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Descalificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disqualify”.
Below are all of the conjugations for descalificar 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 disqualify |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | descalificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está descalificando) and past continuous (estaba descalificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disqualifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he descalificado and hubiera descalificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disqualified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | descalificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | descalificado |
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 disqualify” or “they disqualify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descalifico |
| Tú | descalificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalifica |
| Nosotros / as | descalificamos |
| Vosotros / as | descalificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalifican |
| Vos | descalificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disqualified” or “she disqualified” 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 | descalifiqué | I disqualified |
| Tú | descalificaste | You disqualified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalificó | He / she / you disqualified |
| Nosotros / as | descalificamos | We disqualified |
| Vosotros / as | descalificasteis | You disqualified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalificaron | They / you disqualified |
| Vos | descalificaste | You disqualified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disqualifying” or “she was disqualifying” 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 | descalificaba | I was disqualifying |
| Tú | descalificabas | You were disqualifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalificaba | He was / she was / you were disqualifying |
| Nosotros / as | descalificábamos | We were disqualifying |
| Vosotros / as | descalificabais | You were disqualifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalificaban | They / you were disqualifying |
| Vos | descalificabas | You were disqualifying |
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 disqualified” and “she has disqualified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he descalificado | I have disqualified |
| Tú | has descalificado | You have disqualified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha descalificado | He has / she has / you have disqualified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos descalificado | We have disqualified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis descalificado | You have disqualified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han descalificado | They / you have disqualified |
| Vos | has descalificado | You have disqualified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disqualify” or “she would disqualify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descalificaría | I would disqualify |
| Tú | descalificarías | You would disqualify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalificaría | He / she / you would disqualify |
| Nosotros / as | descalificaríamos | We would disqualify |
| Vosotros / as | descalificaríais | You would disqualify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalificarían | They / you would disqualify |
| Vos | descalificarías | You would disqualify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disqualify” or “they will disqualify”.
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 descalificar” means “They are going to disqualify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descalificaré | I will disqualify |
| Tú | descalificarás | You will disqualify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalificará | He / she / you will disqualify |
| Nosotros / as | descalificaremos | We will disqualify |
| Vosotros / as | descalificaréis | You will disqualify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalificarán | They / you will disqualify |
| Vos | descalificarás | You will disqualify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descalifique |
| Tú | descalifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalifique |
| Nosotros / as | descalifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | descalifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalifiquen |
| Vos | descalifiques |
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 | descalificara | descalificase |
| Tú | descalificaras | descalificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalificara | descalificase |
| Nosotros / as | descalificáramos | descalificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | descalificarais | descalificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalificaran | descalificasen |
| Vos | descalificaras | descalificase |
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 | descalificare |
| Tú | descalificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalificare |
| Nosotros / as | descalificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | descalificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalificaren |
| Vos | descalificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disqualify!” and “don’t disqualify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | descalifica | no descalifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descalifique | no descalifique |
| Nosotros / as | descalifiquemos | no descalifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | descalificad | no descalifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descalifiquen | no descalifiquen |
| Vos | descalificá | no descalifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya descalificado |
| Tú | hayas descalificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya descalificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos descalificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis descalificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan descalificado |
| Vos | hayas descalificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera descalificado / hubiese descalificado |
| Tú | hubieras descalificado / hubieses descalificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera descalificado / hubiese descalificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos descalificado / hubiésemos descalificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais descalificado / hubieseis descalificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran descalificado / hubiesen descalificado |
| Vos | hubieras descalificado / hubieses descalificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere descalificado |
| Tú | hubieres descalificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere descalificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos descalificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis descalificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren descalificado |
| Vos | hubieres descalificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté descalificando |
| Tú | estés descalificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté descalificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos descalificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis descalificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén descalificando |
| Vos | estés descalificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera descalificando / estuviese descalificando |
| Tú | estuvieras descalificando / estuvieses descalificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera descalificando / estuviese descalificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos descalificando / estuviésamos descalificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais descalificando / estuvieseis descalificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera descalificando / estuviese descalificando |
| Vos | estuvieras descalificando / estuvieses descalificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere descalificando |
| Tú | estuvieres descalificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere descalificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos descalificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis descalificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere descalificando |
| Vos | estuvieres descalificando |
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 descalificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos descalificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos descalificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos descalificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos descalificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos descalifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos descalificaras / Vos descalificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos descalificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no descalifiques |