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Desvalijar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rob, swindle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desvalijar 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 rob, swindle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desvalijar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desvalijando) and past continuous (estaba desvalijando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. robbing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desvalijado and hubiera desvalijado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have robbed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desvalijando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desvalijado |
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 rob” or “they rob”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvalijo |
| Tú | desvalijas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalija |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijamos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijan |
| Vos | desvalijás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I robbed” or “she robbed” 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 | desvalijé | I robbed |
| Tú | desvalijaste | You robbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalijó | He / she / you robbed |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijamos | We robbed |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijasteis | You robbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijaron | They / you robbed |
| Vos | desvalijaste | You robbed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was robbing” or “she was robbing” 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 | desvalijaba | I was robbing |
| Tú | desvalijabas | You were robbing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalijaba | He was / she was / you were robbing |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijábamos | We were robbing |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijabais | You were robbing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijaban | They / you were robbing |
| Vos | desvalijabas | You were robbing |
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 robbed” and “she has robbed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desvalijado | I have robbed |
| Tú | has desvalijado | You have robbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desvalijado | He has / she has / you have robbed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desvalijado | We have robbed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desvalijado | You have robbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desvalijado | They / you have robbed |
| Vos | has desvalijado | You have robbed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would rob” or “she would rob”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvalijaría | I would rob |
| Tú | desvalijarías | You would rob |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalijaría | He / she / you would rob |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijaríamos | We would rob |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijaríais | You would rob |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijarían | They / you would rob |
| Vos | desvalijarías | You would rob |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will rob” or “they will rob”.
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 desvalijar” means “They are going to rob”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvalijaré | I will rob |
| Tú | desvalijarás | You will rob |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalijará | He / she / you will rob |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijaremos | We will rob |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijaréis | You will rob |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijarán | They / you will rob |
| Vos | desvalijarás | You will rob |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvalije |
| Tú | desvalijes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalije |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijen |
| Vos | desvalijes |
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 | desvalijara | desvalijase |
| Tú | desvalijaras | desvalijase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalijara | desvalijase |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijáramos | desvalijásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijarais | desvalijaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijaran | desvalijasen |
| Vos | desvalijaras | desvalijase |
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 | desvalijare |
| Tú | desvalijares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalijare |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijaren |
| Vos | desvalijares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “rob!” and “don’t rob!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desvalija | no desvalijes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalije | no desvalije |
| Nosotros / as | desvalijemos | no desvalijemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalijad | no desvalijéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalijen | no desvalijen |
| Vos | desvalijá | no desvalijes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desvalijado |
| Tú | hayas desvalijado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desvalijado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desvalijado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desvalijado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desvalijado |
| Vos | hayas desvalijado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desvalijado / hubiese desvalijado |
| Tú | hubieras desvalijado / hubieses desvalijado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desvalijado / hubiese desvalijado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desvalijado / hubiésemos desvalijado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desvalijado / hubieseis desvalijado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desvalijado / hubiesen desvalijado |
| Vos | hubieras desvalijado / hubieses desvalijado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desvalijado |
| Tú | hubieres desvalijado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desvalijado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desvalijado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desvalijado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desvalijado |
| Vos | hubieres desvalijado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desvalijando |
| Tú | estés desvalijando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desvalijando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desvalijando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desvalijando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desvalijando |
| Vos | estés desvalijando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desvalijando / estuviese desvalijando |
| Tú | estuvieras desvalijando / estuvieses desvalijando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desvalijando / estuviese desvalijando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desvalijando / estuviésamos desvalijando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desvalijando / estuvieseis desvalijando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desvalijando / estuviese desvalijando |
| Vos | estuvieras desvalijando / estuvieses desvalijando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desvalijando |
| Tú | estuvieres desvalijando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desvalijando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desvalijando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desvalijando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desvalijando |
| Vos | estuvieres desvalijando |
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 desvalijás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desvalijaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desvalijabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desvalijarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desvalijarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desvalijes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desvalijaras / Vos desvalijase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desvalijá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desvalijes |