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Descargar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unload, discharge”.
Below are all of the conjugations for descargar 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 unload, discharge |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | descargar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está descargando) and past continuous (estaba descargando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unloading).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he descargado and hubiera descargado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unloaded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | descargando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | descargado |
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 unload” or “they unload”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descargo |
| Tú | descargas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descarga |
| Nosotros / as | descargamos |
| Vosotros / as | descargáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargan |
| Vos | descargás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unloaded” or “she unloaded” 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 | descargué | I unloaded |
| Tú | descargaste | You unloaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargó | He / she / you unloaded |
| Nosotros / as | descargamos | We unloaded |
| Vosotros / as | descargasteis | You unloaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargaron | They / you unloaded |
| Vos | descargaste | You unloaded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unloading” or “she was unloading” 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 | descargaba | I was unloading |
| Tú | descargabas | You were unloading |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargaba | He was / she was / you were unloading |
| Nosotros / as | descargábamos | We were unloading |
| Vosotros / as | descargabais | You were unloading |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargaban | They / you were unloading |
| Vos | descargabas | You were unloading |
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 unloaded” and “she has unloaded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he descargado | I have unloaded |
| Tú | has descargado | You have unloaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha descargado | He has / she has / you have unloaded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos descargado | We have unloaded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis descargado | You have unloaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han descargado | They / you have unloaded |
| Vos | has descargado | You have unloaded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unload” or “she would unload”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descargaría | I would unload |
| Tú | descargarías | You would unload |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargaría | He / she / you would unload |
| Nosotros / as | descargaríamos | We would unload |
| Vosotros / as | descargaríais | You would unload |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargarían | They / you would unload |
| Vos | descargarías | You would unload |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unload” or “they will unload”.
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 descargar” means “They are going to unload”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descargaré | I will unload |
| Tú | descargarás | You will unload |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargará | He / she / you will unload |
| Nosotros / as | descargaremos | We will unload |
| Vosotros / as | descargaréis | You will unload |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargarán | They / you will unload |
| Vos | descargarás | You will unload |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descargue |
| Tú | descargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargue |
| Nosotros / as | descarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | descarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descarguen |
| Vos | descargues |
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 | descargara | descargase |
| Tú | descargaras | descargase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargara | descargase |
| Nosotros / as | descargáramos | descargásemos |
| Vosotros / as | descargarais | descargaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargaran | descargasen |
| Vos | descargaras | descargase |
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 | descargare |
| Tú | descargares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargare |
| Nosotros / as | descargáremos |
| Vosotros / as | descargareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descargaren |
| Vos | descargares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unload!” and “don’t unload!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | descarga | no descargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descargue | no descargue |
| Nosotros / as | descarguemos | no descarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | descargad | no descarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descarguen | no descarguen |
| Vos | descargá | no descargues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya descargado |
| Tú | hayas descargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya descargado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos descargado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis descargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan descargado |
| Vos | hayas descargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera descargado / hubiese descargado |
| Tú | hubieras descargado / hubieses descargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera descargado / hubiese descargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos descargado / hubiésemos descargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais descargado / hubieseis descargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran descargado / hubiesen descargado |
| Vos | hubieras descargado / hubieses descargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere descargado |
| Tú | hubieres descargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere descargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos descargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis descargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren descargado |
| Vos | hubieres descargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté descargando |
| Tú | estés descargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté descargando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos descargando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis descargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén descargando |
| Vos | estés descargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera descargando / estuviese descargando |
| Tú | estuvieras descargando / estuvieses descargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera descargando / estuviese descargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos descargando / estuviésamos descargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais descargando / estuvieseis descargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera descargando / estuviese descargando |
| Vos | estuvieras descargando / estuvieses descargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere descargando |
| Tú | estuvieres descargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere descargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos descargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis descargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere descargando |
| Vos | estuvieres descargando |
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 descargás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos descargaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos descargabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos descargarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos descargarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos descargues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos descargaras / Vos descargase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos descargá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no descargues |