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Deshilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unravel”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deshilar 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 unravel |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deshilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deshilando) and past continuous (estaba deshilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unraveling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deshilado and hubiera deshilado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unraveled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deshilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deshilado |
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 unravel” or “they unravel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deshilo |
| Tú | deshilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshila |
| Nosotros / as | deshilamos |
| Vosotros / as | deshiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilan |
| Vos | deshilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unraveled” or “she unraveled” 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 | deshilé | I unraveled |
| Tú | deshilaste | You unraveled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshiló | He / she / you unraveled |
| Nosotros / as | deshilamos | We unraveled |
| Vosotros / as | deshilasteis | You unraveled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilaron | They / you unraveled |
| Vos | deshilaste | You unraveled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unraveling” or “she was unraveling” 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 | deshilaba | I was unraveling |
| Tú | deshilabas | You were unraveling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshilaba | He was / she was / you were unraveling |
| Nosotros / as | deshilábamos | We were unraveling |
| Vosotros / as | deshilabais | You were unraveling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilaban | They / you were unraveling |
| Vos | deshilabas | You were unraveling |
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 unraveled” and “she has unraveled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he deshilado | I have unraveled |
| Tú | has deshilado | You have unraveled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha deshilado | He has / she has / you have unraveled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos deshilado | We have unraveled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis deshilado | You have unraveled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han deshilado | They / you have unraveled |
| Vos | has deshilado | You have unraveled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unravel” or “she would unravel”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deshilaría | I would unravel |
| Tú | deshilarías | You would unravel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshilaría | He / she / you would unravel |
| Nosotros / as | deshilaríamos | We would unravel |
| Vosotros / as | deshilaríais | You would unravel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilarían | They / you would unravel |
| Vos | deshilarías | You would unravel |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unravel” or “they will unravel”.
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 deshilar” means “They are going to unravel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deshilaré | I will unravel |
| Tú | deshilarás | You will unravel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshilará | He / she / you will unravel |
| Nosotros / as | deshilaremos | We will unravel |
| Vosotros / as | deshilaréis | You will unravel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilarán | They / you will unravel |
| Vos | deshilarás | You will unravel |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deshile |
| Tú | deshiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshile |
| Nosotros / as | deshilemos |
| Vosotros / as | deshiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilen |
| Vos | deshiles |
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 | deshilara | deshilase |
| Tú | deshilaras | deshilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshilara | deshilase |
| Nosotros / as | deshiláramos | deshilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | deshilarais | deshilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilaran | deshilasen |
| Vos | deshilaras | deshilase |
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 | deshilare |
| Tú | deshilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshilare |
| Nosotros / as | deshiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | deshilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilaren |
| Vos | deshilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unravel!” and “don’t unravel!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deshila | no deshiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deshile | no deshile |
| Nosotros / as | deshilemos | no deshilemos |
| Vosotros / as | deshilad | no deshiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deshilen | no deshilen |
| Vos | deshilá | no deshiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deshilado |
| Tú | hayas deshilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deshilado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deshilado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deshilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deshilado |
| Vos | hayas deshilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deshilado / hubiese deshilado |
| Tú | hubieras deshilado / hubieses deshilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deshilado / hubiese deshilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deshilado / hubiésemos deshilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deshilado / hubieseis deshilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deshilado / hubiesen deshilado |
| Vos | hubieras deshilado / hubieses deshilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deshilado |
| Tú | hubieres deshilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deshilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deshilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deshilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deshilado |
| Vos | hubieres deshilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deshilando |
| Tú | estés deshilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deshilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deshilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deshilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deshilando |
| Vos | estés deshilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deshilando / estuviese deshilando |
| Tú | estuvieras deshilando / estuvieses deshilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deshilando / estuviese deshilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deshilando / estuviésamos deshilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deshilando / estuvieseis deshilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deshilando / estuviese deshilando |
| Vos | estuvieras deshilando / estuvieses deshilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deshilando |
| Tú | estuvieres deshilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deshilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deshilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deshilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deshilando |
| Vos | estuvieres deshilando |
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 deshilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos deshilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deshilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos deshilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos deshilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deshiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deshilaras / Vos deshilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deshilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deshiles |