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Desgreñar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to dishevel, make untidy (hair)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desgreñar 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 dishevel, make untidy (hair) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desgreñar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desgreñando) and past continuous (estaba desgreñando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disheveling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desgreñado and hubiera desgreñado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disheveled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desgreñando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desgreñado |
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 dishevel” or “they dishevel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgreño |
| Tú | desgreñas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreña |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñamos |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñan |
| Vos | desgreñás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disheveled” or “she disheveled” 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 | desgreñé | I disheveled |
| Tú | desgreñaste | You disheveled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñó | He / she / you disheveled |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñamos | We disheveled |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñasteis | You disheveled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñaron | They / you disheveled |
| Vos | desgreñaste | You disheveled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disheveling” or “she was disheveling” 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 | desgreñaba | I was disheveling |
| Tú | desgreñabas | You were disheveling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñaba | He was / she was / you were disheveling |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñábamos | We were disheveling |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñabais | You were disheveling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñaban | They / you were disheveling |
| Vos | desgreñabas | You were disheveling |
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 disheveled” and “she has disheveled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desgreñado | I have disheveled |
| Tú | has desgreñado | You have disheveled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desgreñado | He has / she has / you have disheveled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desgreñado | We have disheveled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desgreñado | You have disheveled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desgreñado | They / you have disheveled |
| Vos | has desgreñado | You have disheveled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dishevel” or “she would dishevel”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgreñaría | I would dishevel |
| Tú | desgreñarías | You would dishevel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñaría | He / she / you would dishevel |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñaríamos | We would dishevel |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñaríais | You would dishevel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñarían | They / you would dishevel |
| Vos | desgreñarías | You would dishevel |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dishevel” or “they will dishevel”.
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 desgreñar” means “They are going to dishevel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgreñaré | I will dishevel |
| Tú | desgreñarás | You will dishevel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñará | He / she / you will dishevel |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñaremos | We will dishevel |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñaréis | You will dishevel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñarán | They / you will dishevel |
| Vos | desgreñarás | You will dishevel |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgreñe |
| Tú | desgreñes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñe |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñen |
| Vos | desgreñes |
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 | desgreñara | desgreñase |
| Tú | desgreñaras | desgreñase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñara | desgreñase |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñáramos | desgreñásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñarais | desgreñaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñaran | desgreñasen |
| Vos | desgreñaras | desgreñase |
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 | desgreñare |
| Tú | desgreñares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñare |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñaren |
| Vos | desgreñares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dishevel!” and “don’t dishevel!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desgreña | no desgreñes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgreñe | no desgreñe |
| Nosotros / as | desgreñemos | no desgreñemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgreñad | no desgreñéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgreñen | no desgreñen |
| Vos | desgreñá | no desgreñes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desgreñado |
| Tú | hayas desgreñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desgreñado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desgreñado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desgreñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desgreñado |
| Vos | hayas desgreñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desgreñado / hubiese desgreñado |
| Tú | hubieras desgreñado / hubieses desgreñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desgreñado / hubiese desgreñado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desgreñado / hubiésemos desgreñado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desgreñado / hubieseis desgreñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desgreñado / hubiesen desgreñado |
| Vos | hubieras desgreñado / hubieses desgreñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desgreñado |
| Tú | hubieres desgreñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desgreñado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desgreñado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desgreñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desgreñado |
| Vos | hubieres desgreñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desgreñando |
| Tú | estés desgreñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desgreñando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desgreñando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desgreñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desgreñando |
| Vos | estés desgreñando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desgreñando / estuviese desgreñando |
| Tú | estuvieras desgreñando / estuvieses desgreñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desgreñando / estuviese desgreñando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desgreñando / estuviésamos desgreñando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desgreñando / estuvieseis desgreñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desgreñando / estuviese desgreñando |
| Vos | estuvieras desgreñando / estuvieses desgreñando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desgreñando |
| Tú | estuvieres desgreñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desgreñando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desgreñando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desgreñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desgreñando |
| Vos | estuvieres desgreñando |
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 desgreñás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desgreñaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desgreñabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desgreñarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desgreñarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desgreñes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desgreñaras / Vos desgreñase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desgreñá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desgreñes |