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Desembarcar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disembark, unload, leave”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desembarcar 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 disembark, unload, leave |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desembarcar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desembarcando) and past continuous (estaba desembarcando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disembarking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desembarcado and hubiera desembarcado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disembarked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desembarcando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desembarcado |
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 disembark” or “they disembark”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desembarco |
| Tú | desembarcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarca |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcamos |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcan |
| Vos | desembarcás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disembarked” or “she disembarked” 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 | desembarqué | I disembarked |
| Tú | desembarcaste | You disembarked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarcó | He / she / you disembarked |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcamos | We disembarked |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcasteis | You disembarked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcaron | They / you disembarked |
| Vos | desembarcaste | You disembarked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disembarking” or “she was disembarking” 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 | desembarcaba | I was disembarking |
| Tú | desembarcabas | You were disembarking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarcaba | He was / she was / you were disembarking |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcábamos | We were disembarking |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcabais | You were disembarking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcaban | They / you were disembarking |
| Vos | desembarcabas | You were disembarking |
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 disembarked” and “she has disembarked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desembarcado | I have disembarked |
| Tú | has desembarcado | You have disembarked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desembarcado | He has / she has / you have disembarked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desembarcado | We have disembarked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desembarcado | You have disembarked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desembarcado | They / you have disembarked |
| Vos | has desembarcado | You have disembarked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disembark” or “she would disembark”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desembarcaría | I would disembark |
| Tú | desembarcarías | You would disembark |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarcaría | He / she / you would disembark |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcaríamos | We would disembark |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcaríais | You would disembark |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcarían | They / you would disembark |
| Vos | desembarcarías | You would disembark |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disembark” or “they will disembark”.
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 desembarcar” means “They are going to disembark”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desembarcaré | I will disembark |
| Tú | desembarcarás | You will disembark |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarcará | He / she / you will disembark |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcaremos | We will disembark |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcaréis | You will disembark |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcarán | They / you will disembark |
| Vos | desembarcarás | You will disembark |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desembarque |
| Tú | desembarques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarque |
| Nosotros / as | desembarquemos |
| Vosotros / as | desembarquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarquen |
| Vos | desembarques |
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 | desembarcara | desembarcase |
| Tú | desembarcaras | desembarcase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarcara | desembarcase |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcáramos | desembarcásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcarais | desembarcaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcaran | desembarcasen |
| Vos | desembarcaras | desembarcase |
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 | desembarcare |
| Tú | desembarcares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarcare |
| Nosotros / as | desembarcáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarcaren |
| Vos | desembarcares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disembark!” and “don’t disembark!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desembarca | no desembarques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desembarque | no desembarque |
| Nosotros / as | desembarquemos | no desembarquemos |
| Vosotros / as | desembarcad | no desembarquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desembarquen | no desembarquen |
| Vos | desembarcá | no desembarques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desembarcado |
| Tú | hayas desembarcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desembarcado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desembarcado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desembarcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desembarcado |
| Vos | hayas desembarcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desembarcado / hubiese desembarcado |
| Tú | hubieras desembarcado / hubieses desembarcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desembarcado / hubiese desembarcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desembarcado / hubiésemos desembarcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desembarcado / hubieseis desembarcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desembarcado / hubiesen desembarcado |
| Vos | hubieras desembarcado / hubieses desembarcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desembarcado |
| Tú | hubieres desembarcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desembarcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desembarcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desembarcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desembarcado |
| Vos | hubieres desembarcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desembarcando |
| Tú | estés desembarcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desembarcando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desembarcando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desembarcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desembarcando |
| Vos | estés desembarcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desembarcando / estuviese desembarcando |
| Tú | estuvieras desembarcando / estuvieses desembarcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desembarcando / estuviese desembarcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desembarcando / estuviésamos desembarcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desembarcando / estuvieseis desembarcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desembarcando / estuviese desembarcando |
| Vos | estuvieras desembarcando / estuvieses desembarcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desembarcando |
| Tú | estuvieres desembarcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desembarcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desembarcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desembarcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desembarcando |
| Vos | estuvieres desembarcando |
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 desembarcás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desembarcaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desembarcabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desembarcarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desembarcarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desembarques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desembarcaras / Vos desembarcase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desembarcá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desembarques |