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Desheredar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disinherit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desheredar 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 disinherit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desheredar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desheredando) and past continuous (estaba desheredando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disinheriting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desheredado and hubiera desheredado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disinherited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desheredando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desheredado |
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 disinherit” or “they disinherit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desheredo |
| Tú | desheredas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshereda |
| Nosotros / as | desheredamos |
| Vosotros / as | desheredáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredan |
| Vos | desheredás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disinherited” or “she disinherited” 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 | desheredé | I disinherited |
| Tú | desheredaste | You disinherited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desheredó | He / she / you disinherited |
| Nosotros / as | desheredamos | We disinherited |
| Vosotros / as | desheredasteis | You disinherited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredaron | They / you disinherited |
| Vos | desheredaste | You disinherited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disinheriting” or “she was disinheriting” 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 | desheredaba | I was disinheriting |
| Tú | desheredabas | You were disinheriting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desheredaba | He was / she was / you were disinheriting |
| Nosotros / as | desheredábamos | We were disinheriting |
| Vosotros / as | desheredabais | You were disinheriting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredaban | They / you were disinheriting |
| Vos | desheredabas | You were disinheriting |
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 disinherited” and “she has disinherited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desheredado | I have disinherited |
| Tú | has desheredado | You have disinherited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desheredado | He has / she has / you have disinherited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desheredado | We have disinherited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desheredado | You have disinherited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desheredado | They / you have disinherited |
| Vos | has desheredado | You have disinherited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disinherit” or “she would disinherit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desheredaría | I would disinherit |
| Tú | desheredarías | You would disinherit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desheredaría | He / she / you would disinherit |
| Nosotros / as | desheredaríamos | We would disinherit |
| Vosotros / as | desheredaríais | You would disinherit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredarían | They / you would disinherit |
| Vos | desheredarías | You would disinherit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disinherit” or “they will disinherit”.
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 desheredar” means “They are going to disinherit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desheredaré | I will disinherit |
| Tú | desheredarás | You will disinherit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desheredará | He / she / you will disinherit |
| Nosotros / as | desheredaremos | We will disinherit |
| Vosotros / as | desheredaréis | You will disinherit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredarán | They / you will disinherit |
| Vos | desheredarás | You will disinherit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desherede |
| Tú | desheredes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desherede |
| Nosotros / as | desheredemos |
| Vosotros / as | desheredéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshereden |
| Vos | desheredes |
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 | desheredara | desheredase |
| Tú | desheredaras | desheredase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desheredara | desheredase |
| Nosotros / as | desheredáramos | desheredásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desheredarais | desheredaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredaran | desheredasen |
| Vos | desheredaras | desheredase |
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 | desheredare |
| Tú | desheredares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desheredare |
| Nosotros / as | desheredáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desheredareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desheredaren |
| Vos | desheredares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disinherit!” and “don’t disinherit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deshereda | no desheredes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desherede | no desherede |
| Nosotros / as | desheredemos | no desheredemos |
| Vosotros / as | desheredad | no desheredéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshereden | no deshereden |
| Vos | desheredá | no desheredes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desheredado |
| Tú | hayas desheredado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desheredado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desheredado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desheredado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desheredado |
| Vos | hayas desheredado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desheredado / hubiese desheredado |
| Tú | hubieras desheredado / hubieses desheredado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desheredado / hubiese desheredado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desheredado / hubiésemos desheredado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desheredado / hubieseis desheredado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desheredado / hubiesen desheredado |
| Vos | hubieras desheredado / hubieses desheredado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desheredado |
| Tú | hubieres desheredado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desheredado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desheredado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desheredado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desheredado |
| Vos | hubieres desheredado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desheredando |
| Tú | estés desheredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desheredando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desheredando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desheredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desheredando |
| Vos | estés desheredando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desheredando / estuviese desheredando |
| Tú | estuvieras desheredando / estuvieses desheredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desheredando / estuviese desheredando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desheredando / estuviésamos desheredando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desheredando / estuvieseis desheredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desheredando / estuviese desheredando |
| Vos | estuvieras desheredando / estuvieses desheredando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desheredando |
| Tú | estuvieres desheredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desheredando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desheredando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desheredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desheredando |
| Vos | estuvieres desheredando |
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 desheredás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desheredaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desheredabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desheredarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desheredarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desheredes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desheredaras / Vos desheredase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desheredá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desheredes |