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Deslucir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to tarnish, spoil”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deslucir 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 tarnish, spoil |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deslucir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desluciendo) and past continuous (estaba desluciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tarnishing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deslucido and hubiera deslucido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tarnished).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desluciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deslucido |
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 tarnish” or “they tarnish”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desluzo |
| Tú | desluces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desluce |
| Nosotros / as | deslucimos |
| Vosotros / as | deslucís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucen |
| Vos | deslucís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tarnished” or “she tarnished” 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 | deslucí | I tarnished |
| Tú | desluciste | You tarnished |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslució | He / she / you tarnished |
| Nosotros / as | deslucimos | We tarnished |
| Vosotros / as | deslucisteis | You tarnished |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucieron | They / you tarnished |
| Vos | desluciste | You tarnished |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tarnishing” or “she was tarnishing” 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 | deslucía | I was tarnishing |
| Tú | deslucías | You were tarnishing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslucía | He was / she was / you were tarnishing |
| Nosotros / as | deslucíamos | We were tarnishing |
| Vosotros / as | deslucíais | You were tarnishing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucían | They / you were tarnishing |
| Vos | deslucías | You were tarnishing |
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 tarnished” and “she has tarnished”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he deslucido | I have tarnished |
| Tú | has deslucido | You have tarnished |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha deslucido | He has / she has / you have tarnished |
| Nosotros / as | hemos deslucido | We have tarnished |
| Vosotros / as | habéis deslucido | You have tarnished |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han deslucido | They / you have tarnished |
| Vos | has deslucido | You have tarnished |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tarnish” or “she would tarnish”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desluciría | I would tarnish |
| Tú | deslucirías | You would tarnish |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desluciría | He / she / you would tarnish |
| Nosotros / as | desluciríamos | We would tarnish |
| Vosotros / as | desluciríais | You would tarnish |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucirían | They / you would tarnish |
| Vos | deslucirías | You would tarnish |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tarnish” or “they will tarnish”.
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 deslucir” means “They are going to tarnish”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desluciré | I will tarnish |
| Tú | deslucirás | You will tarnish |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslucirá | He / she / you will tarnish |
| Nosotros / as | desluciremos | We will tarnish |
| Vosotros / as | desluciréis | You will tarnish |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucirán | They / you will tarnish |
| Vos | deslucirás | You will tarnish |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desluza |
| Tú | desluzas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desluza |
| Nosotros / as | desluzamos |
| Vosotros / as | desluzáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desluzan |
| Vos | desluzas |
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 | desluciera | desluciese |
| Tú | deslucieras | desluciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desluciera | desluciese |
| Nosotros / as | desluciéramos | desluciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | deslucierais | deslucieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucieran | desluciesen |
| Vos | deslucieras | desluciese |
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 | desluciere |
| Tú | deslucieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desluciera |
| Nosotros / as | desluciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | desluciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslucieren |
| Vos | deslucieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tarnish!” and “don’t tarnish!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desluce | no desluzas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desluza | no desluza |
| Nosotros / as | desluzamos | no desluzamos |
| Vosotros / as | deslucid | no desluzáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desluzan | no desluzan |
| Vos | deslucí | no desluzas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deslucido |
| Tú | hayas deslucido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deslucido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deslucido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deslucido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deslucido |
| Vos | hayas deslucido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deslucido / hubiese deslucido |
| Tú | hubieras deslucido / hubieses deslucido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deslucido / hubiese deslucido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deslucido / hubiésemos deslucido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deslucido / hubieseis deslucido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deslucido / hubiesen deslucido |
| Vos | hubieras deslucido / hubieses deslucido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deslucido |
| Tú | hubieres deslucido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deslucido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deslucido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deslucido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deslucido |
| Vos | hubieres deslucido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desluciendo |
| Tú | estés desluciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desluciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desluciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desluciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desluciendo |
| Vos | estés desluciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desluciendo / estuviese desluciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras desluciendo / estuvieses desluciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desluciendo / estuviese desluciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desluciendo / estuviésamos desluciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desluciendo / estuvieseis desluciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desluciendo / estuviese desluciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras desluciendo / estuvieses desluciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desluciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres desluciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desluciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desluciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desluciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desluciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres desluciendo |
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 deslucís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desluciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deslucías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos deslucirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos deslucirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desluzas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deslucieras / Vos desluciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deslucí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desluzas |