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Desnudar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to undress, strip”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desnudar 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 undress, strip |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desnudar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desnudando) and past continuous (estaba desnudando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. undressing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desnudado and hubiera desnudado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have undressed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desnudando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desnudado |
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 undress” or “they undress”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desnudo |
| Tú | desnudas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnuda |
| Nosotros / as | desnudamos |
| Vosotros / as | desnudáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudan |
| Vos | desnudás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I undressed” or “she undressed” 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 | desnudé | I undressed |
| Tú | desnudaste | You undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnudó | He / she / you undressed |
| Nosotros / as | desnudamos | We undressed |
| Vosotros / as | desnudasteis | You undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudaron | They / you undressed |
| Vos | desnudaste | You undressed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was undressing” or “she was undressing” 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 | desnudaba | I was undressing |
| Tú | desnudabas | You were undressing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnudaba | He was / she was / you were undressing |
| Nosotros / as | desnudábamos | We were undressing |
| Vosotros / as | desnudabais | You were undressing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudaban | They / you were undressing |
| Vos | desnudabas | You were undressing |
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 undressed” and “she has undressed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desnudado | I have undressed |
| Tú | has desnudado | You have undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desnudado | He has / she has / you have undressed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desnudado | We have undressed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desnudado | You have undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desnudado | They / you have undressed |
| Vos | has desnudado | You have undressed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would undress” or “she would undress”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desnudaría | I would undress |
| Tú | desnudarías | You would undress |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnudaría | He / she / you would undress |
| Nosotros / as | desnudaríamos | We would undress |
| Vosotros / as | desnudaríais | You would undress |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudarían | They / you would undress |
| Vos | desnudarías | You would undress |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will undress” or “they will undress”.
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 desnudar” means “They are going to undress”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desnudaré | I will undress |
| Tú | desnudarás | You will undress |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnudará | He / she / you will undress |
| Nosotros / as | desnudaremos | We will undress |
| Vosotros / as | desnudaréis | You will undress |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudarán | They / you will undress |
| Vos | desnudarás | You will undress |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desnude |
| Tú | desnudes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnude |
| Nosotros / as | desnudemos |
| Vosotros / as | desnudéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnuden |
| Vos | desnudes |
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 | desnudara | desnudase |
| Tú | desnudaras | desnudase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnudara | desnudase |
| Nosotros / as | desnudáramos | desnudásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desnudarais | desnudaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudaran | desnudasen |
| Vos | desnudaras | desnudase |
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 | desnudare |
| Tú | desnudares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnudare |
| Nosotros / as | desnudáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desnudareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnudaren |
| Vos | desnudares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “undress!” and “don’t undress!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desnuda | no desnudes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desnude | no desnude |
| Nosotros / as | desnudemos | no desnudemos |
| Vosotros / as | desnudad | no desnudéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desnuden | no desnuden |
| Vos | desnudá | no desnudes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desnudado |
| Tú | hayas desnudado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desnudado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desnudado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desnudado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desnudado |
| Vos | hayas desnudado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desnudado / hubiese desnudado |
| Tú | hubieras desnudado / hubieses desnudado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desnudado / hubiese desnudado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desnudado / hubiésemos desnudado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desnudado / hubieseis desnudado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desnudado / hubiesen desnudado |
| Vos | hubieras desnudado / hubieses desnudado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desnudado |
| Tú | hubieres desnudado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desnudado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desnudado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desnudado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desnudado |
| Vos | hubieres desnudado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desnudando |
| Tú | estés desnudando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desnudando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desnudando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desnudando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desnudando |
| Vos | estés desnudando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desnudando / estuviese desnudando |
| Tú | estuvieras desnudando / estuvieses desnudando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desnudando / estuviese desnudando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desnudando / estuviésamos desnudando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desnudando / estuvieseis desnudando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desnudando / estuviese desnudando |
| Vos | estuvieras desnudando / estuvieses desnudando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desnudando |
| Tú | estuvieres desnudando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desnudando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desnudando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desnudando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desnudando |
| Vos | estuvieres desnudando |
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 desnudás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desnudaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desnudabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desnudarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desnudarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desnudes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desnudaras / Vos desnudase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desnudá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desnudes |