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Desacostumbrarse conjugation

Desacostumbrarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lose the habit of, disaccustom”.

Reflexive Spanish Verbs

It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.

Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me desacostumbro) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que desacostumbrarse).

Below are all of the conjugations for desacostumbrarse 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.

Desacostumbrarse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to lose the habit of, disaccustom
Spanish Infinitive	desacostumbrarse

Desacostumbrarse Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desacostumbrándose) and past continuous (estaba desacostumbrándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. losing the habit of).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desacostumbrado and hubiera desacostumbrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lost the habit of).

Gerundio / Gerund	desacostumbrándose
Participio / Past Participle	desacostumbrado

Desacostumbrarse Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Desacostumbrarse Presente / Present

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 lose the habit of” or “they lose the habit of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me desacostumbro
Tú	te desacostumbras
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbra
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbramos
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbráis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbran
Vos	te desacostumbrás

Desacostumbrarse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lost the habit of” or “she lost the habit of” 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 desacostumbré	I lost the habit of
Tú	te desacostumbraste	You lost the habit of
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbró	He / she / you lost the habit of
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbramos	We lost the habit of
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbrasteis	You lost the habit of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbraron	They / you lost the habit of
Vos	te desacostumbraste	You lost the habit of

Desacostumbrarse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was losing the habit of” or “she was losing the habit of” 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 desacostumbraba	I was losing the habit of
Tú	te desacostumbrabas	You were losing the habit of
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbraba	He was / she was / you were losing the habit of
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbrábamos	We were losing the habit of
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbrabais	You were losing the habit of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbraban	They / you were losing the habit of
Vos	te desacostumbrabas	You were losing the habit of

Desacostumbrarse Perfect / Perfecto

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 lost the habit of” and “she has lost the habit of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me he desacostumbrado	I have lost the habit of
Tú	te has desacostumbrado	You have lost the habit of
Él / Ella / Usted	se ha desacostumbrado	He has / she has / you have lost the habit of
Nosotros / as	nos hemos desacostumbrado	We have lost the habit of
Vosotros / as	os habéis desacostumbrado	You have lost the habit of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se han desacostumbrado	They / you have lost the habit of
Vos	te has desacostumbrado	You have lost the habit of

Desacostumbrarse Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lose the habit of” or “she would lose the habit of”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me desacostumbraría	I would lose the habit of
Tú	te desacostumbrarías	You would lose the habit of
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbraría	He / she / you would lose the habit of
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbraríamos	We would lose the habit of
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbraríais	You would lose the habit of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbrarían	They / you would lose the habit of
Vos	te desacostumbrarías	You would lose the habit of

Desacostumbrarse Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lose the habit of” or “they will lose the habit of”.

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 desacostumbrarse” means “They are going to lose the habit of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me desacostumbraré	I will lose the habit of
Tú	te desacostumbrarás	You will lose the habit of
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbrará	He / she / you will lose the habit of
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbraremos	We will lose the habit of
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbraréis	You will lose the habit of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbrarán	They / you will lose the habit of
Vos	te desacostumbrarás	You will lose the habit of

Desacostumbrarse Subjunctive Conjugations

Desacostumbrarse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me desacostumbre
Tú	te desacostumbres
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbre
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbremos
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbréis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbren
Vos	te desacostumbres

Desacostumbrarse Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 desacostumbrara	me desacostumbrase
Tú	te desacostumbraras	me desacostumbrase
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbrara	se desacostumbrase
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbráramos	nos desacostumbrásemos
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbrarais	os desacostumbraseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbraran	se desacostumbrasen
Vos	te desacostumbraras	me desacostumbrase

Desacostumbrarse Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 desacostumbrare
Tú	te desacostumbrares
Él / Ella / Usted	se desacostumbrare
Nosotros / as	nos desacostumbráremos
Vosotros / as	os desacostumbrareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se desacostumbraren
Vos	te desacostumbrares

Desacostumbrarse Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lose the habit of!” and “don’t lose the habit of!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	desacostúmbrate	no te desacostumbres
Él / Ella / Usted	desacostúmbrese	no se desacostumbre
Nosotros / as	desacostumbrémonos	no nos desacostumbremos
Vosotros / as	desacostumbraos	no os desacostumbréis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desacostúmbrense	no se desacostumbren
Vos	desacostumbrate	no te desacostumbres

Desacostumbrarse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Desacostumbrarse Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya desacostumbrado
Tú	hayas desacostumbrado
Él / Ella / Usted	haya desacostumbrado
Nosotros / as	hayamos desacostumbrado
Vosotros / as	hayáis desacostumbrado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan desacostumbrado
Vos	hayas desacostumbrado

Desacostumbrarse Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera desacostumbrado / hubiese desacostumbrado
Tú	hubieras desacostumbrado / hubieses desacostumbrado
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera desacostumbrado / hubiese desacostumbrado
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos desacostumbrado / hubiésemos desacostumbrado
Vosotros / as	hubierais desacostumbrado / hubieseis desacostumbrado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran desacostumbrado / hubiesen desacostumbrado
Vos	hubieras desacostumbrado / hubieses desacostumbrado

Desacostumbrarse Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere desacostumbrado
Tú	hubieres desacostumbrado
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere desacostumbrado
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos desacostumbrado
Vosotros / as	hubiereis desacostumbrado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren desacostumbrado
Vos	hubieres desacostumbrado

Desacostumbrarse Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté desacostumbrándose
Tú	estés desacostumbrándose
Él / Ella / Usted	esté desacostumbrándose
Nosotros / as	estemos desacostumbrándose
Vosotros / as	estéis desacostumbrándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén desacostumbrándose
Vos	estés desacostumbrándose

Desacostumbrarse Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera desacostumbrándose / estuviese desacostumbrándose
Tú	estuvieras desacostumbrándose / estuvieses desacostumbrándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera desacostumbrándose / estuviese desacostumbrándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos desacostumbrándose / estuviésamos desacostumbrándose
Vosotros / as	estuvierais desacostumbrándose / estuvieseis desacostumbrándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera desacostumbrándose / estuviese desacostumbrándose
Vos	estuvieras desacostumbrándose / estuvieses desacostumbrándose

Desacostumbrarse Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere desacostumbrándose
Tú	estuvieres desacostumbrándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere desacostumbrándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos desacostumbrándose
Vosotros / as	estuviereis desacostumbrándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere desacostumbrándose
Vos	estuvieres desacostumbrándose

Desacostumbrarse Vos Conjugation

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 te desacostumbrás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te desacostumbraste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te desacostumbrabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te desacostumbrarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te desacostumbrarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te desacostumbres
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te desacostumbraras / Vos me desacostumbrase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos desacostumbrate
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te desacostumbres