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Diseminar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disseminate, spread, scatter”.
Below are all of the conjugations for diseminar 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 disseminate, spread, scatter |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | diseminar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está diseminando) and past continuous (estaba diseminando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disseminating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he diseminado and hubiera diseminado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disseminated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | diseminando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | diseminado |
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 disseminate” or “they disseminate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disemino |
| Tú | diseminas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disemina |
| Nosotros / as | diseminamos |
| Vosotros / as | disemináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminan |
| Vos | diseminás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disseminated” or “she disseminated” 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 | diseminé | I disseminated |
| Tú | diseminaste | You disseminated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseminó | He / she / you disseminated |
| Nosotros / as | diseminamos | We disseminated |
| Vosotros / as | diseminasteis | You disseminated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminaron | They / you disseminated |
| Vos | diseminaste | You disseminated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disseminating” or “she was disseminating” 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 | diseminaba | I was disseminating |
| Tú | diseminabas | You were disseminating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseminaba | He was / she was / you were disseminating |
| Nosotros / as | diseminábamos | We were disseminating |
| Vosotros / as | diseminabais | You were disseminating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminaban | They / you were disseminating |
| Vos | diseminabas | You were disseminating |
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 disseminated” and “she has disseminated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he diseminado | I have disseminated |
| Tú | has diseminado | You have disseminated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha diseminado | He has / she has / you have disseminated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos diseminado | We have disseminated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis diseminado | You have disseminated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han diseminado | They / you have disseminated |
| Vos | has diseminado | You have disseminated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disseminate” or “she would disseminate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | diseminaría | I would disseminate |
| Tú | diseminarías | You would disseminate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseminaría | He / she / you would disseminate |
| Nosotros / as | diseminaríamos | We would disseminate |
| Vosotros / as | diseminaríais | You would disseminate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminarían | They / you would disseminate |
| Vos | diseminarías | You would disseminate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disseminate” or “they will disseminate”.
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 diseminar” means “They are going to disseminate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | diseminaré | I will disseminate |
| Tú | diseminarás | You will disseminate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseminará | He / she / you will disseminate |
| Nosotros / as | diseminaremos | We will disseminate |
| Vosotros / as | diseminaréis | You will disseminate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminarán | They / you will disseminate |
| Vos | diseminarás | You will disseminate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disemine |
| Tú | disemines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disemine |
| Nosotros / as | diseminemos |
| Vosotros / as | diseminéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminen |
| Vos | disemines |
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 | diseminara | diseminase |
| Tú | diseminaras | diseminase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseminara | diseminase |
| Nosotros / as | disemináramos | diseminásemos |
| Vosotros / as | diseminarais | diseminaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminaran | diseminasen |
| Vos | diseminaras | diseminase |
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 | diseminare |
| Tú | diseminares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseminare |
| Nosotros / as | disemináremos |
| Vosotros / as | diseminareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminaren |
| Vos | diseminares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disseminate!” and “don’t disseminate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | disemina | no disemines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disemine | no disemine |
| Nosotros / as | diseminemos | no diseminemos |
| Vosotros / as | diseminad | no diseminéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseminen | no diseminen |
| Vos | diseminá | no disemines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya diseminado |
| Tú | hayas diseminado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya diseminado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos diseminado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis diseminado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan diseminado |
| Vos | hayas diseminado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera diseminado / hubiese diseminado |
| Tú | hubieras diseminado / hubieses diseminado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera diseminado / hubiese diseminado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos diseminado / hubiésemos diseminado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais diseminado / hubieseis diseminado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran diseminado / hubiesen diseminado |
| Vos | hubieras diseminado / hubieses diseminado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere diseminado |
| Tú | hubieres diseminado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere diseminado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos diseminado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis diseminado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren diseminado |
| Vos | hubieres diseminado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté diseminando |
| Tú | estés diseminando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté diseminando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos diseminando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis diseminando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén diseminando |
| Vos | estés diseminando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera diseminando / estuviese diseminando |
| Tú | estuvieras diseminando / estuvieses diseminando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera diseminando / estuviese diseminando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos diseminando / estuviésamos diseminando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais diseminando / estuvieseis diseminando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera diseminando / estuviese diseminando |
| Vos | estuvieras diseminando / estuvieses diseminando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere diseminando |
| Tú | estuvieres diseminando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere diseminando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos diseminando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis diseminando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere diseminando |
| Vos | estuvieres diseminando |
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 diseminás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos diseminaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos diseminabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos diseminarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos diseminarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos disemines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos diseminaras / Vos diseminase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos diseminá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no disemines |