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Desarmar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disarm, take apart”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desarmar 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 disarm, take apart |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desarmar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desarmando) and past continuous (estaba desarmando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disarming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desarmado and hubiera desarmado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disarmed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desarmando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desarmado |
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 disarm” or “they disarm”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desarmo |
| Tú | desarmas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarma |
| Nosotros / as | desarmamos |
| Vosotros / as | desarmáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarman |
| Vos | desarmás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disarmed” or “she disarmed” 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 | desarmé | I disarmed |
| Tú | desarmaste | You disarmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarmó | He / she / you disarmed |
| Nosotros / as | desarmamos | We disarmed |
| Vosotros / as | desarmasteis | You disarmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmaron | They / you disarmed |
| Vos | desarmaste | You disarmed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disarming” or “she was disarming” 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 | desarmaba | I was disarming |
| Tú | desarmabas | You were disarming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarmaba | He was / she was / you were disarming |
| Nosotros / as | desarmábamos | We were disarming |
| Vosotros / as | desarmabais | You were disarming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmaban | They / you were disarming |
| Vos | desarmabas | You were disarming |
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 disarmed” and “she has disarmed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desarmado | I have disarmed |
| Tú | has desarmado | You have disarmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desarmado | He has / she has / you have disarmed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desarmado | We have disarmed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desarmado | You have disarmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desarmado | They / you have disarmed |
| Vos | has desarmado | You have disarmed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disarm” or “she would disarm”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desarmaría | I would disarm |
| Tú | desarmarías | You would disarm |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarmaría | He / she / you would disarm |
| Nosotros / as | desarmaríamos | We would disarm |
| Vosotros / as | desarmaríais | You would disarm |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmarían | They / you would disarm |
| Vos | desarmarías | You would disarm |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disarm” or “they will disarm”.
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 desarmar” means “They are going to disarm”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desarmaré | I will disarm |
| Tú | desarmarás | You will disarm |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarmará | He / she / you will disarm |
| Nosotros / as | desarmaremos | We will disarm |
| Vosotros / as | desarmaréis | You will disarm |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmarán | They / you will disarm |
| Vos | desarmarás | You will disarm |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desarme |
| Tú | desarmes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarme |
| Nosotros / as | desarmemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmen |
| Vos | desarmes |
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 | desarmara | desarmase |
| Tú | desarmaras | desarmase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarmara | desarmase |
| Nosotros / as | desarmáramos | desarmásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarmarais | desarmaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmaran | desarmasen |
| Vos | desarmaras | desarmase |
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 | desarmare |
| Tú | desarmares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarmare |
| Nosotros / as | desarmáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desarmareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmaren |
| Vos | desarmares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disarm!” and “don’t disarm!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desarma | no desarmes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarme | no desarme |
| Nosotros / as | desarmemos | no desarmemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarmad | no desarméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarmen | no desarmen |
| Vos | desarmá | no desarmes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desarmado |
| Tú | hayas desarmado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desarmado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desarmado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desarmado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desarmado |
| Vos | hayas desarmado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desarmado / hubiese desarmado |
| Tú | hubieras desarmado / hubieses desarmado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desarmado / hubiese desarmado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desarmado / hubiésemos desarmado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desarmado / hubieseis desarmado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desarmado / hubiesen desarmado |
| Vos | hubieras desarmado / hubieses desarmado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desarmado |
| Tú | hubieres desarmado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desarmado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desarmado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desarmado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desarmado |
| Vos | hubieres desarmado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desarmando |
| Tú | estés desarmando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desarmando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desarmando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desarmando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desarmando |
| Vos | estés desarmando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desarmando / estuviese desarmando |
| Tú | estuvieras desarmando / estuvieses desarmando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desarmando / estuviese desarmando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desarmando / estuviésamos desarmando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desarmando / estuvieseis desarmando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desarmando / estuviese desarmando |
| Vos | estuvieras desarmando / estuvieses desarmando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desarmando |
| Tú | estuvieres desarmando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desarmando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desarmando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desarmando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desarmando |
| Vos | estuvieres desarmando |
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 desarmás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desarmaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desarmabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desarmarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desarmarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desarmes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desarmaras / Vos desarmase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desarmá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desarmes |