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Despedazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to break, tear, ruin, shred”.
Below are all of the conjugations for despedazar 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 break, tear, ruin, shred |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | despedazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está despedazando) and past continuous (estaba despedazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. breaking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he despedazado and hubiera despedazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have broken).
| Gerundio / Gerund | despedazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | despedazado |
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 break” or “they break”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | despedazo |
| Tú | despedazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedaza |
| Nosotros / as | despedazamos |
| Vosotros / as | despedazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazan |
| Vos | despedazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I broke” or “she broke” 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 | despedacé | I broke |
| Tú | despedazaste | You broke |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedazó | He / she / you broke |
| Nosotros / as | despedazamos | We broke |
| Vosotros / as | despedazasteis | You broke |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazaron | They / you broke |
| Vos | despedazaste | You broke |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was breaking” or “she was breaking” 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 | despedazaba | I was breaking |
| Tú | despedazabas | You were breaking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedazaba | He was / she was / you were breaking |
| Nosotros / as | despedazábamos | We were breaking |
| Vosotros / as | despedazabais | You were breaking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazaban | They / you were breaking |
| Vos | despedazabas | You were breaking |
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 broken” and “she has broken”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he despedazado | I have broken |
| Tú | has despedazado | You have broken |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha despedazado | He has / she has / you have broken |
| Nosotros / as | hemos despedazado | We have broken |
| Vosotros / as | habéis despedazado | You have broken |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han despedazado | They / you have broken |
| Vos | has despedazado | You have broken |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would break” or “she would break”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despedazaría | I would break |
| Tú | despedazarías | You would break |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedazaría | He / she / you would break |
| Nosotros / as | despedazaríamos | We would break |
| Vosotros / as | despedazaríais | You would break |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazarían | They / you would break |
| Vos | despedazarías | You would break |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will break” or “they will break”.
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 despedazar” means “They are going to break”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despedazaré | I will break |
| Tú | despedazarás | You will break |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedazará | He / she / you will break |
| Nosotros / as | despedazaremos | We will break |
| Vosotros / as | despedazaréis | You will break |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazarán | They / you will break |
| Vos | despedazarás | You will break |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | despedace |
| Tú | despedaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedace |
| Nosotros / as | despedacemos |
| Vosotros / as | despedacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedacen |
| Vos | despedaces |
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 | despedazara | despedazase |
| Tú | despedazaras | despedazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedazara | despedazase |
| Nosotros / as | despedazáramos | despedazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | despedazarais | despedazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazaran | despedazasen |
| Vos | despedazaras | despedazase |
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 | despedazare |
| Tú | despedazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedazare |
| Nosotros / as | despedazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | despedazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedazaren |
| Vos | despedazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “break!” and “don’t break!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | despedaza | no despedaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despedace | no despedace |
| Nosotros / as | despedacemos | no despedacemos |
| Vosotros / as | despedazad | no despedacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despedacen | no despedacen |
| Vos | despedazá | no despedaces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya despedazado |
| Tú | hayas despedazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya despedazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos despedazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis despedazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan despedazado |
| Vos | hayas despedazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera despedazado / hubiese despedazado |
| Tú | hubieras despedazado / hubieses despedazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera despedazado / hubiese despedazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos despedazado / hubiésemos despedazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais despedazado / hubieseis despedazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran despedazado / hubiesen despedazado |
| Vos | hubieras despedazado / hubieses despedazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere despedazado |
| Tú | hubieres despedazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere despedazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos despedazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis despedazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren despedazado |
| Vos | hubieres despedazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté despedazando |
| Tú | estés despedazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté despedazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos despedazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis despedazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén despedazando |
| Vos | estés despedazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera despedazando / estuviese despedazando |
| Tú | estuvieras despedazando / estuvieses despedazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera despedazando / estuviese despedazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos despedazando / estuviésamos despedazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais despedazando / estuvieseis despedazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera despedazando / estuviese despedazando |
| Vos | estuvieras despedazando / estuvieses despedazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere despedazando |
| Tú | estuvieres despedazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere despedazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos despedazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis despedazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere despedazando |
| Vos | estuvieres despedazando |
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 despedazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos despedazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos despedazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos despedazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos despedazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos despedaces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos despedazaras / Vos despedazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos despedazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no despedaces |