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Desinflamar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to reduce swelling or inflammation”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desinflamar 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 reduce swelling or inflammation |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desinflamar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desinflamando) and past continuous (estaba desinflamando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. reducing swelling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desinflamado and hubiera desinflamado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have reduced swelling).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desinflamando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desinflamado |
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 reduce swelling” or “they reduce swelling”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desinflamo |
| Tú | desinflamas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflama |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamamos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflaman |
| Vos | desinflamás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I reduced swelling” or “she reduced swelling” 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 | desinflamé | I reduced swelling |
| Tú | desinflamaste | You reduced swelling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflamó | He / she / you reduced swelling |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamamos | We reduced swelling |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamasteis | You reduced swelling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamaron | They / you reduced swelling |
| Vos | desinflamaste | You reduced swelling |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was reducing swelling” or “she was reducing swelling” 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 | desinflamaba | I was reducing swelling |
| Tú | desinflamabas | You were reducing swelling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflamaba | He was / she was / you were reducing swelling |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamábamos | We were reducing swelling |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamabais | You were reducing swelling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamaban | They / you were reducing swelling |
| Vos | desinflamabas | You were reducing swelling |
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 reduced swelling” and “she has reduced swelling”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desinflamado | I have reduced swelling |
| Tú | has desinflamado | You have reduced swelling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desinflamado | He has / she has / you have reduced swelling |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desinflamado | We have reduced swelling |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desinflamado | You have reduced swelling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desinflamado | They / you have reduced swelling |
| Vos | has desinflamado | You have reduced swelling |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would reduce swelling” or “she would reduce swelling”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desinflamaría | I would reduce swelling |
| Tú | desinflamarías | You would reduce swelling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflamaría | He / she / you would reduce swelling |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamaríamos | We would reduce swelling |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamaríais | You would reduce swelling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamarían | They / you would reduce swelling |
| Vos | desinflamarías | You would reduce swelling |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will reduce swelling” or “they will reduce swelling”.
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 desinflamar” means “They are going to reduce swelling”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desinflamaré | I will reduce swelling |
| Tú | desinflamarás | You will reduce swelling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflamará | He / she / you will reduce swelling |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamaremos | We will reduce swelling |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamaréis | You will reduce swelling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamarán | They / you will reduce swelling |
| Vos | desinflamarás | You will reduce swelling |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desinflame |
| Tú | desinflames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflame |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflaméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamen |
| Vos | desinflames |
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 | desinflamara | desinflamase |
| Tú | desinflamaras | desinflamase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflamara | desinflamase |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamáramos | desinflamásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamarais | desinflamaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamaran | desinflamasen |
| Vos | desinflamaras | desinflamase |
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 | desinflamare |
| Tú | desinflamares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflamare |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamaren |
| Vos | desinflamares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “reduce swelling!” and “don’t reduce swelling!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desinflama | no desinflames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflame | no desinflame |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamemos | no desinflamemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflamad | no desinflaméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflamen | no desinflamen |
| Vos | desinflamá | no desinflames |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desinflamado |
| Tú | hayas desinflamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desinflamado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desinflamado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desinflamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desinflamado |
| Vos | hayas desinflamado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desinflamado / hubiese desinflamado |
| Tú | hubieras desinflamado / hubieses desinflamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desinflamado / hubiese desinflamado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desinflamado / hubiésemos desinflamado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desinflamado / hubieseis desinflamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desinflamado / hubiesen desinflamado |
| Vos | hubieras desinflamado / hubieses desinflamado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desinflamado |
| Tú | hubieres desinflamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desinflamado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desinflamado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desinflamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desinflamado |
| Vos | hubieres desinflamado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desinflamando |
| Tú | estés desinflamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desinflamando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desinflamando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desinflamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desinflamando |
| Vos | estés desinflamando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desinflamando / estuviese desinflamando |
| Tú | estuvieras desinflamando / estuvieses desinflamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desinflamando / estuviese desinflamando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desinflamando / estuviésamos desinflamando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desinflamando / estuvieseis desinflamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desinflamando / estuviese desinflamando |
| Vos | estuvieras desinflamando / estuvieses desinflamando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desinflamando |
| Tú | estuvieres desinflamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desinflamando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desinflamando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desinflamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desinflamando |
| Vos | estuvieres desinflamando |
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 desinflamás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desinflamaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desinflamabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desinflamarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desinflamarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desinflames |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desinflamaras / Vos desinflamase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desinflamá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desinflames |