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Desacreditar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to discredit, disgrace”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desacreditar 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 discredit, disgrace |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desacreditar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desacreditando) and past continuous (estaba desacreditando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. discrediting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desacreditado and hubiera desacreditado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have discredited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desacreditando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desacreditado |
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 discredit” or “they discredit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desacredito |
| Tú | desacreditas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacredita |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditamos |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditan |
| Vos | desacreditás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I discredited” or “she discredited” 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 | desacredité | I discredited |
| Tú | desacreditaste | You discredited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacreditó | He / she / you discredited |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditamos | We discredited |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditasteis | You discredited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditaron | They / you discredited |
| Vos | desacreditaste | You discredited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was discrediting” or “she was discrediting” 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 | desacreditaba | I was discrediting |
| Tú | desacreditabas | You were discrediting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacreditaba | He was / she was / you were discrediting |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditábamos | We were discrediting |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditabais | You were discrediting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditaban | They / you were discrediting |
| Vos | desacreditabas | You were discrediting |
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 discredited” and “she has discredited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desacreditado | I have discredited |
| Tú | has desacreditado | You have discredited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desacreditado | He has / she has / you have discredited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desacreditado | We have discredited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desacreditado | You have discredited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desacreditado | They / you have discredited |
| Vos | has desacreditado | You have discredited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would discredit” or “she would discredit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desacreditaría | I would discredit |
| Tú | desacreditarías | You would discredit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacreditaría | He / she / you would discredit |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditaríamos | We would discredit |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditaríais | You would discredit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditarían | They / you would discredit |
| Vos | desacreditarías | You would discredit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will discredit” or “they will discredit”.
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 desacreditar” means “They are going to discredit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desacreditaré | I will discredit |
| Tú | desacreditarás | You will discredit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacreditará | He / she / you will discredit |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditaremos | We will discredit |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditaréis | You will discredit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditarán | They / you will discredit |
| Vos | desacreditarás | You will discredit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desacredite |
| Tú | desacredites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacredite |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditemos |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacrediten |
| Vos | desacredites |
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 | desacreditara | desacreditase |
| Tú | desacreditaras | desacreditase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacreditara | desacreditase |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditáramos | desacreditásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditarais | desacreditaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditaran | desacreditasen |
| Vos | desacreditaras | desacreditase |
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 | desacreditare |
| Tú | desacreditares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacreditare |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacreditaren |
| Vos | desacreditares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “discredit!” and “don’t discredit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desacredita | no desacredites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desacredite | no desacredite |
| Nosotros / as | desacreditemos | no desacreditemos |
| Vosotros / as | desacreditad | no desacreditéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desacrediten | no desacrediten |
| Vos | desacreditá | no desacredites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desacreditado |
| Tú | hayas desacreditado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desacreditado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desacreditado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desacreditado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desacreditado |
| Vos | hayas desacreditado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desacreditado / hubiese desacreditado |
| Tú | hubieras desacreditado / hubieses desacreditado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desacreditado / hubiese desacreditado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desacreditado / hubiésemos desacreditado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desacreditado / hubieseis desacreditado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desacreditado / hubiesen desacreditado |
| Vos | hubieras desacreditado / hubieses desacreditado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desacreditado |
| Tú | hubieres desacreditado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desacreditado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desacreditado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desacreditado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desacreditado |
| Vos | hubieres desacreditado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desacreditando |
| Tú | estés desacreditando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desacreditando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desacreditando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desacreditando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desacreditando |
| Vos | estés desacreditando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desacreditando / estuviese desacreditando |
| Tú | estuvieras desacreditando / estuvieses desacreditando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desacreditando / estuviese desacreditando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desacreditando / estuviésamos desacreditando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desacreditando / estuvieseis desacreditando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desacreditando / estuviese desacreditando |
| Vos | estuvieras desacreditando / estuvieses desacreditando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desacreditando |
| Tú | estuvieres desacreditando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desacreditando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desacreditando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desacreditando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desacreditando |
| Vos | estuvieres desacreditando |
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 desacreditás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desacreditaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desacreditabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desacreditarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desacreditarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desacredites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desacreditaras / Vos desacreditase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desacreditá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desacredites |