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Desplazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to move, shift, travel”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desplazar 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 move, shift, travel |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desplazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desplazando) and past continuous (estaba desplazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. moving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desplazado and hubiera desplazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have moved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desplazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desplazado |
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 move” or “they move”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desplazo |
| Tú | desplazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplaza |
| Nosotros / as | desplazamos |
| Vosotros / as | desplazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazan |
| Vos | desplazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I moved” or “she moved” 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 | desplacé | I moved |
| Tú | desplazaste | You moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplazó | He / she / you moved |
| Nosotros / as | desplazamos | We moved |
| Vosotros / as | desplazasteis | You moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazaron | They / you moved |
| Vos | desplazaste | You moved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was moving” or “she was moving” 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 | desplazaba | I was moving |
| Tú | desplazabas | You were moving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplazaba | He was / she was / you were moving |
| Nosotros / as | desplazábamos | We were moving |
| Vosotros / as | desplazabais | You were moving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazaban | They / you were moving |
| Vos | desplazabas | You were moving |
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 moved” and “she has moved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desplazado | I have moved |
| Tú | has desplazado | You have moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desplazado | He has / she has / you have moved |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desplazado | We have moved |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desplazado | You have moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desplazado | They / you have moved |
| Vos | has desplazado | You have moved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would move” or “she would move”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplazaría | I would move |
| Tú | desplazarías | You would move |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplazaría | He / she / you would move |
| Nosotros / as | desplazaríamos | We would move |
| Vosotros / as | desplazaríais | You would move |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazarían | They / you would move |
| Vos | desplazarías | You would move |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will move” or “they will move”.
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 desplazar” means “They are going to move”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplazaré | I will move |
| Tú | desplazarás | You will move |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplazará | He / she / you will move |
| Nosotros / as | desplazaremos | We will move |
| Vosotros / as | desplazaréis | You will move |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazarán | They / you will move |
| Vos | desplazarás | You will move |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desplace |
| Tú | desplaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplace |
| Nosotros / as | desplacemos |
| Vosotros / as | desplacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplacen |
| Vos | desplaces |
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 | desplazara | desplazase |
| Tú | desplazaras | desplazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplazara | desplazase |
| Nosotros / as | desplazáramos | desplazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desplazarais | desplazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazaran | desplazasen |
| Vos | desplazaras | desplazase |
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 | desplazare |
| Tú | desplazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplazare |
| Nosotros / as | desplazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desplazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplazaren |
| Vos | desplazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “move!” and “don’t move!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desplaza | no desplaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desplace | no desplace |
| Nosotros / as | desplacemos | no desplacemos |
| Vosotros / as | desplazad | no desplacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desplacen | no desplacen |
| Vos | desplazá | no desplaces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desplazado |
| Tú | hayas desplazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desplazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desplazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desplazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desplazado |
| Vos | hayas desplazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desplazado / hubiese desplazado |
| Tú | hubieras desplazado / hubieses desplazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desplazado / hubiese desplazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desplazado / hubiésemos desplazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desplazado / hubieseis desplazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desplazado / hubiesen desplazado |
| Vos | hubieras desplazado / hubieses desplazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desplazado |
| Tú | hubieres desplazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desplazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desplazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desplazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desplazado |
| Vos | hubieres desplazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desplazando |
| Tú | estés desplazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desplazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desplazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desplazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desplazando |
| Vos | estés desplazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desplazando / estuviese desplazando |
| Tú | estuvieras desplazando / estuvieses desplazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desplazando / estuviese desplazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desplazando / estuviésamos desplazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desplazando / estuvieseis desplazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desplazando / estuviese desplazando |
| Vos | estuvieras desplazando / estuvieses desplazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desplazando |
| Tú | estuvieres desplazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desplazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desplazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desplazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desplazando |
| Vos | estuvieres desplazando |
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 desplazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desplazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desplazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desplazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desplazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desplaces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desplazaras / Vos desplazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desplazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desplaces |