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Desprestigiar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to discredit, cause to lose prestige”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desprestigiar 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 discredit, cause to lose prestige |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desprestigiar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desprestigiando) and past continuous (estaba desprestigiando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. discrediting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desprestigiado and hubiera desprestigiado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have discredited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desprestigiando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desprestigiado |
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 discredit” or “they discredit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desprestigio |
| Tú | desprestigias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigia |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiamos |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigian |
| Vos | desprestigiás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I discredited” or “she discredited” 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 | desprestigié | I discredited |
| Tú | desprestigiaste | You discredited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigió | He / she / you discredited |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiamos | We discredited |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiasteis | You discredited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigiaron | They / you discredited |
| Vos | desprestigiaste | You discredited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was discrediting” or “she was discrediting” 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 | desprestigiaba | I was discrediting |
| Tú | desprestigiabas | You were discrediting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigiaba | He was / she was / you were discrediting |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiábamos | We were discrediting |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiabais | You were discrediting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigiaban | They / you were discrediting |
| Vos | desprestigiabas | You were discrediting |
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 discredited” and “she has discredited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desprestigiado | I have discredited |
| Tú | has desprestigiado | You have discredited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desprestigiado | He has / she has / you have discredited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desprestigiado | We have discredited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desprestigiado | You have discredited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desprestigiado | They / you have discredited |
| Vos | has desprestigiado | You have discredited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would discredit” or “she would discredit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desprestigiaría | I would discredit |
| Tú | desprestigiarías | You would discredit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigiaría | He / she / you would discredit |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiaríamos | We would discredit |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiaríais | You would discredit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigiarían | They / you would discredit |
| Vos | desprestigiarías | You would discredit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will discredit” or “they will discredit”.
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 desprestigiar” means “They are going to discredit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desprestigiaré | I will discredit |
| Tú | desprestigiarás | You will discredit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigiará | He / she / you will discredit |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiaremos | We will discredit |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiaréis | You will discredit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigiarán | They / you will discredit |
| Vos | desprestigiarás | You will discredit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desprestigie |
| Tú | desprestigies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigie |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiemos |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigien |
| Vos | desprestigies |
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 | desprestigiara | desprestigiase |
| Tú | desprestigiaras | desprestigiase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigiara | desprestigiase |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiáramos | desprestigiásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiarais | desprestigiaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigiaran | desprestigiasen |
| Vos | desprestigiaras | desprestigiase |
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 | desprestigiare |
| Tú | desprestigiares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigiare |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigiaren |
| Vos | desprestigiares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “discredit!” and “don’t discredit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desprestigia | no desprestigies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desprestigie | no desprestigie |
| Nosotros / as | desprestigiemos | no desprestigiemos |
| Vosotros / as | desprestigiad | no desprestigiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desprestigien | no desprestigien |
| Vos | desprestigiá | no desprestigies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desprestigiado |
| Tú | hayas desprestigiado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desprestigiado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desprestigiado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desprestigiado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desprestigiado |
| Vos | hayas desprestigiado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desprestigiado / hubiese desprestigiado |
| Tú | hubieras desprestigiado / hubieses desprestigiado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desprestigiado / hubiese desprestigiado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desprestigiado / hubiésemos desprestigiado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desprestigiado / hubieseis desprestigiado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desprestigiado / hubiesen desprestigiado |
| Vos | hubieras desprestigiado / hubieses desprestigiado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desprestigiado |
| Tú | hubieres desprestigiado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desprestigiado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desprestigiado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desprestigiado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desprestigiado |
| Vos | hubieres desprestigiado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desprestigiando |
| Tú | estés desprestigiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desprestigiando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desprestigiando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desprestigiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desprestigiando |
| Vos | estés desprestigiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desprestigiando / estuviese desprestigiando |
| Tú | estuvieras desprestigiando / estuvieses desprestigiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desprestigiando / estuviese desprestigiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desprestigiando / estuviésamos desprestigiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desprestigiando / estuvieseis desprestigiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desprestigiando / estuviese desprestigiando |
| Vos | estuvieras desprestigiando / estuvieses desprestigiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desprestigiando |
| Tú | estuvieres desprestigiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desprestigiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desprestigiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desprestigiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desprestigiando |
| Vos | estuvieres desprestigiando |
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 desprestigiás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desprestigiaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desprestigiabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desprestigiarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desprestigiarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desprestigies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desprestigiaras / Vos desprestigiase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desprestigiá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desprestigies |