshacía | He was / she was / you were undoing |
| Nosotros / as | deshacíamos | We were undoing |
| Vosotros / as | deshacíais | You were undoing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshacían | They / you were undoing |
| Vos | deshacías | You were undoing |
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 undone” and “she has undone”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he deshecho | I have undone |
| Tú | has deshecho | You have undone |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha deshecho | He has / she has / you have undone |
| Nosotros / as | hemos deshecho | We have undone |
| Vosotros / as | habéis deshecho | You have undone |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han deshecho | They / you have undone |
| Vos | has deshecho | You have undone |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would undo” or “she would undo”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desharía | I would undo |
| Tú | desharías | You would undo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desharía | He / she / you would undo |
| Nosotros / as | desharíamos | We would undo |
| Vosotros / as | desharíais | You would undo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desharían | They / you would undo |
| Vos | desharías | You would undo |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will undo” or “they will undo”.
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 deshacer” means “They are going to undo”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desharé | I will undo |
| Tú | desharás | You will undo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshará | He / she / you will undo |
| Nosotros / as | desharemos | We will undo |
| Vosotros / as | desharéis | You will undo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desharán | They / you will undo |
| Vos | desharás | You will undo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deshaga |
| Tú | deshagas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshaga |
| Nosotros / as | deshagamos |
| Vosotros / as | deshagáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshagan |
| Vos | deshagas |
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 | deshiciera | deshiciese |
| Tú | deshicieras | deshiciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshiciera | deshiciese |
| Nosotros / as | deshiciéramos | deshiciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | deshicierais | deshicieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshicieran | deshiciesen |
| Vos | deshicieras | deshiciese |
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 | deshiciere |
| Tú | deshicieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshiciere |
| Nosotros / as | deshiciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | deshiciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshicieren |
| Vos | deshicieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “undo!” and “don’t undo!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deshaz | no deshagas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshaga | no deshaga |
| Nosotros / as | deshagamos | no deshagamos |
| Vosotros / as | deshaced | no deshagáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshagan | no deshagan |
| Vos | deshacé | no deshagas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deshecho |
| Tú | hayas deshecho |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deshecho |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deshecho |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deshecho |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deshecho |
| Vos | hayas deshecho |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deshecho / hubiese deshecho |
| Tú | hubieras deshecho / hubieses deshecho |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deshecho / hubiese deshecho |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deshecho / hubiésemos deshecho |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deshecho / hubieseis deshecho |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deshecho / hubiesen deshecho |
| Vos | hubieras deshecho / hubieses deshecho |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deshecho |
| Tú | hubieres deshecho |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deshecho |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deshecho |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deshecho |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deshecho |
| Vos | hubieres deshecho |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deshaciendo |
| Tú | estés deshaciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deshaciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deshaciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deshaciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deshaciendo |
| Vos | estés deshaciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deshaciendo / estuviese deshaciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras deshaciendo / estuvieses deshaciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deshaciendo / estuviese deshaciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deshaciendo / estuviésamos deshaciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deshaciendo / estuvieseis deshaciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deshaciendo / estuviese deshaciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras deshaciendo / estuvieses deshaciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deshaciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres deshaciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deshaciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deshaciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deshaciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deshaciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres deshaciendo |
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 deshacés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos deshiciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deshacías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deshagas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deshicieras / Vos deshiciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deshacé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deshagas |