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Disolver is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to dissolve, destroy, break up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for disolver 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 dissolve, destroy, break up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | disolver |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está disolviendo) and past continuous (estaba disolviendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dissolving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he disuelto and hubiera disuelto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dissolved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | disolviendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | disuelto |
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 dissolve” or “they dissolve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disuelvo |
| Tú | disuelves |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disuelve |
| Nosotros / as | disolvemos |
| Vosotros / as | disolvéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disuelven |
| Vos | disolvés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I dissolved” or “she dissolved” 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 | disolví | I dissolved |
| Tú | disolviste | You dissolved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disolvió | He / she / you dissolved |
| Nosotros / as | disolvimos | We dissolved |
| Vosotros / as | disolvisteis | You dissolved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disolvieron | They / you dissolved |
| Vos | disolviste | You dissolved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dissolving” or “she was dissolving” 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 | disolvía | I was dissolving |
| Tú | disolvías | You were dissolving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disolvía | He was / she was / you were dissolving |
| Nosotros / as | disolvíamos | We were dissolving |
| Vosotros / as | disolvíais | You were dissolving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disolvían | They / you were dissolving |
| Vos | disolvías | You were dissolving |
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 dissolved” and “she has dissolved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he disuelto | I have dissolved |
| Tú | has disuelto | You have dissolved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha disuelto | He has / she has / you have dissolved |
| Nosotros / as | hemos disuelto | We have dissolved |
| Vosotros / as | habéis disuelto | You have dissolved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han disuelto | They / you have dissolved |
| Vos | has disuelto | You have dissolved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dissolve” or “she would dissolve”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disolvería | I would dissolve |
| Tú | disolverías | You would dissolve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disolvería | He / she / you would dissolve |
| Nosotros / as | disolveríamos | We would dissolve |
| Vosotros / as | disolveríais | You would dissolve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disolverían | They / you would dissolve |
| Vos | disolverías | You would dissolve |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dissolve” or “they will dissolve”.
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 disolver” means “They are going to dissolve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disolveré | I will dissolve |
| Tú | disolverás | You will dissolve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disolverá | He / she / you will dissolve |
| Nosotros / as | disolveremos | We will dissolve |
| Vosotros / as | disolveréis | You will dissolve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disolverán | They / you will dissolve |
| Vos | disolverás | You will dissolve |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disuelva |
| Tú | disuelvas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disuelva |
| Nosotros / as | disolvamos |
| Vosotros / as | disolváis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disuelvan |
| Vos | disuelvas |
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 | disolviera | disolviese |
| Tú | disolvieras | disolviese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disolviera | disolviese |
| Nosotros / as | disolviéramos | disolviésemos |
| Vosotros / as | disolvierais | disolvieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disolvieran | disolviesen |
| Vos | disolvieras | disolviese |
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 | disolviere |
| Tú | disolvieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disolviere |
| Nosotros / as | disolviéremos |
| Vosotros / as | disolviereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disolvieren |
| Vos | disolvieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dissolve!” and “don’t dissolve!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | disuelve | no disuelvas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disuelva | no disuelva |
| Nosotros / as | disolvamos | no disolvamos |
| Vosotros / as | disolved | no disolváis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disuelvan | no disuelvan |
| Vos | disolvé | no disuelvas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya disuelto |
| Tú | hayas disuelto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya disuelto |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos disuelto |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis disuelto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan disuelto |
| Vos | hayas disuelto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera disuelto / hubiese disuelto |
| Tú | hubieras disuelto / hubieses disuelto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera disuelto / hubiese disuelto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos disuelto / hubiésemos disuelto |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais disuelto / hubieseis disuelto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran disuelto / hubiesen disuelto |
| Vos | hubieras disuelto / hubieses disuelto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere disuelto |
| Tú | hubieres disuelto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere disuelto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos disuelto |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis disuelto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren disuelto |
| Vos | hubieres disuelto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté disolviendo |
| Tú | estés disolviendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté disolviendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos disolviendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis disolviendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén disolviendo |
| Vos | estés disolviendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera disolviendo / estuviese disolviendo |
| Tú | estuvieras disolviendo / estuvieses disolviendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera disolviendo / estuviese disolviendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos disolviendo / estuviésamos disolviendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais disolviendo / estuvieseis disolviendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera disolviendo / estuviese disolviendo |
| Vos | estuvieras disolviendo / estuvieses disolviendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere disolviendo |
| Tú | estuvieres disolviendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere disolviendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos disolviendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis disolviendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere disolviendo |
| Vos | estuvieres disolviendo |
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 disolvés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos disolviste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos disolvías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos disolverías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos disolverás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos disuelvas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos disolvieras / Vos disolviese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos disolvé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no disuelvas |