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Desconocer conjugation

Desconocer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be ignorant of, not recognize”.

Spanish ER Verbs

Below are all of the conjugations for desconocer 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.

Desconocer Infinitive

English Infinitive	to be ignorant of, not recognize
Spanish Infinitive	desconocer

Desconocer Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desconociendo) and past continuous (estaba desconociendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. being ignorant of).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desconocido and hubiera desconocido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have been ignorant of).

Gerundio / Gerund	desconociendo
Participio / Past Participle	desconocido

Desconocer Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Desconocer Presente / Present

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 be ignorant of” or “they be ignorant of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	desconozco
Tú	desconoces
Él / Ella / Usted	desconoce
Nosotros / as	desconocemos
Vosotros / as	desconocéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocen
Vos	desconocés

Desconocer Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I was ignorant of” or “she was ignorant of” 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	desconocí	I was ignorant of
Tú	desconociste	You was ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	desconoció	He / she / you was ignorant of
Nosotros / as	desconocimos	We was ignorant of
Vosotros / as	desconocisteis	You was ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocieron	They / you was ignorant of
Vos	desconociste	You was ignorant of

Desconocer Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was being ignorant of” or “she was being ignorant of” 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	desconocía	I was being ignorant of
Tú	desconocías	You were being ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	desconocía	He was / she was / you were being ignorant of
Nosotros / as	desconocíamos	We were being ignorant of
Vosotros / as	desconocíais	You were being ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocían	They / you were being ignorant of
Vos	desconocías	You were being ignorant of

Desconocer Perfect / Perfecto

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 been ignorant of” and “she has been ignorant of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	he desconocido	I have been ignorant of
Tú	has desconocido	You have been ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	ha desconocido	He has / she has / you have been ignorant of
Nosotros / as	hemos desconocido	We have been ignorant of
Vosotros / as	habéis desconocido	You have been ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han desconocido	They / you have been ignorant of
Vos	has desconocido	You have been ignorant of

Desconocer Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would be ignorant of” or “she would be ignorant of”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	desconocería	I would be ignorant of
Tú	desconocerías	You would be ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	desconocería	He / she / you would be ignorant of
Nosotros / as	desconoceríamos	We would be ignorant of
Vosotros / as	desconoceríais	You would be ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocerían	They / you would be ignorant of
Vos	desconocerías	You would be ignorant of

Desconocer Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will be ignorant of” or “they will be ignorant of”.

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 desconocer” means “They are going to be ignorant of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	desconoceré	I will be ignorant of
Tú	desconocerás	You will be ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	desconocerá	He / she / you will be ignorant of
Nosotros / as	desconoceremos	We will be ignorant of
Vosotros / as	desconoceréis	You will be ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocerán	They / you will be ignorant of
Vos	desconocerás	You will be ignorant of

Desconocer Subjunctive Conjugations

Desconocer Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	desconozca
Tú	desconozcas
Él / Ella / Usted	desconozca
Nosotros / as	desconozcamos
Vosotros / as	desconozcáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconozcan
Vos	desconozcas

Desconocer Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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	desconociera	desconociese
Tú	desconocieras	desconociese
Él / Ella / Usted	desconociera	desconociese
Nosotros / as	desconociéramos	desconociésemos
Vosotros / as	desconocierais	desconocieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocieran	desconociesen
Vos	desconocieras	desconociese

Desconocer Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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	desconociere
Tú	desconocieres
Él / Ella / Usted	desconociere
Nosotros / as	desconociéremos
Vosotros / as	desconociereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconocieren
Vos	desconocieres

Desconocer Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “be ignorant of!” and “don’t be ignorant of!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	desconoce	no desconozcas
Él / Ella / Usted	desconozca	no desconozca
Nosotros / as	desconozcamos	no desconozcamos
Vosotros / as	desconoced	no desconozcáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desconozcan	no desconozcan
Vos	desconocé	no desconozcas

Desconocer Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Desconocer Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya desconocido
Tú	hayas desconocido
Él / Ella / Usted	haya desconocido
Nosotros / as	hayamos desconocido
Vosotros / as	hayáis desconocido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan desconocido
Vos	hayas desconocido

Desconocer Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera desconocido / hubiese desconocido
Tú	hubieras desconocido / hubieses desconocido
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera desconocido / hubiese desconocido
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos desconocido / hubiésemos desconocido
Vosotros / as	hubierais desconocido / hubieseis desconocido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran desconocido / hubiesen desconocido
Vos	hubieras desconocido / hubieses desconocido

Desconocer Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere desconocido
Tú	hubieres desconocido
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere desconocido
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos desconocido
Vosotros / as	hubiereis desconocido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren desconocido
Vos	hubieres desconocido

Desconocer Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté desconociendo
Tú	estés desconociendo
Él / Ella / Usted	esté desconociendo
Nosotros / as	estemos desconociendo
Vosotros / as	estéis desconociendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén desconociendo
Vos	estés desconociendo

Desconocer Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera desconociendo / estuviese desconociendo
Tú	estuvieras desconociendo / estuvieses desconociendo
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera desconociendo / estuviese desconociendo
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos desconociendo / estuviésamos desconociendo
Vosotros / as	estuvierais desconociendo / estuvieseis desconociendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera desconociendo / estuviese desconociendo
Vos	estuvieras desconociendo / estuvieses desconociendo

Desconocer Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere desconociendo
Tú	estuvieres desconociendo
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere desconociendo
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos desconociendo
Vosotros / as	estuviereis desconociendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere desconociendo
Vos	estuvieres desconociendo

Desconocer Vos Conjugation

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 desconocés
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos desconociste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos desconocías
Conditional Condicional	Vos desconocerías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos desconocerás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos desconozcas
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos desconocieras / Vos desconociese
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos desconocé
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no desconozcas