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Desahogarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to confide in, comfort, console”.
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 desahogo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que desahogarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for desahogarse 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 confide in, comfort, console |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desahogarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desahogándose) and past continuous (estaba desahogándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. confiding in).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desahogado and hubiera desahogado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have confided in).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desahogándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desahogado |
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 confide in” or “they confide in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desahogo |
| Tú | te desahogas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahoga |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogamos |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogan |
| Vos | te desahogás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I confided in” or “she confided in” 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 desahogué | I confided in |
| Tú | te desahogaste | You confided in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogó | He / she / you confided in |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogamos | We confided in |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogasteis | You confided in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogaron | They / you confided in |
| Vos | te desahogaste | You confided in |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was confiding in” or “she was confiding in” 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 desahogaba | I was confiding in |
| Tú | te desahogabas | You were confiding in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogaba | He was / she was / you were confiding in |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogábamos | We were confiding in |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogabais | You were confiding in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogaban | They / you were confiding in |
| Vos | te desahogabas | You were confiding in |
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 confided in” and “she has confided in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he desahogado | I have confided in |
| Tú | te has desahogado | You have confided in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha desahogado | He has / she has / you have confided in |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos desahogado | We have confided in |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis desahogado | You have confided in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han desahogado | They / you have confided in |
| Vos | te has desahogado | You have confided in |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would confide in” or “she would confide in”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desahogaría | I would confide in |
| Tú | te desahogarías | You would confide in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogaría | He / she / you would confide in |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogaríamos | We would confide in |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogaríais | You would confide in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogarían | They / you would confide in |
| Vos | te desahogarías | You would confide in |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will confide in” or “they will confide in”.
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 desahogarse” means “They are going to confide in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desahogaré | I will confide in |
| Tú | te desahogarás | You will confide in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogará | He / she / you will confide in |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogaremos | We will confide in |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogaréis | You will confide in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogarán | They / you will confide in |
| Vos | te desahogarás | You will confide in |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desahogue |
| Tú | te desahogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogue |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahoguemos |
| Vosotros / as | os desahoguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahoguen |
| Vos | te desahogues |
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 desahogara | me desahogase |
| Tú | te desahogaras | me desahogase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogara | se desahogase |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogáramos | nos desahogásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogarais | os desahogaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogaran | se desahogasen |
| Vos | te desahogaras | me desahogase |
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 desahogare |
| Tú | te desahogares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desahogare |
| Nosotros / as | nos desahogáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os desahogareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desahogaren |
| Vos | te desahogares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “confide in!” and “don’t confide in!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desahógate | no te desahogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desahóguese | no se desahogue |
| Nosotros / as | desahoguémonos | no nos desahoguemos |
| Vosotros / as | desahogaos | no os desahoguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desahóguense | no se desahoguen |
| Vos | desahogate | no te desahogues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desahogado |
| Tú | hayas desahogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desahogado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desahogado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desahogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desahogado |
| Vos | hayas desahogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desahogado / hubiese desahogado |
| Tú | hubieras desahogado / hubieses desahogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desahogado / hubiese desahogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desahogado / hubiésemos desahogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desahogado / hubieseis desahogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desahogado / hubiesen desahogado |
| Vos | hubieras desahogado / hubieses desahogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desahogado |
| Tú | hubieres desahogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desahogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desahogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desahogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desahogado |
| Vos | hubieres desahogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desahogándose |
| Tú | estés desahogándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desahogándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desahogándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desahogándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desahogándose |
| Vos | estés desahogándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desahogándose / estuviese desahogándose |
| Tú | estuvieras desahogándose / estuvieses desahogándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desahogándose / estuviese desahogándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desahogándose / estuviésamos desahogándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desahogándose / estuvieseis desahogándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desahogándose / estuviese desahogándose |
| Vos | estuvieras desahogándose / estuvieses desahogándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desahogándose |
| Tú | estuvieres desahogándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desahogándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desahogándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desahogándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desahogándose |
| Vos | estuvieres desahogándose |
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 desahogás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te desahogaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te desahogabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te desahogarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te desahogarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te desahogues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te desahogaras / Vos me desahogase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desahogate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te desahogues |