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Desinfectar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disinfect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desinfectar 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 disinfect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desinfectar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desinfectando) and past continuous (estaba desinfectando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disinfecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desinfectado and hubiera desinfectado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disinfected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desinfectando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desinfectado |
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 disinfect” or “they disinfect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desinfecto |
| Tú | desinfectas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfecta |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectamos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectan |
| Vos | desinfectás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disinfected” or “she disinfected” 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 | desinfecté | I disinfected |
| Tú | desinfectaste | You disinfected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfectó | He / she / you disinfected |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectamos | We disinfected |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectasteis | You disinfected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectaron | They / you disinfected |
| Vos | desinfectaste | You disinfected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disinfecting” or “she was disinfecting” 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 | desinfectaba | I was disinfecting |
| Tú | desinfectabas | You were disinfecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfectaba | He was / she was / you were disinfecting |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectábamos | We were disinfecting |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectabais | You were disinfecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectaban | They / you were disinfecting |
| Vos | desinfectabas | You were disinfecting |
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 disinfected” and “she has disinfected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desinfectado | I have disinfected |
| Tú | has desinfectado | You have disinfected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desinfectado | He has / she has / you have disinfected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desinfectado | We have disinfected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desinfectado | You have disinfected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desinfectado | They / you have disinfected |
| Vos | has desinfectado | You have disinfected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disinfect” or “she would disinfect”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desinfectaría | I would disinfect |
| Tú | desinfectarías | You would disinfect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfectaría | He / she / you would disinfect |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectaríamos | We would disinfect |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectaríais | You would disinfect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectarían | They / you would disinfect |
| Vos | desinfectarías | You would disinfect |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disinfect” or “they will disinfect”.
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 desinfectar” means “They are going to disinfect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desinfectaré | I will disinfect |
| Tú | desinfectarás | You will disinfect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfectará | He / she / you will disinfect |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectaremos | We will disinfect |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectaréis | You will disinfect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectarán | They / you will disinfect |
| Vos | desinfectarás | You will disinfect |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desinfecte |
| Tú | desinfectes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfecte |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfecten |
| Vos | desinfectes |
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 | desinfectara | desinfectase |
| Tú | desinfectaras | desinfectase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfectara | desinfectase |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectáramos | desinfectásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectarais | desinfectaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectaran | desinfectasen |
| Vos | desinfectaras | desinfectase |
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 | desinfectare |
| Tú | desinfectares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfectare |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfectaren |
| Vos | desinfectares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disinfect!” and “don’t disinfect!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desinfecta | no desinfectes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfecte | no desinfecte |
| Nosotros / as | desinfectemos | no desinfectemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfectad | no desinfectéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinfecten | no desinfecten |
| Vos | desinfectá | no desinfectes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desinfectado |
| Tú | hayas desinfectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desinfectado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desinfectado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desinfectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desinfectado |
| Vos | hayas desinfectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desinfectado / hubiese desinfectado |
| Tú | hubieras desinfectado / hubieses desinfectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desinfectado / hubiese desinfectado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desinfectado / hubiésemos desinfectado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desinfectado / hubieseis desinfectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desinfectado / hubiesen desinfectado |
| Vos | hubieras desinfectado / hubieses desinfectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desinfectado |
| Tú | hubieres desinfectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desinfectado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desinfectado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desinfectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desinfectado |
| Vos | hubieres desinfectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desinfectando |
| Tú | estés desinfectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desinfectando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desinfectando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desinfectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desinfectando |
| Vos | estés desinfectando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desinfectando / estuviese desinfectando |
| Tú | estuvieras desinfectando / estuvieses desinfectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desinfectando / estuviese desinfectando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desinfectando / estuviésamos desinfectando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desinfectando / estuvieseis desinfectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desinfectando / estuviese desinfectando |
| Vos | estuvieras desinfectando / estuvieses desinfectando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desinfectando |
| Tú | estuvieres desinfectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desinfectando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desinfectando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desinfectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desinfectando |
| Vos | estuvieres desinfectando |
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 desinfectás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desinfectaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desinfectabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desinfectarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desinfectarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desinfectes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desinfectaras / Vos desinfectase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desinfectá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desinfectes |