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Descontinuar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to discontinue, cease, suspend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for descontinuar 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 discontinue, cease, suspend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | descontinuar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está descontinuando) and past continuous (estaba descontinuando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. discontinuing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he descontinuado and hubiera descontinuado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have discontinued).
| Gerundio / Gerund | descontinuando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | descontinuado |
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 discontinue” or “they discontinue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descontinúo |
| Tú | descontinúas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinúa |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuamos |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinúan |
| Vos | descontinuás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I discontinued” or “she discontinued” 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 | descontinué | I discontinued |
| Tú | descontinuaste | You discontinued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinuó | He / she / you discontinued |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuamos | We discontinued |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuasteis | You discontinued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinuaron | They / you discontinued |
| Vos | descontinuaste | You discontinued |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was discontinuing” or “she was discontinuing” 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 | descontinuaba | I was discontinuing |
| Tú | descontinuabas | You were discontinuing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinuaba | He was / she was / you were discontinuing |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuábamos | We were discontinuing |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuabais | You were discontinuing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinuaban | They / you were discontinuing |
| Vos | descontinuabas | You were discontinuing |
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 discontinued” and “she has discontinued”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he descontinuado | I have discontinued |
| Tú | has descontinuado | You have discontinued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha descontinuado | He has / she has / you have discontinued |
| Nosotros / as | hemos descontinuado | We have discontinued |
| Vosotros / as | habéis descontinuado | You have discontinued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han descontinuado | They / you have discontinued |
| Vos | has descontinuado | You have discontinued |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would discontinue” or “she would discontinue”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descontinuaría | I would discontinue |
| Tú | descontinuarías | You would discontinue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinuaría | He / she / you would discontinue |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuaríamos | We would discontinue |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuaríais | You would discontinue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinuarían | They / you would discontinue |
| Vos | descontinuarías | You would discontinue |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will discontinue” or “they will discontinue”.
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 descontinuar” means “They are going to discontinue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descontinuaré | I will discontinue |
| Tú | descontinuarás | You will discontinue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinuará | He / she / you will discontinue |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuaremos | We will discontinue |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuaréis | You will discontinue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinuarán | They / you will discontinue |
| Vos | descontinuarás | You will discontinue |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descontinúe |
| Tú | descontinúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinúe |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuemos |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinúen |
| Vos | descontinúes |
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 | descontinuara | descontinuase |
| Tú | descontinuaras | descontinuase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinuara | descontinuase |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuáramos | descontinuásemos |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuarais | descontinuaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinuaran | descontinuasen |
| Vos | descontinuaras | descontinuase |
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 | descontinuare |
| Tú | descontinuares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinuare |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuáremos |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinuaren |
| Vos | descontinuares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “discontinue!” and “don’t discontinue!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | descontinúa | no descontinúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descontinúe | no descontinúe |
| Nosotros / as | descontinuemos | no descontinuemos |
| Vosotros / as | descontinuad | no descontinuéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descontinúen | no descontinúen |
| Vos | descontinuá | no descontinúes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya descontinuado |
| Tú | hayas descontinuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya descontinuado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos descontinuado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis descontinuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan descontinuado |
| Vos | hayas descontinuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera descontinuado / hubiese descontinuado |
| Tú | hubieras descontinuado / hubieses descontinuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera descontinuado / hubiese descontinuado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos descontinuado / hubiésemos descontinuado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais descontinuado / hubieseis descontinuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran descontinuado / hubiesen descontinuado |
| Vos | hubieras descontinuado / hubieses descontinuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere descontinuado |
| Tú | hubieres descontinuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere descontinuado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos descontinuado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis descontinuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren descontinuado |
| Vos | hubieres descontinuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté descontinuando |
| Tú | estés descontinuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté descontinuando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos descontinuando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis descontinuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén descontinuando |
| Vos | estés descontinuando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera descontinuando / estuviese descontinuando |
| Tú | estuvieras descontinuando / estuvieses descontinuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera descontinuando / estuviese descontinuando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos descontinuando / estuviésamos descontinuando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais descontinuando / estuvieseis descontinuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera descontinuando / estuviese descontinuando |
| Vos | estuvieras descontinuando / estuvieses descontinuando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere descontinuando |
| Tú | estuvieres descontinuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere descontinuando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos descontinuando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis descontinuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere descontinuando |
| Vos | estuvieres descontinuando |
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 descontinuás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos descontinuaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos descontinuabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos descontinuarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos descontinuarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos descontinúes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos descontinuaras / Vos descontinuase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos descontinuá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no descontinúes |