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Disipar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to dissipate, disperse”.
Below are all of the conjugations for disipar 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 dissipate, disperse |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | disipar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está disipando) and past continuous (estaba disipando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dissipating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he disipado and hubiera disipado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dissipated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | disipando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | disipado |
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 dissipate” or “they dissipate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disipo |
| Tú | disipas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipa |
| Nosotros / as | disipamos |
| Vosotros / as | disipáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disipan |
| Vos | disipás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I dissipated” or “she dissipated” 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 | disipé | I dissipated |
| Tú | disipaste | You dissipated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipó | He / she / you dissipated |
| Nosotros / as | disipamos | We dissipated |
| Vosotros / as | disipasteis | You dissipated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disiparon | They / you dissipated |
| Vos | disipaste | You dissipated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dissipating” or “she was dissipating” 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 | disipaba | I was dissipating |
| Tú | disipabas | You were dissipating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipaba | He was / she was / you were dissipating |
| Nosotros / as | disipábamos | We were dissipating |
| Vosotros / as | disipabais | You were dissipating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disipaban | They / you were dissipating |
| Vos | disipabas | You were dissipating |
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 dissipated” and “she has dissipated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he disipado | I have dissipated |
| Tú | has disipado | You have dissipated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha disipado | He has / she has / you have dissipated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos disipado | We have dissipated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis disipado | You have dissipated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han disipado | They / you have dissipated |
| Vos | has disipado | You have dissipated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dissipate” or “she would dissipate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disiparía | I would dissipate |
| Tú | disiparías | You would dissipate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disiparía | He / she / you would dissipate |
| Nosotros / as | disiparíamos | We would dissipate |
| Vosotros / as | disiparíais | You would dissipate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disiparían | They / you would dissipate |
| Vos | disiparías | You would dissipate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dissipate” or “they will dissipate”.
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 disipar” means “They are going to dissipate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disiparé | I will dissipate |
| Tú | disiparás | You will dissipate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipará | He / she / you will dissipate |
| Nosotros / as | disiparemos | We will dissipate |
| Vosotros / as | disiparéis | You will dissipate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disiparán | They / you will dissipate |
| Vos | disiparás | You will dissipate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disipe |
| Tú | disipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipe |
| Nosotros / as | disipemos |
| Vosotros / as | disipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disipen |
| Vos | disipes |
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 | disipara | disipase |
| Tú | disiparas | disipase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipara | disipase |
| Nosotros / as | disipáramos | disipásemos |
| Vosotros / as | disiparais | disipaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disiparan | disipasen |
| Vos | disiparas | disipase |
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 | disipare |
| Tú | disipares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipare |
| Nosotros / as | disipáremos |
| Vosotros / as | disipareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disiparen |
| Vos | disipares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dissipate!” and “don’t dissipate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | disipa | no disipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disipe | no disipe |
| Nosotros / as | disipemos | no disipemos |
| Vosotros / as | disipad | no disipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disipen | no disipen |
| Vos | disipá | no disipes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya disipado |
| Tú | hayas disipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya disipado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos disipado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis disipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan disipado |
| Vos | hayas disipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera disipado / hubiese disipado |
| Tú | hubieras disipado / hubieses disipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera disipado / hubiese disipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos disipado / hubiésemos disipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais disipado / hubieseis disipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran disipado / hubiesen disipado |
| Vos | hubieras disipado / hubieses disipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere disipado |
| Tú | hubieres disipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere disipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos disipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis disipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren disipado |
| Vos | hubieres disipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté disipando |
| Tú | estés disipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté disipando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos disipando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis disipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén disipando |
| Vos | estés disipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera disipando / estuviese disipando |
| Tú | estuvieras disipando / estuvieses disipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera disipando / estuviese disipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos disipando / estuviésamos disipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais disipando / estuvieseis disipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera disipando / estuviese disipando |
| Vos | estuvieras disipando / estuvieses disipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere disipando |
| Tú | estuvieres disipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere disipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos disipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis disipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere disipando |
| Vos | estuvieres disipando |
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 disipás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos disipaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos disipabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos disiparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos disiparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos disipes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos disiparas / Vos disipase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos disipá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no disipes |