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Desmejorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to deteriorate, get worse”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desmejorar 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 deteriorate, get worse |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desmejorar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desmejorando) and past continuous (estaba desmejorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. deteriorating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desmejorado and hubiera desmejorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have deteriorated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desmejorando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desmejorado |
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 deteriorate” or “they deteriorate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmejoro |
| Tú | desmejoras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejora |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoramos |
| Vosotros / as | desmejoráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoran |
| Vos | desmejorás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I deteriorated” or “she deteriorated” 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 | desmejoré | I deteriorated |
| Tú | desmejoraste | You deteriorated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejoró | He / she / you deteriorated |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoramos | We deteriorated |
| Vosotros / as | desmejorasteis | You deteriorated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoraron | They / you deteriorated |
| Vos | desmejoraste | You deteriorated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was deteriorating” or “she was deteriorating” 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 | desmejoraba | I was deteriorating |
| Tú | desmejorabas | You were deteriorating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejoraba | He was / she was / you were deteriorating |
| Nosotros / as | desmejorábamos | We were deteriorating |
| Vosotros / as | desmejorabais | You were deteriorating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoraban | They / you were deteriorating |
| Vos | desmejorabas | You were deteriorating |
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 deteriorated” and “she has deteriorated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desmejorado | I have deteriorated |
| Tú | has desmejorado | You have deteriorated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desmejorado | He has / she has / you have deteriorated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desmejorado | We have deteriorated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desmejorado | You have deteriorated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desmejorado | They / you have deteriorated |
| Vos | has desmejorado | You have deteriorated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would deteriorate” or “she would deteriorate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmejoraría | I would deteriorate |
| Tú | desmejorarías | You would deteriorate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejoraría | He / she / you would deteriorate |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoraríamos | We would deteriorate |
| Vosotros / as | desmejoraríais | You would deteriorate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejorarían | They / you would deteriorate |
| Vos | desmejorarías | You would deteriorate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will deteriorate” or “they will deteriorate”.
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 desmejorar” means “They are going to deteriorate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmejoraré | I will deteriorate |
| Tú | desmejorarás | You will deteriorate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejorará | He / she / you will deteriorate |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoraremos | We will deteriorate |
| Vosotros / as | desmejoraréis | You will deteriorate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejorarán | They / you will deteriorate |
| Vos | desmejorarás | You will deteriorate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmejore |
| Tú | desmejores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejore |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoremos |
| Vosotros / as | desmejoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoren |
| Vos | desmejores |
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 | desmejorara | desmejorase |
| Tú | desmejoraras | desmejorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejorara | desmejorase |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoráramos | desmejorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmejorarais | desmejoraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoraran | desmejorasen |
| Vos | desmejoraras | desmejorase |
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 | desmejorare |
| Tú | desmejorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejorare |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoráremos |
| Vosotros / as | desmejorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoraren |
| Vos | desmejorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “deteriorate!” and “don’t deteriorate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desmejora | no desmejores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmejore | no desmejore |
| Nosotros / as | desmejoremos | no desmejoremos |
| Vosotros / as | desmejorad | no desmejoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmejoren | no desmejoren |
| Vos | desmejorá | no desmejores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desmejorado |
| Tú | hayas desmejorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desmejorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desmejorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desmejorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desmejorado |
| Vos | hayas desmejorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desmejorado / hubiese desmejorado |
| Tú | hubieras desmejorado / hubieses desmejorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desmejorado / hubiese desmejorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desmejorado / hubiésemos desmejorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desmejorado / hubieseis desmejorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desmejorado / hubiesen desmejorado |
| Vos | hubieras desmejorado / hubieses desmejorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desmejorado |
| Tú | hubieres desmejorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desmejorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desmejorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desmejorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desmejorado |
| Vos | hubieres desmejorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desmejorando |
| Tú | estés desmejorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desmejorando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desmejorando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desmejorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desmejorando |
| Vos | estés desmejorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desmejorando / estuviese desmejorando |
| Tú | estuvieras desmejorando / estuvieses desmejorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desmejorando / estuviese desmejorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desmejorando / estuviésamos desmejorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desmejorando / estuvieseis desmejorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desmejorando / estuviese desmejorando |
| Vos | estuvieras desmejorando / estuvieses desmejorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desmejorando |
| Tú | estuvieres desmejorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desmejorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desmejorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desmejorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desmejorando |
| Vos | estuvieres desmejorando |
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 desmejorás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desmejoraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desmejorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desmejorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desmejorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desmejores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desmejoraras / Vos desmejorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desmejorá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desmejores |