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Desenganchar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unlock, unfasten”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desenganchar 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 unlock, unfasten |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desenganchar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desenganchando) and past continuous (estaba desenganchando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unlocking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desenganchado and hubiera desenganchado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unlocked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desenganchando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desenganchado |
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 unlock” or “they unlock”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desengancho |
| Tú | desenganchas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desengancha |
| Nosotros / as | desenganchamos |
| Vosotros / as | desengancháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenganchan |
| Vos | desenganchás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unlocked” or “she unlocked” 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 | desenganché | I unlocked |
| Tú | desenganchaste | You unlocked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganchó | He / she / you unlocked |
| Nosotros / as | desenganchamos | We unlocked |
| Vosotros / as | desenganchasteis | You unlocked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desengancharon | They / you unlocked |
| Vos | desenganchaste | You unlocked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unlocking” or “she was unlocking” 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 | desenganchaba | I was unlocking |
| Tú | desenganchabas | You were unlocking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganchaba | He was / she was / you were unlocking |
| Nosotros / as | desenganchábamos | We were unlocking |
| Vosotros / as | desenganchabais | You were unlocking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenganchaban | They / you were unlocking |
| Vos | desenganchabas | You were unlocking |
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 unlocked” and “she has unlocked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desenganchado | I have unlocked |
| Tú | has desenganchado | You have unlocked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desenganchado | He has / she has / you have unlocked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desenganchado | We have unlocked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desenganchado | You have unlocked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desenganchado | They / you have unlocked |
| Vos | has desenganchado | You have unlocked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unlock” or “she would unlock”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desengancharía | I would unlock |
| Tú | desengancharías | You would unlock |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desengancharía | He / she / you would unlock |
| Nosotros / as | desengancharíamos | We would unlock |
| Vosotros / as | desengancharíais | You would unlock |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desengancharían | They / you would unlock |
| Vos | desengancharías | You would unlock |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unlock” or “they will unlock”.
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 desenganchar” means “They are going to unlock”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desengancharé | I will unlock |
| Tú | desengancharás | You will unlock |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganchará | He / she / you will unlock |
| Nosotros / as | desengancharemos | We will unlock |
| Vosotros / as | desengancharéis | You will unlock |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desengancharán | They / you will unlock |
| Vos | desengancharás | You will unlock |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenganche |
| Tú | desenganches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganche |
| Nosotros / as | desenganchemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenganchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenganchen |
| Vos | desenganches |
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 | desenganchara | desenganchase |
| Tú | desengancharas | desenganchase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganchara | desenganchase |
| Nosotros / as | desengancháramos | desenganchásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desengancharais | desenganchaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desengancharan | desenganchasen |
| Vos | desengancharas | desenganchase |
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 | desenganchare |
| Tú | desenganchares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganchare |
| Nosotros / as | desengancháremos |
| Vosotros / as | desenganchareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desengancharen |
| Vos | desenganchares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unlock!” and “don’t unlock!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desengancha | no desenganches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenganche | no desenganche |
| Nosotros / as | desenganchemos | no desenganchemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenganchad | no desenganchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenganchen | no desenganchen |
| Vos | desenganchá | no desenganches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desenganchado |
| Tú | hayas desenganchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desenganchado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desenganchado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desenganchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desenganchado |
| Vos | hayas desenganchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desenganchado / hubiese desenganchado |
| Tú | hubieras desenganchado / hubieses desenganchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desenganchado / hubiese desenganchado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desenganchado / hubiésemos desenganchado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desenganchado / hubieseis desenganchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desenganchado / hubiesen desenganchado |
| Vos | hubieras desenganchado / hubieses desenganchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desenganchado |
| Tú | hubieres desenganchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desenganchado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desenganchado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desenganchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desenganchado |
| Vos | hubieres desenganchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desenganchando |
| Tú | estés desenganchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desenganchando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desenganchando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desenganchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desenganchando |
| Vos | estés desenganchando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desenganchando / estuviese desenganchando |
| Tú | estuvieras desenganchando / estuvieses desenganchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desenganchando / estuviese desenganchando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desenganchando / estuviésamos desenganchando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desenganchando / estuvieseis desenganchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desenganchando / estuviese desenganchando |
| Vos | estuvieras desenganchando / estuvieses desenganchando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desenganchando |
| Tú | estuvieres desenganchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desenganchando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desenganchando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desenganchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desenganchando |
| Vos | estuvieres desenganchando |
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 desenganchás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desenganchaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desenganchabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desengancharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desengancharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desenganches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desengancharas / Vos desenganchase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desenganchá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desenganches |