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Desinflar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to deflate, collapse”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desinflar 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 deflate, collapse |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desinflar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desinflando) and past continuous (estaba desinflando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. deflating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desinflado and hubiera desinflado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have deflated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desinflando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desinflado |
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 deflate” or “they deflate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desinflo |
| Tú | desinflas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfla |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflan |
| Vos | desinflás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I deflated” or “she deflated” 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 | desinflé | I deflated |
| Tú | desinflaste | You deflated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfló | He / she / you deflated |
| Nosotros / as | desinflamos | We deflated |
| Vosotros / as | desinflasteis | You deflated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflaron | They / you deflated |
| Vos | desinflaste | You deflated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was deflating” or “she was deflating” 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 | desinflaba | I was deflating |
| Tú | desinflabas | You were deflating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflaba | He was / she was / you were deflating |
| Nosotros / as | desinflábamos | We were deflating |
| Vosotros / as | desinflabais | You were deflating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflaban | They / you were deflating |
| Vos | desinflabas | You were deflating |
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 deflated” and “she has deflated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desinflado | I have deflated |
| Tú | has desinflado | You have deflated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desinflado | He has / she has / you have deflated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desinflado | We have deflated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desinflado | You have deflated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desinflado | They / you have deflated |
| Vos | has desinflado | You have deflated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would deflate” or “she would deflate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desinflaría | I would deflate |
| Tú | desinflarías | You would deflate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflaría | He / she / you would deflate |
| Nosotros / as | desinflaríamos | We would deflate |
| Vosotros / as | desinflaríais | You would deflate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflarían | They / you would deflate |
| Vos | desinflarías | You would deflate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will deflate” or “they will deflate”.
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 desinflar” means “They are going to deflate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desinflaré | I will deflate |
| Tú | desinflarás | You will deflate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflará | He / she / you will deflate |
| Nosotros / as | desinflaremos | We will deflate |
| Vosotros / as | desinflaréis | You will deflate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflarán | They / you will deflate |
| Vos | desinflarás | You will deflate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desinfle |
| Tú | desinfles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfle |
| Nosotros / as | desinflemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinfléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflen |
| Vos | desinfles |
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 | desinflara | desinflase |
| Tú | desinflaras | desinflase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflara | desinflase |
| Nosotros / as | desinfláramos | desinflásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflarais | desinflaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflaran | desinflasen |
| Vos | desinflaras | desinflase |
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 | desinflare |
| Tú | desinflares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinflare |
| Nosotros / as | desinfláremos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflaren |
| Vos | desinflares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “deflate!” and “don’t deflate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desinfla | no desinfles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desinfle | no desinfle |
| Nosotros / as | desinflemos | no desinflemos |
| Vosotros / as | desinflad | no desinfléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desinflen | no desinflen |
| Vos | desinflá | no desinfles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desinflado |
| Tú | hayas desinflado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desinflado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desinflado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desinflado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desinflado |
| Vos | hayas desinflado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desinflado / hubiese desinflado |
| Tú | hubieras desinflado / hubieses desinflado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desinflado / hubiese desinflado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desinflado / hubiésemos desinflado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desinflado / hubieseis desinflado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desinflado / hubiesen desinflado |
| Vos | hubieras desinflado / hubieses desinflado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desinflado |
| Tú | hubieres desinflado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desinflado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desinflado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desinflado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desinflado |
| Vos | hubieres desinflado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desinflando |
| Tú | estés desinflando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desinflando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desinflando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desinflando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desinflando |
| Vos | estés desinflando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desinflando / estuviese desinflando |
| Tú | estuvieras desinflando / estuvieses desinflando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desinflando / estuviese desinflando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desinflando / estuviésamos desinflando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desinflando / estuvieseis desinflando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desinflando / estuviese desinflando |
| Vos | estuvieras desinflando / estuvieses desinflando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desinflando |
| Tú | estuvieres desinflando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desinflando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desinflando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desinflando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desinflando |
| Vos | estuvieres desinflando |
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 desinflás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desinflaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desinflabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desinflarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desinflarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desinfles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desinflaras / Vos desinflase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desinflá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desinfles |