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Desactivar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to deactivate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desactivar 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 deactivate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desactivar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desactivando) and past continuous (estaba desactivando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. deactivating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desactivado and hubiera desactivado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have deactivated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desactivando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desactivado |
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 deactivate” or “they deactivate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desactivo |
| Tú | desactivas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactiva |
| Nosotros / as | desactivamos |
| Vosotros / as | desactiváis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivan |
| Vos | desactivás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I deactivated” or “she deactivated” 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 | desactivé | I deactivated |
| Tú | desactivaste | You deactivated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactivó | He / she / you deactivated |
| Nosotros / as | desactivamos | We deactivated |
| Vosotros / as | desactivasteis | You deactivated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivaron | They / you deactivated |
| Vos | desactivaste | You deactivated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was deactivating” or “she was deactivating” 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 | desactivaba | I was deactivating |
| Tú | desactivabas | You were deactivating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactivaba | He was / she was / you were deactivating |
| Nosotros / as | desactivábamos | We were deactivating |
| Vosotros / as | desactivabais | You were deactivating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivaban | They / you were deactivating |
| Vos | desactivabas | You were deactivating |
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 deactivated” and “she has deactivated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desactivado | I have deactivated |
| Tú | has desactivado | You have deactivated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desactivado | He has / she has / you have deactivated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desactivado | We have deactivated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desactivado | You have deactivated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desactivado | They / you have deactivated |
| Vos | has desactivado | You have deactivated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would deactivate” or “she would deactivate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desactivaría | I would deactivate |
| Tú | desactivarías | You would deactivate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactivaría | He / she / you would deactivate |
| Nosotros / as | desactivaríamos | We would deactivate |
| Vosotros / as | desactivaríais | You would deactivate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivarían | They / you would deactivate |
| Vos | desactivarías | You would deactivate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will deactivate” or “they will deactivate”.
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 desactivar” means “They are going to deactivate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desactivaré | I will deactivate |
| Tú | desactivarás | You will deactivate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactivará | He / she / you will deactivate |
| Nosotros / as | desactivaremos | We will deactivate |
| Vosotros / as | desactivaréis | You will deactivate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivarán | They / you will deactivate |
| Vos | desactivarás | You will deactivate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desactive |
| Tú | desactives |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactive |
| Nosotros / as | desactivemos |
| Vosotros / as | desactivéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactiven |
| Vos | desactives |
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 | desactivara | desactivase |
| Tú | desactivaras | desactivase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactivara | desactivase |
| Nosotros / as | desactiváramos | desactivásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desactivarais | desactivaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivaran | desactivasen |
| Vos | desactivaras | desactivase |
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 | desactivare |
| Tú | desactivares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactivare |
| Nosotros / as | desactiváremos |
| Vosotros / as | desactivareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactivaren |
| Vos | desactivares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “deactivate!” and “don’t deactivate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desactiva | no desactives |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desactive | no desactive |
| Nosotros / as | desactivemos | no desactivemos |
| Vosotros / as | desactivad | no desactivéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desactiven | no desactiven |
| Vos | desactivá | no desactives |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desactivado |
| Tú | hayas desactivado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desactivado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desactivado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desactivado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desactivado |
| Vos | hayas desactivado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desactivado / hubiese desactivado |
| Tú | hubieras desactivado / hubieses desactivado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desactivado / hubiese desactivado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desactivado / hubiésemos desactivado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desactivado / hubieseis desactivado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desactivado / hubiesen desactivado |
| Vos | hubieras desactivado / hubieses desactivado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desactivado |
| Tú | hubieres desactivado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desactivado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desactivado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desactivado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desactivado |
| Vos | hubieres desactivado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desactivando |
| Tú | estés desactivando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desactivando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desactivando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desactivando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desactivando |
| Vos | estés desactivando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desactivando / estuviese desactivando |
| Tú | estuvieras desactivando / estuvieses desactivando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desactivando / estuviese desactivando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desactivando / estuviésamos desactivando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desactivando / estuvieseis desactivando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desactivando / estuviese desactivando |
| Vos | estuvieras desactivando / estuvieses desactivando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desactivando |
| Tú | estuvieres desactivando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desactivando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desactivando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desactivando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desactivando |
| Vos | estuvieres desactivando |
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 desactivás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desactivaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desactivabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desactivarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desactivarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desactives |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desactivaras / Vos desactivase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desactivá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desactives |