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Desatender is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to ignore, disregard, neglect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desatender 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 ignore, disregard, neglect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desatender |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desatendiendo) and past continuous (estaba desatendiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disregarding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desatendido and hubiera desatendido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disregarded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desatendiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desatendido |
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 disregard” or “they disregard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desatiendo |
| Tú | desatiendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatiende |
| Nosotros / as | desatendemos |
| Vosotros / as | desatendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatienden |
| Vos | desatendés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disregarded” or “she disregarded” 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 | desatendí | I disregarded |
| Tú | desatendiste | You disregarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatendió | He / she / you disregarded |
| Nosotros / as | desatendimos | We disregarded |
| Vosotros / as | desatendisteis | You disregarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatendieron | They / you disregarded |
| Vos | desatendiste | You disregarded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disregarding” or “she was disregarding” 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 | desatendía | I was disregarding |
| Tú | desatendías | You were disregarding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatendía | He was / she was / you were disregarding |
| Nosotros / as | desatendíamos | We were disregarding |
| Vosotros / as | desatendíais | You were disregarding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatendían | They / you were disregarding |
| Vos | desatendías | You were disregarding |
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 disregarded” and “she has disregarded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desatendido | I have disregarded |
| Tú | has desatendido | You have disregarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desatendido | He has / she has / you have disregarded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desatendido | We have disregarded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desatendido | You have disregarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desatendido | They / you have disregarded |
| Vos | has desatendido | You have disregarded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disregard” or “she would disregard”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desatendería | I would disregard |
| Tú | desatenderías | You would disregard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatendería | He / she / you would disregard |
| Nosotros / as | desatenderíamos | We would disregard |
| Vosotros / as | desatenderíais | You would disregard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatenderían | They / you would disregard |
| Vos | desatenderías | You would disregard |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disregard” or “they will disregard”.
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 desatender” means “They are going to disregard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desatenderé | I will disregard |
| Tú | desatenderás | You will disregard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatenderá | He / she / you will disregard |
| Nosotros / as | desatenderemos | We will disregard |
| Vosotros / as | desatenderéis | You will disregard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatenderán | They / you will disregard |
| Vos | desatenderás | You will disregard |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desatienda |
| Tú | desatiendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatienda |
| Nosotros / as | desatendamos |
| Vosotros / as | desatendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatiendan |
| Vos | desatiendas |
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 | desatendiera | desatendiese |
| Tú | desatendieras | desatendiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatendiera | desatendiese |
| Nosotros / as | desatendiéramos | desatendiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | desatendierais | desatendieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatendieran | desatendiesen |
| Vos | desatendieras | desatendiese |
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 | desatendiere |
| Tú | desatendieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatendiere |
| Nosotros / as | desatendiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | desatendiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatendieren |
| Vos | desatendieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disregard!” and “don’t disregard!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desatiende | no desatiendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desatienda | no desatienda |
| Nosotros / as | desatendamos | no desatendamos |
| Vosotros / as | desatended | no desatendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desatiendan | no desatiendan |
| Vos | desatendé | no desatiendas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desatendido |
| Tú | hayas desatendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desatendido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desatendido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desatendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desatendido |
| Vos | hayas desatendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desatendido / hubiese desatendido |
| Tú | hubieras desatendido / hubieses desatendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desatendido / hubiese desatendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desatendido / hubiésemos desatendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desatendido / hubieseis desatendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desatendido / hubiesen desatendido |
| Vos | hubieras desatendido / hubieses desatendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desatendido |
| Tú | hubieres desatendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desatendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desatendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desatendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desatendido |
| Vos | hubieres desatendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desatendiendo |
| Tú | estés desatendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desatendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desatendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desatendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desatendiendo |
| Vos | estés desatendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desatendiendo / estuviese desatendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras desatendiendo / estuvieses desatendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desatendiendo / estuviese desatendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desatendiendo / estuviésamos desatendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desatendiendo / estuvieseis desatendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desatendiendo / estuviese desatendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras desatendiendo / estuvieses desatendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desatendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres desatendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desatendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desatendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desatendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desatendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres desatendiendo |
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 desatendés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desatendiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desatendías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desatenderías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desatenderás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desatiendas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desatendieras / Vos desatendiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desatendé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desatiendas |