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Diseñar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to design, create, draw”.
Below are all of the conjugations for diseñar 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 design, create, draw |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | diseñar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está diseñando) and past continuous (estaba diseñando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. designing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he diseñado and hubiera diseñado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have designed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | diseñando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | diseñado |
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 design” or “they design”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | diseño |
| Tú | diseñas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseña |
| Nosotros / as | diseñamos |
| Vosotros / as | diseñáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñan |
| Vos | diseñás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I designed” or “she designed” 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 | diseñé | I designed |
| Tú | diseñaste | You designed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñó | He / she / you designed |
| Nosotros / as | diseñamos | We designed |
| Vosotros / as | diseñasteis | You designed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñaron | They / you designed |
| Vos | diseñaste | You designed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was designing” or “she was designing” 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 | diseñaba | I was designing |
| Tú | diseñabas | You were designing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñaba | He was / she was / you were designing |
| Nosotros / as | diseñábamos | We were designing |
| Vosotros / as | diseñabais | You were designing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñaban | They / you were designing |
| Vos | diseñabas | You were designing |
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 designed” and “she has designed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he diseñado | I have designed |
| Tú | has diseñado | You have designed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha diseñado | He has / she has / you have designed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos diseñado | We have designed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis diseñado | You have designed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han diseñado | They / you have designed |
| Vos | has diseñado | You have designed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would design” or “she would design”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | diseñaría | I would design |
| Tú | diseñarías | You would design |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñaría | He / she / you would design |
| Nosotros / as | diseñaríamos | We would design |
| Vosotros / as | diseñaríais | You would design |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñarían | They / you would design |
| Vos | diseñarías | You would design |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will design” or “they will design”.
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 diseñar” means “They are going to design”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | diseñaré | I will design |
| Tú | diseñarás | You will design |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñará | He / she / you will design |
| Nosotros / as | diseñaremos | We will design |
| Vosotros / as | diseñaréis | You will design |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñarán | They / you will design |
| Vos | diseñarás | You will design |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | diseñe |
| Tú | diseñes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñe |
| Nosotros / as | diseñemos |
| Vosotros / as | diseñéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñen |
| Vos | diseñes |
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 | diseñara | diseñase |
| Tú | diseñaras | diseñase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñara | diseñase |
| Nosotros / as | diseñáramos | diseñásemos |
| Vosotros / as | diseñarais | diseñaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñaran | diseñasen |
| Vos | diseñaras | diseñase |
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 | diseñare |
| Tú | diseñares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñare |
| Nosotros / as | diseñáremos |
| Vosotros / as | diseñareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñaren |
| Vos | diseñares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “design!” and “don’t design!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | diseña | no diseñes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diseñe | no diseñe |
| Nosotros / as | diseñemos | no diseñemos |
| Vosotros / as | diseñad | no diseñéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diseñen | no diseñen |
| Vos | diseñá | no diseñes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya diseñado |
| Tú | hayas diseñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya diseñado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos diseñado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis diseñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan diseñado |
| Vos | hayas diseñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera diseñado / hubiese diseñado |
| Tú | hubieras diseñado / hubieses diseñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera diseñado / hubiese diseñado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos diseñado / hubiésemos diseñado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais diseñado / hubieseis diseñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran diseñado / hubiesen diseñado |
| Vos | hubieras diseñado / hubieses diseñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere diseñado |
| Tú | hubieres diseñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere diseñado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos diseñado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis diseñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren diseñado |
| Vos | hubieres diseñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté diseñando |
| Tú | estés diseñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté diseñando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos diseñando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis diseñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén diseñando |
| Vos | estés diseñando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera diseñando / estuviese diseñando |
| Tú | estuvieras diseñando / estuvieses diseñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera diseñando / estuviese diseñando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos diseñando / estuviésamos diseñando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais diseñando / estuvieseis diseñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera diseñando / estuviese diseñando |
| Vos | estuvieras diseñando / estuvieses diseñando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere diseñando |
| Tú | estuvieres diseñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere diseñando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos diseñando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis diseñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere diseñando |
| Vos | estuvieres diseñando |
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 diseñás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos diseñaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos diseñabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos diseñarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos diseñarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos diseñes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos diseñaras / Vos diseñase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos diseñá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no diseñes |