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Despojar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to strip, rob, deprive”.
Below are all of the conjugations for despojar 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 strip, rob, deprive |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | despojar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está despojando) and past continuous (estaba despojando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. stripping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he despojado and hubiera despojado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have stripped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | despojando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | despojado |
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 strip” or “they strip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | despojo |
| Tú | despojas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despoja |
| Nosotros / as | despojamos |
| Vosotros / as | despojáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojan |
| Vos | despojás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I stripped” or “she stripped” 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 | despojé | I stripped |
| Tú | despojaste | You stripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despojó | He / she / you stripped |
| Nosotros / as | despojamos | We stripped |
| Vosotros / as | despojasteis | You stripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojaron | They / you stripped |
| Vos | despojaste | You stripped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was stripping” or “she was stripping” 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 | despojaba | I was stripping |
| Tú | despojabas | You were stripping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despojaba | He was / she was / you were stripping |
| Nosotros / as | despojábamos | We were stripping |
| Vosotros / as | despojabais | You were stripping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojaban | They / you were stripping |
| Vos | despojabas | You were stripping |
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 stripped” and “she has stripped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he despojado | I have stripped |
| Tú | has despojado | You have stripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha despojado | He has / she has / you have stripped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos despojado | We have stripped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis despojado | You have stripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han despojado | They / you have stripped |
| Vos | has despojado | You have stripped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would strip” or “she would strip”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despojaría | I would strip |
| Tú | despojarías | You would strip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despojaría | He / she / you would strip |
| Nosotros / as | despojaríamos | We would strip |
| Vosotros / as | despojaríais | You would strip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojarían | They / you would strip |
| Vos | despojarías | You would strip |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will strip” or “they will strip”.
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 despojar” means “They are going to strip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despojaré | I will strip |
| Tú | despojarás | You will strip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despojará | He / she / you will strip |
| Nosotros / as | despojaremos | We will strip |
| Vosotros / as | despojaréis | You will strip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojarán | They / you will strip |
| Vos | despojarás | You will strip |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | despoje |
| Tú | despojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despoje |
| Nosotros / as | despojemos |
| Vosotros / as | despojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojen |
| Vos | despojes |
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 | despojara | despojase |
| Tú | despojaras | despojase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despojara | despojase |
| Nosotros / as | despojáramos | despojásemos |
| Vosotros / as | despojarais | despojaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojaran | despojasen |
| Vos | despojaras | despojase |
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 | despojare |
| Tú | despojares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despojare |
| Nosotros / as | despojáremos |
| Vosotros / as | despojareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojaren |
| Vos | despojares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “strip!” and “don’t strip!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | despoja | no despojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | despoje | no despoje |
| Nosotros / as | despojemos | no despojemos |
| Vosotros / as | despojad | no despojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | despojen | no despojen |
| Vos | despojá | no despojes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya despojado |
| Tú | hayas despojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya despojado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos despojado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis despojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan despojado |
| Vos | hayas despojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera despojado / hubiese despojado |
| Tú | hubieras despojado / hubieses despojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera despojado / hubiese despojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos despojado / hubiésemos despojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais despojado / hubieseis despojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran despojado / hubiesen despojado |
| Vos | hubieras despojado / hubieses despojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere despojado |
| Tú | hubieres despojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere despojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos despojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis despojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren despojado |
| Vos | hubieres despojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté despojando |
| Tú | estés despojando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté despojando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos despojando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis despojando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén despojando |
| Vos | estés despojando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera despojando / estuviese despojando |
| Tú | estuvieras despojando / estuvieses despojando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera despojando / estuviese despojando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos despojando / estuviésamos despojando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais despojando / estuvieseis despojando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera despojando / estuviese despojando |
| Vos | estuvieras despojando / estuvieses despojando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere despojando |
| Tú | estuvieres despojando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere despojando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos despojando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis despojando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere despojando |
| Vos | estuvieres despojando |
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 despojás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos despojaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos despojabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos despojarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos despojarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos despojes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos despojaras / Vos despojase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos despojá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no despojes |