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Desmantelar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to demolish, dismantle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desmantelar 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 demolish, dismantle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desmantelar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desmantelando) and past continuous (estaba desmantelando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. demolishing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desmantelado and hubiera desmantelado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have demolished).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desmantelando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desmantelado |
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 demolish” or “they demolish”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmantelo |
| Tú | desmantelas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantela |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelamos |
| Vosotros / as | desmanteláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelan |
| Vos | desmantelás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I demolished” or “she demolished” 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 | desmantelé | I demolished |
| Tú | desmantelaste | You demolished |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmanteló | He / she / you demolished |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelamos | We demolished |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelasteis | You demolished |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelaron | They / you demolished |
| Vos | desmantelaste | You demolished |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was demolishing” or “she was demolishing” 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 | desmantelaba | I was demolishing |
| Tú | desmantelabas | You were demolishing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantelaba | He was / she was / you were demolishing |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelábamos | We were demolishing |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelabais | You were demolishing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelaban | They / you were demolishing |
| Vos | desmantelabas | You were demolishing |
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 demolished” and “she has demolished”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desmantelado | I have demolished |
| Tú | has desmantelado | You have demolished |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desmantelado | He has / she has / you have demolished |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desmantelado | We have demolished |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desmantelado | You have demolished |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desmantelado | They / you have demolished |
| Vos | has desmantelado | You have demolished |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would demolish” or “she would demolish”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmantelaría | I would demolish |
| Tú | desmantelarías | You would demolish |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantelaría | He / she / you would demolish |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelaríamos | We would demolish |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelaríais | You would demolish |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelarían | They / you would demolish |
| Vos | desmantelarías | You would demolish |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will demolish” or “they will demolish”.
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 desmantelar” means “They are going to demolish”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmantelaré | I will demolish |
| Tú | desmantelarás | You will demolish |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantelará | He / she / you will demolish |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelaremos | We will demolish |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelaréis | You will demolish |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelarán | They / you will demolish |
| Vos | desmantelarás | You will demolish |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmantele |
| Tú | desmanteles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantele |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmanteléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelen |
| Vos | desmanteles |
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 | desmantelara | desmantelase |
| Tú | desmantelaras | desmantelase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantelara | desmantelase |
| Nosotros / as | desmanteláramos | desmantelásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelarais | desmantelaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelaran | desmantelasen |
| Vos | desmantelaras | desmantelase |
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 | desmantelare |
| Tú | desmantelares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantelare |
| Nosotros / as | desmanteláremos |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelaren |
| Vos | desmantelares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “demolish!” and “don’t demolish!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desmantela | no desmanteles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmantele | no desmantele |
| Nosotros / as | desmantelemos | no desmantelemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmantelad | no desmanteléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmantelen | no desmantelen |
| Vos | desmantelá | no desmanteles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desmantelado |
| Tú | hayas desmantelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desmantelado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desmantelado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desmantelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desmantelado |
| Vos | hayas desmantelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desmantelado / hubiese desmantelado |
| Tú | hubieras desmantelado / hubieses desmantelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desmantelado / hubiese desmantelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desmantelado / hubiésemos desmantelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desmantelado / hubieseis desmantelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desmantelado / hubiesen desmantelado |
| Vos | hubieras desmantelado / hubieses desmantelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desmantelado |
| Tú | hubieres desmantelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desmantelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desmantelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desmantelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desmantelado |
| Vos | hubieres desmantelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desmantelando |
| Tú | estés desmantelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desmantelando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desmantelando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desmantelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desmantelando |
| Vos | estés desmantelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desmantelando / estuviese desmantelando |
| Tú | estuvieras desmantelando / estuvieses desmantelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desmantelando / estuviese desmantelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desmantelando / estuviésamos desmantelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desmantelando / estuvieseis desmantelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desmantelando / estuviese desmantelando |
| Vos | estuvieras desmantelando / estuvieses desmantelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desmantelando |
| Tú | estuvieres desmantelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desmantelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desmantelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desmantelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desmantelando |
| Vos | estuvieres desmantelando |
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 desmantelás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desmantelaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desmantelabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desmantelarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desmantelarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desmanteles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desmantelaras / Vos desmantelase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desmantelá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desmanteles |