Desdoblar conjugation
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Desdoblar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unfold, spread out”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desdoblar 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.
Desdoblar Infinitive
| English Infinitive | to unfold, spread out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desdoblar |
Desdoblar Gerund and Past Participle
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desdoblando) and past continuous (estaba desdoblando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unfolding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desdoblado and hubiera desdoblado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unfolded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desdoblando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desdoblado |
Desdoblar 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.
Desdoblar 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 unfold” or “they unfold”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desdoblo |
| Tú | desdoblas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdobla |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblamos |
| Vosotros / as | desdobláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblan |
| Vos | desdoblás |
Desdoblar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unfolded” or “she unfolded” 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 | desdoblé | I unfolded |
| Tú | desdoblaste | You unfolded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdobló | He / she / you unfolded |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblamos | We unfolded |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblasteis | You unfolded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblaron | They / you unfolded |
| Vos | desdoblaste | You unfolded |
Desdoblar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unfolding” or “she was unfolding” 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 | desdoblaba | I was unfolding |
| Tú | desdoblabas | You were unfolding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoblaba | He was / she was / you were unfolding |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblábamos | We were unfolding |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblabais | You were unfolding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblaban | They / you were unfolding |
| Vos | desdoblabas | You were unfolding |
Desdoblar 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 unfolded” and “she has unfolded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desdoblado | I have unfolded |
| Tú | has desdoblado | You have unfolded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desdoblado | He has / she has / you have unfolded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desdoblado | We have unfolded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desdoblado | You have unfolded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desdoblado | They / you have unfolded |
| Vos | has desdoblado | You have unfolded |
Desdoblar Conditional / Condicional
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unfold” or “she would unfold”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desdoblaría | I would unfold |
| Tú | desdoblarías | You would unfold |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoblaría | He / she / you would unfold |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblaríamos | We would unfold |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblaríais | You would unfold |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblarían | They / you would unfold |
| Vos | desdoblarías | You would unfold |
Desdoblar Future / Futuro
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unfold” or “they will unfold”.
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 desdoblar” means “They are going to unfold”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desdoblaré | I will unfold |
| Tú | desdoblarás | You will unfold |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoblará | He / she / you will unfold |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblaremos | We will unfold |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblaréis | You will unfold |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblarán | They / you will unfold |
| Vos | desdoblarás | You will unfold |
Desdoblar Subjunctive Conjugations
Desdoblar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desdoble |
| Tú | desdobles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoble |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblemos |
| Vosotros / as | desdobléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblen |
| Vos | desdobles |
Desdoblar 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 | desdoblara | desdoblase |
| Tú | desdoblaras | desdoblase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoblara | desdoblase |
| Nosotros / as | desdobláramos | desdoblásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblarais | desdoblaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblaran | desdoblasen |
| Vos | desdoblaras | desdoblase |
Desdoblar 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 | desdoblare |
| Tú | desdoblares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoblare |
| Nosotros / as | desdobláremos |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblaren |
| Vos | desdoblares |
Desdoblar Imperative Conjugations
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unfold!” and “don’t unfold!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desdobla | no desdobles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desdoble | no desdoble |
| Nosotros / as | desdoblemos | no desdoblemos |
| Vosotros / as | desdoblad | no desdobléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desdoblen | no desdoblen |
| Vos | desdoblá | no desdobles |
Desdoblar Compound Subjunctive Tenses
Desdoblar Subjunctive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desdoblado |
| Tú | hayas desdoblado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desdoblado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desdoblado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desdoblado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desdoblado |
| Vos | hayas desdoblado |
Desdoblar Subjunctive Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desdoblado / hubiese desdoblado |
| Tú | hubieras desdoblado / hubieses desdoblado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desdoblado / hubiese desdoblado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desdoblado / hubiésemos desdoblado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desdoblado / hubieseis desdoblado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desdoblado / hubiesen desdoblado |
| Vos | hubieras desdoblado / hubieses desdoblado |
Desdoblar Subjunctive Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desdoblado |
| Tú | hubieres desdoblado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desdoblado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desdoblado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desdoblado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desdoblado |
| Vos | hubieres desdoblado |
Desdoblar Subjective Progressive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desdoblando |
| Tú | estés desdoblando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desdoblando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desdoblando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desdoblando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desdoblando |
| Vos | estés desdoblando |
Desdoblar Subjunctive Past Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desdoblando / estuviese desdoblando |
| Tú | estuvieras desdoblando / estuvieses desdoblando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desdoblando / estuviese desdoblando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desdoblando / estuviésamos desdoblando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desdoblando / estuvieseis desdoblando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desdoblando / estuviese desdoblando |
| Vos | estuvieras desdoblando / estuvieses desdoblando |
Desdoblar Subjunctive Future Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desdoblando |
| Tú | estuvieres desdoblando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desdoblando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desdoblando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desdoblando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desdoblando |
| Vos | estuvieres desdoblando |
Desdoblar 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 desdoblás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desdoblaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desdoblabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desdoblarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desdoblarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desdobles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desdoblaras / Vos desdoblase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desdoblá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desdobles |