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Desvivirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to go out of one’s way”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desvivirse 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 go out of one’s way |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desvivirse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desviviéndose) and past continuous (estaba desviviéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting out of one’s way).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desvivido and hubiera desvivido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gotten out of one’s way).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desviviéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desvivido |
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 get out of one’s way” or “they get out of one’s way”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desvivo |
| Tú | te desvives |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvive |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvivimos |
| Vosotros / as | os desvivís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desviven |
| Vos | desvivís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got out of one’s way” or “she got out of one’s way” 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 | me desviví | I got out of one’s way |
| Tú | te desviviste | You got out of one’s way |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvivió | He / she / you got out of one’s way |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvivimos | We got out of one’s way |
| Vosotros / as | os desvivisteis | You got out of one’s way |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivieron | They / you got out of one’s way |
| Vos | te desviviste | You got out of one’s way |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting out of one’s way” or “she was getting out of one’s way” 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 | me desvivía | I was getting out of one’s way |
| Tú | te desvivías | You were getting out of one’s way |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvivía | He was / she was / you were getting out of one’s way |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvivíamos | We were getting out of one’s way |
| Vosotros / as | os desvivíais | You were getting out of one’s way |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivían | They / you were getting out of one’s way |
| Vos | te desvivías | You were getting out of one’s way |
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 gotten out of one’s way” and “she has gotten out of one’s way”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desvivido | I have gotten out of one’s way |
| Tú | has desvivido | You have gotten out of one’s way |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desvivido | He has / she has / you have gotten out of one’s way |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desvivido | We have gotten out of one’s way |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desvivido | You have gotten out of one’s way |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desvivido | They / you have gotten out of one’s way |
| Vos | has desvivido | You have gotten out of one’s way |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get out of one’s way” or “she would get out of one’s way”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desviviría | I would get out of one’s way |
| Tú | te desvivirías | You would get out of one’s way |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desviviría | He / she / you would get out of one’s way |
| Nosotros / as | nos desviviríamos | We would get out of one’s way |
| Vosotros / as | os desviviríais | You would get out of one’s way |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivirían | They / you would get out of one’s way |
| Vos | te desvivirías | You would get out of one’s way |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get out of one’s way” or “they will get out of one’s way”.
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 desvivirse” means “They are going to get out of one’s way”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desviviré | I will get out of one’s way |
| Tú | te desvivirás | You will get out of one’s way |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvivirá | He / she / you will get out of one’s way |
| Nosotros / as | nos desviviremos | We will get out of one’s way |
| Vosotros / as | os desviviréis | You will get out of one’s way |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivirán | They / you will get out of one’s way |
| Vos | te desvivirás | You will get out of one’s way |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desviva |
| Tú | te desvivas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desviva |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvivamos |
| Vosotros / as | os desviváis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivan |
| Vos | te desvivas |
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 | me desviviera | me desviviese |
| Tú | te desvivieras | me desviviese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desviviera | se desviviese |
| Nosotros / as | nos desviviéramos | nos desviviésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os desvivierais | os desvivieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivieran | se desviviesen |
| Vos | te desvivieras | me desviviese |
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 | me desviviere |
| Tú | te desvivieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desviviera |
| Nosotros / as | nos desviviéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os desviviereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvivieren |
| Vos | te desvivieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get out of one’s way!” and “don’t get out of one’s way!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desvívete | no te desvivas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvívase | no se desviva |
| Nosotros / as | desvivámonos | no nos desvivamos |
| Vosotros / as | desvivíos | no os desviváis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvívanse | no se desvivan |
| Vos | desviví | no te desvivas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desvivido |
| Tú | hayas desvivido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desvivido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desvivido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desvivido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desvivido |
| Vos | hayas desvivido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desvivido / hubiese desvivido |
| Tú | hubieras desvivido / hubieses desvivido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desvivido / hubiese desvivido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desvivido / hubiésemos desvivido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desvivido / hubieseis desvivido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desvivido / hubiesen desvivido |
| Vos | hubieras desvivido / hubieses desvivido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desvivido |
| Tú | hubieres desvivido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desvivido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desvivido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desvivido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desvivido |
| Vos | hubieres desvivido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desviviéndose |
| Tú | estés desviviéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desviviéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desviviéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desviviéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desviviéndose |
| Vos | estés desviviéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desviviéndose / estuviese desviviéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras desviviéndose / estuvieses desviviéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desviviéndose / estuviese desviviéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desviviéndose / estuviésamos desviviéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desviviéndose / estuvieseis desviviéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desviviéndose / estuviese desviviéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras desviviéndose / estuvieses desviviéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desviviéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres desviviéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desviviéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desviviéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desviviéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desviviéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres desviviéndose |
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 desvivís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te desviviste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te desvivías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te desvivirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te desvivirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te desvivas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te desvivieras / Vos me desviviese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desviví |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te desvivas |