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Desconectar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disconnect, unplug”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desconectar 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 disconnect, unplug |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desconectar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desconectando) and past continuous (estaba desconectando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disconnecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desconectado and hubiera desconectado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disconnected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desconectando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desconectado |
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 disconnect” or “they disconnect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desconecto |
| Tú | desconectas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconecta |
| Nosotros / as | desconectamos |
| Vosotros / as | desconectáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectan |
| Vos | desconectás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disconnected” or “she disconnected” 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 | desconecté | I disconnected |
| Tú | desconectaste | You disconnected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconectó | He / she / you disconnected |
| Nosotros / as | desconectamos | We disconnected |
| Vosotros / as | desconectasteis | You disconnected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectaron | They / you disconnected |
| Vos | desconectaste | You disconnected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disconnecting” or “she was disconnecting” 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 | desconectaba | I was disconnecting |
| Tú | desconectabas | You were disconnecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconectaba | He was / she was / you were disconnecting |
| Nosotros / as | desconectábamos | We were disconnecting |
| Vosotros / as | desconectabais | You were disconnecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectaban | They / you were disconnecting |
| Vos | desconectabas | You were disconnecting |
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 disconnected” and “she has disconnected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desconectado | I have disconnected |
| Tú | has desconectado | You have disconnected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desconectado | He has / she has / you have disconnected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desconectado | We have disconnected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desconectado | You have disconnected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desconectado | They / you have disconnected |
| Vos | has desconectado | You have disconnected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disconnect” or “she would disconnect”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desconectaría | I would disconnect |
| Tú | desconectarías | You would disconnect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconectaría | He / she / you would disconnect |
| Nosotros / as | desconectaríamos | We would disconnect |
| Vosotros / as | desconectaríais | You would disconnect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectarían | They / you would disconnect |
| Vos | desconectarías | You would disconnect |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disconnect” or “they will disconnect”.
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 desconectar” means “They are going to disconnect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desconectaré | I will disconnect |
| Tú | desconectarás | You will disconnect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconectará | He / she / you will disconnect |
| Nosotros / as | desconectaremos | We will disconnect |
| Vosotros / as | desconectaréis | You will disconnect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectarán | They / you will disconnect |
| Vos | desconectarás | You will disconnect |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desconecte |
| Tú | desconectes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconecte |
| Nosotros / as | desconectemos |
| Vosotros / as | desconectéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconecten |
| Vos | desconectes |
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 | desconectara | desconectase |
| Tú | desconectaras | desconectase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconectara | desconectase |
| Nosotros / as | desconectáramos | desconectásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desconectarais | desconectaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectaran | desconectasen |
| Vos | desconectaras | desconectase |
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 | desconectare |
| Tú | desconectares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconectare |
| Nosotros / as | desconectáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desconectareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconectaren |
| Vos | desconectares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disconnect!” and “don’t disconnect!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desconecta | no desconectes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desconecte | no desconecte |
| Nosotros / as | desconectemos | no desconectemos |
| Vosotros / as | desconectad | no desconectéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desconecten | no desconecten |
| Vos | desconectá | no desconectes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desconectado |
| Tú | hayas desconectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desconectado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desconectado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desconectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desconectado |
| Vos | hayas desconectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desconectado / hubiese desconectado |
| Tú | hubieras desconectado / hubieses desconectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desconectado / hubiese desconectado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desconectado / hubiésemos desconectado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desconectado / hubieseis desconectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desconectado / hubiesen desconectado |
| Vos | hubieras desconectado / hubieses desconectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desconectado |
| Tú | hubieres desconectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desconectado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desconectado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desconectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desconectado |
| Vos | hubieres desconectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desconectando |
| Tú | estés desconectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desconectando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desconectando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desconectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desconectando |
| Vos | estés desconectando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desconectando / estuviese desconectando |
| Tú | estuvieras desconectando / estuvieses desconectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desconectando / estuviese desconectando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desconectando / estuviésamos desconectando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desconectando / estuvieseis desconectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desconectando / estuviese desconectando |
| Vos | estuvieras desconectando / estuvieses desconectando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desconectando |
| Tú | estuvieres desconectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desconectando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desconectando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desconectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desconectando |
| Vos | estuvieres desconectando |
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 desconectás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desconectaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desconectabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desconectarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desconectarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desconectes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desconectaras / Vos desconectase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desconectá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desconectes |