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Desprender is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to release, let loose, give away”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desprender 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 release, let loose, give away |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desprender |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desprendiendo) and past continuous (estaba desprendiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. releasing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desprendido and hubiera desprendido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have released).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desprendiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desprendido |
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 release” or “they release”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desprendo |
| Tú | desprendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprende |
| Nosotros / as | desprendemos |
| Vosotros / as | desprendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprenden |
| Vos | desprendés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I released” or “she released” 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 | desprendí | I released |
| Tú | desprendiste | You released |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprendió | He / she / you released |
| Nosotros / as | desprendimos | We released |
| Vosotros / as | desprendisteis | You released |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprendieron | They / you released |
| Vos | desprendiste | You released |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was releasing” or “she was releasing” 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 | desprendía | I was releasing |
| Tú | desprendías | You were releasing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprendía | He was / she was / you were releasing |
| Nosotros / as | desprendíamos | We were releasing |
| Vosotros / as | desprendíais | You were releasing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprendían | They / you were releasing |
| Vos | desprendías | You were releasing |
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 released” and “she has released”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desprendido | I have released |
| Tú | has desprendido | You have released |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desprendido | He has / she has / you have released |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desprendido | We have released |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desprendido | You have released |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desprendido | They / you have released |
| Vos | has desprendido | You have released |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would release” or “she would release”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desprendería | I would release |
| Tú | desprenderías | You would release |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprendería | He / she / you would release |
| Nosotros / as | desprenderíamos | We would release |
| Vosotros / as | desprenderíais | You would release |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprenderían | They / you would release |
| Vos | desprenderías | You would release |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will release” or “they will release”.
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 desprender” means “They are going to release”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desprenderé | I will release |
| Tú | desprenderás | You will release |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprenderá | He / she / you will release |
| Nosotros / as | desprenderemos | We will release |
| Vosotros / as | desprenderéis | You will release |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprenderán | They / you will release |
| Vos | desprenderás | You will release |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desprenda |
| Tú | desprendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprenda |
| Nosotros / as | desprendamos |
| Vosotros / as | desprendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprendan |
| Vos | desprendas |
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 | desprendiera | desprendiese |
| Tú | desprendieras | desprendiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprendiera | desprendiese |
| Nosotros / as | desprendiéramos | desprendiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | desprendierais | desprendieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprendieran | desprendiesen |
| Vos | desprendieras | desprendiese |
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 | desprendiere |
| Tú | desprendieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprendiere |
| Nosotros / as | desprendiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | desprendiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprendieren |
| Vos | desprendieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “release!” and “don’t release!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desprende | no desprendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprenda | no desprenda |
| Nosotros / as | desprendamos | no desprendamos |
| Vosotros / as | desprended | no desprendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprendan | no desprendan |
| Vos | desprendé | no desprendas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desprendido |
| Tú | hayas desprendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desprendido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desprendido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desprendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desprendido |
| Vos | hayas desprendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desprendido / hubiese desprendido |
| Tú | hubieras desprendido / hubieses desprendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desprendido / hubiese desprendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desprendido / hubiésemos desprendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desprendido / hubieseis desprendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desprendido / hubiesen desprendido |
| Vos | hubieras desprendido / hubieses desprendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desprendido |
| Tú | hubieres desprendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desprendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desprendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desprendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desprendido |
| Vos | hubieres desprendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desprendiendo |
| Tú | estés desprendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desprendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desprendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desprendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desprendiendo |
| Vos | estés desprendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desprendiendo / estuviese desprendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras desprendiendo / estuvieses desprendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desprendiendo / estuviese desprendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desprendiendo / estuviésamos desprendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desprendiendo / estuvieseis desprendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desprendiendo / estuviese desprendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras desprendiendo / estuvieses desprendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desprendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres desprendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desprendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desprendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desprendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desprendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres desprendiendo |
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 desprendés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desprendiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desprendías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desprenderías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desprenderás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desprendas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desprendieras / Vos desprendiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desprendé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desprendas |