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Desnivelar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to make uneven, tilt”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desnivelar 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 make uneven, tilt |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desnivelar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desnivelando) and past continuous (estaba desnivelando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. making uneven).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desnivelado and hubiera desnivelado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have made uneven).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desnivelando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desnivelado |
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 make uneven” or “they make uneven”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desnivelo |
| Tú | desnivelas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivela |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelamos |
| Vosotros / as | desniveláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelan |
| Vos | desnivelás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I made uneven” or “she made uneven” 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 | desnivelé | I made uneven |
| Tú | desnivelaste | You made uneven |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desniveló | He / she / you made uneven |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelamos | We made uneven |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelasteis | You made uneven |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelaron | They / you made uneven |
| Vos | desnivelaste | You made uneven |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was making uneven” or “she was making uneven” 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 | desnivelaba | I was making uneven |
| Tú | desnivelabas | You were making uneven |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivelaba | He was / she was / you were making uneven |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelábamos | We were making uneven |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelabais | You were making uneven |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelaban | They / you were making uneven |
| Vos | desnivelabas | You were making uneven |
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 made uneven” and “she has made uneven”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desnivelado | I have made uneven |
| Tú | has desnivelado | You have made uneven |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desnivelado | He has / she has / you have made uneven |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desnivelado | We have made uneven |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desnivelado | You have made uneven |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desnivelado | They / you have made uneven |
| Vos | has desnivelado | You have made uneven |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would make uneven” or “she would make uneven”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desnivelaría | I would make uneven |
| Tú | desnivelarías | You would make uneven |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivelaría | He / she / you would make uneven |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelaríamos | We would make uneven |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelaríais | You would make uneven |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelarían | They / you would make uneven |
| Vos | desnivelarías | You would make uneven |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will make uneven” or “they will make uneven”.
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 desnivelar” means “They are going to make uneven”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desnivelaré | I will make uneven |
| Tú | desnivelarás | You will make uneven |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivelará | He / she / you will make uneven |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelaremos | We will make uneven |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelaréis | You will make uneven |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelarán | They / you will make uneven |
| Vos | desnivelarás | You will make uneven |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desnivele |
| Tú | desniveles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivele |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelemos |
| Vosotros / as | desniveléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelen |
| Vos | desniveles |
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 | desnivelara | desnivelase |
| Tú | desnivelaras | desnivelase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivelara | desnivelase |
| Nosotros / as | desniveláramos | desnivelásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelarais | desnivelaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelaran | desnivelasen |
| Vos | desnivelaras | desnivelase |
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 | desnivelare |
| Tú | desnivelares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivelare |
| Nosotros / as | desniveláremos |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelaren |
| Vos | desnivelares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “make uneven!” and “don’t make uneven!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desnivela | no desniveles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnivele | no desnivele |
| Nosotros / as | desnivelemos | no desnivelemos |
| Vosotros / as | desnivelad | no desniveléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnivelen | no desnivelen |
| Vos | desnivelá | no desniveles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desnivelado |
| Tú | hayas desnivelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desnivelado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desnivelado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desnivelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desnivelado |
| Vos | hayas desnivelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desnivelado / hubiese desnivelado |
| Tú | hubieras desnivelado / hubieses desnivelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desnivelado / hubiese desnivelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desnivelado / hubiésemos desnivelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desnivelado / hubieseis desnivelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desnivelado / hubiesen desnivelado |
| Vos | hubieras desnivelado / hubieses desnivelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desnivelado |
| Tú | hubieres desnivelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desnivelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desnivelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desnivelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desnivelado |
| Vos | hubieres desnivelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desnivelando |
| Tú | estés desnivelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desnivelando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desnivelando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desnivelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desnivelando |
| Vos | estés desnivelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desnivelando / estuviese desnivelando |
| Tú | estuvieras desnivelando / estuvieses desnivelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desnivelando / estuviese desnivelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desnivelando / estuviésamos desnivelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desnivelando / estuvieseis desnivelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desnivelando / estuviese desnivelando |
| Vos | estuvieras desnivelando / estuvieses desnivelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desnivelando |
| Tú | estuvieres desnivelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desnivelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desnivelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desnivelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desnivelando |
| Vos | estuvieres desnivelando |
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 desnivelás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desnivelaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desnivelabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desnivelarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desnivelarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desniveles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desnivelaras / Vos desnivelase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desnivelá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desniveles |