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Desalinear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to misalign, get out of line”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desalinear 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 misalign, get out of line |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desalinear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desalineando) and past continuous (estaba desalineando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. misaligning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desalineado and hubiera desalineado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have misaligned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desalineando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desalineado |
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 misalign” or “they misalign”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desalineo |
| Tú | desalineas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalinea |
| Nosotros / as | desalineamos |
| Vosotros / as | desalineáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalinean |
| Vos | desalineás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I misaligned” or “she misaligned” 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 | desalineé | I misaligned |
| Tú | desalineaste | You misaligned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalineó | He / she / you misaligned |
| Nosotros / as | desalineamos | We misaligned |
| Vosotros / as | desalineasteis | You misaligned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalinearon | They / you misaligned |
| Vos | desalineaste | You misaligned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was misaligning” or “she was misaligning” 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 | desalineaba | I was misaligning |
| Tú | desalineabas | You were misaligning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalineaba | He was / she was / you were misaligning |
| Nosotros / as | desalineábamos | We were misaligning |
| Vosotros / as | desalineabais | You were misaligning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalineaban | They / you were misaligning |
| Vos | desalineabas | You were misaligning |
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 misaligned” and “she has misaligned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desalineado | I have misaligned |
| Tú | has desalineado | You have misaligned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desalineado | He has / she has / you have misaligned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desalineado | We have misaligned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desalineado | You have misaligned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desalineado | They / you have misaligned |
| Vos | has desalineado | You have misaligned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would misalign” or “she would misalign”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desalinearía | I would misalign |
| Tú | desalinearías | You would misalign |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalinearía | He / she / you would misalign |
| Nosotros / as | desalinearíamos | We would misalign |
| Vosotros / as | desalinearíais | You would misalign |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalinearían | They / you would misalign |
| Vos | desalinearías | You would misalign |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will misalign” or “they will misalign”.
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 desalinear” means “They are going to misalign”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desalinearé | I will misalign |
| Tú | desalinearás | You will misalign |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalineará | He / she / you will misalign |
| Nosotros / as | desalinearemos | We will misalign |
| Vosotros / as | desalinearéis | You will misalign |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalinearán | They / you will misalign |
| Vos | desalinearás | You will misalign |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desalinee |
| Tú | desalinees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalinee |
| Nosotros / as | desalineemos |
| Vosotros / as | desalineéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalineen |
| Vos | desalinees |
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 | desalineara | desalinease |
| Tú | desalinearas | desalinease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalineara | desalinease |
| Nosotros / as | desalineáramos | desalineásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desalinearais | desalineaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalinearan | desalineasen |
| Vos | desalinearas | desalinease |
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 | desalineare |
| Tú | desalineares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalineare |
| Nosotros / as | desalineáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desalineareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalinearen |
| Vos | desalineares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “misalign!” and “don’t misalign!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desalinea | no desalinees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desalinee | no desalinee |
| Nosotros / as | desalineemos | no desalineemos |
| Vosotros / as | desalinead | no desalineéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desalineen | no desalineen |
| Vos | desalineá | no desalinees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desalineado |
| Tú | hayas desalineado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desalineado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desalineado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desalineado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desalineado |
| Vos | hayas desalineado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desalineado / hubiese desalineado |
| Tú | hubieras desalineado / hubieses desalineado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desalineado / hubiese desalineado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desalineado / hubiésemos desalineado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desalineado / hubieseis desalineado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desalineado / hubiesen desalineado |
| Vos | hubieras desalineado / hubieses desalineado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desalineado |
| Tú | hubieres desalineado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desalineado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desalineado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desalineado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desalineado |
| Vos | hubieres desalineado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desalineando |
| Tú | estés desalineando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desalineando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desalineando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desalineando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desalineando |
| Vos | estés desalineando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desalineando / estuviese desalineando |
| Tú | estuvieras desalineando / estuvieses desalineando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desalineando / estuviese desalineando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desalineando / estuviésamos desalineando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desalineando / estuvieseis desalineando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desalineando / estuviese desalineando |
| Vos | estuvieras desalineando / estuvieses desalineando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desalineando |
| Tú | estuvieres desalineando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desalineando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desalineando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desalineando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desalineando |
| Vos | estuvieres desalineando |
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 desalineás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desalineaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desalineabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desalinearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desalinearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desalinees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desalinearas / Vos desalinease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desalineá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desalinees |