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Desenchufar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unplug, disconnect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desenchufar 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 unplug, disconnect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desenchufar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desenchufando) and past continuous (estaba desenchufando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unplugging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desenchufado and hubiera desenchufado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unplugged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desenchufando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desenchufado |
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 unplug” or “they unplug”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenchufo |
| Tú | desenchufas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufa |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufamos |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufan |
| Vos | desenchufás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unplugged” or “she unplugged” 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 | desenchufé | I unplugged |
| Tú | desenchufaste | You unplugged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufó | He / she / you unplugged |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufamos | We unplugged |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufasteis | You unplugged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufaron | They / you unplugged |
| Vos | desenchufaste | You unplugged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unplugging” or “she was unplugging” 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 | desenchufaba | I was unplugging |
| Tú | desenchufabas | You were unplugging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufaba | He was / she was / you were unplugging |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufábamos | We were unplugging |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufabais | You were unplugging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufaban | They / you were unplugging |
| Vos | desenchufabas | You were unplugging |
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 unplugged” and “she has unplugged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desenchufado | I have unplugged |
| Tú | has desenchufado | You have unplugged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desenchufado | He has / she has / you have unplugged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desenchufado | We have unplugged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desenchufado | You have unplugged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desenchufado | They / you have unplugged |
| Vos | has desenchufado | You have unplugged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unplug” or “she would unplug”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenchufaría | I would unplug |
| Tú | desenchufarías | You would unplug |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufaría | He / she / you would unplug |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufaríamos | We would unplug |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufaríais | You would unplug |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufarían | They / you would unplug |
| Vos | desenchufarías | You would unplug |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unplug” or “they will unplug”.
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 desenchufar” means “They are going to unplug”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenchufaré | I will unplug |
| Tú | desenchufarás | You will unplug |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufará | He / she / you will unplug |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufaremos | We will unplug |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufaréis | You will unplug |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufarán | They / you will unplug |
| Vos | desenchufarás | You will unplug |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenchufe |
| Tú | desenchufes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufe |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenchuféis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufen |
| Vos | desenchufes |
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 | desenchufara | desenchufase |
| Tú | desenchufaras | desenchufase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufara | desenchufase |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufáramos | desenchufásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufarais | desenchufaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufaran | desenchufasen |
| Vos | desenchufaras | desenchufase |
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 | desenchufare |
| Tú | desenchufares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufare |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufaren |
| Vos | desenchufares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unplug!” and “don’t unplug!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desenchufa | no desenchufes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenchufe | no desenchufe |
| Nosotros / as | desenchufemos | no desenchufemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenchufad | no desenchuféis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenchufen | no desenchufen |
| Vos | desenchufá | no desenchufes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desenchufado |
| Tú | hayas desenchufado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desenchufado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desenchufado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desenchufado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desenchufado |
| Vos | hayas desenchufado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desenchufado / hubiese desenchufado |
| Tú | hubieras desenchufado / hubieses desenchufado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desenchufado / hubiese desenchufado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desenchufado / hubiésemos desenchufado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desenchufado / hubieseis desenchufado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desenchufado / hubiesen desenchufado |
| Vos | hubieras desenchufado / hubieses desenchufado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desenchufado |
| Tú | hubieres desenchufado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desenchufado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desenchufado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desenchufado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desenchufado |
| Vos | hubieres desenchufado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desenchufando |
| Tú | estés desenchufando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desenchufando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desenchufando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desenchufando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desenchufando |
| Vos | estés desenchufando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desenchufando / estuviese desenchufando |
| Tú | estuvieras desenchufando / estuvieses desenchufando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desenchufando / estuviese desenchufando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desenchufando / estuviésamos desenchufando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desenchufando / estuvieseis desenchufando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desenchufando / estuviese desenchufando |
| Vos | estuvieras desenchufando / estuvieses desenchufando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desenchufando |
| Tú | estuvieres desenchufando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desenchufando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desenchufando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desenchufando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desenchufando |
| Vos | estuvieres desenchufando |
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 desenchufás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desenchufaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desenchufabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desenchufarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desenchufarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desenchufes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desenchufaras / Vos desenchufase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desenchufá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desenchufes |