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Desintoxicar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to detoxify”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desintoxicar 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 detoxify |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desintoxicar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desintoxicando) and past continuous (estaba desintoxicando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. detoxifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desintoxicado and hubiera desintoxicado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have detoxified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desintoxicando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desintoxicado |
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 detoxify” or “they detoxify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desintoxico |
| Tú | desintoxicas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxica |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicamos |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxican |
| Vos | desintoxicás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I detoxified” or “she detoxified” 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 | desintoxiqué | I detoxified |
| Tú | desintoxicaste | You detoxified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxicó | He / she / you detoxified |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicamos | We detoxified |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicasteis | You detoxified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxicaron | They / you detoxified |
| Vos | desintoxicaste | You detoxified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was detoxifying” or “she was detoxifying” 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 | desintoxicaba | I was detoxifying |
| Tú | desintoxicabas | You were detoxifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxicaba | He was / she was / you were detoxifying |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicábamos | We were detoxifying |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicabais | You were detoxifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxicaban | They / you were detoxifying |
| Vos | desintoxicabas | You were detoxifying |
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 detoxified” and “she has detoxified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desintoxicado | I have detoxified |
| Tú | has desintoxicado | You have detoxified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desintoxicado | He has / she has / you have detoxified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desintoxicado | We have detoxified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desintoxicado | You have detoxified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desintoxicado | They / you have detoxified |
| Vos | has desintoxicado | You have detoxified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would detoxify” or “she would detoxify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desintoxicaría | I would detoxify |
| Tú | desintoxicarías | You would detoxify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxicaría | He / she / you would detoxify |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicaríamos | We would detoxify |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicaríais | You would detoxify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxicarían | They / you would detoxify |
| Vos | desintoxicarías | You would detoxify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will detoxify” or “they will detoxify”.
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 desintoxicar” means “They are going to detoxify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desintoxicaré | I will detoxify |
| Tú | desintoxicarás | You will detoxify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxicará | He / she / you will detoxify |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicaremos | We will detoxify |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicaréis | You will detoxify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxicarán | They / you will detoxify |
| Vos | desintoxicarás | You will detoxify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desintoxique |
| Tú | desintoxiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxique |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxiquen |
| Vos | desintoxiques |
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 | desintoxicara | desintoxicase |
| Tú | desintoxicaras | desintoxicase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxicara | desintoxicase |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicáramos | desintoxicásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicarais | desintoxicaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxicaran | desintoxicasen |
| Vos | desintoxicaras | desintoxicase |
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 | desintoxicare |
| Tú | desintoxicares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxicare |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxicáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxicaren |
| Vos | desintoxicares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “detoxify!” and “don’t detoxify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desintoxica | no desintoxiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desintoxique | no desintoxique |
| Nosotros / as | desintoxiquemos | no desintoxiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | desintoxicad | no desintoxiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desintoxiquen | no desintoxiquen |
| Vos | desintoxicá | no desintoxiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desintoxicado |
| Tú | hayas desintoxicado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desintoxicado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desintoxicado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desintoxicado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desintoxicado |
| Vos | hayas desintoxicado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desintoxicado / hubiese desintoxicado |
| Tú | hubieras desintoxicado / hubieses desintoxicado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desintoxicado / hubiese desintoxicado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desintoxicado / hubiésemos desintoxicado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desintoxicado / hubieseis desintoxicado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desintoxicado / hubiesen desintoxicado |
| Vos | hubieras desintoxicado / hubieses desintoxicado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desintoxicado |
| Tú | hubieres desintoxicado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desintoxicado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desintoxicado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desintoxicado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desintoxicado |
| Vos | hubieres desintoxicado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desintoxicando |
| Tú | estés desintoxicando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desintoxicando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desintoxicando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desintoxicando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desintoxicando |
| Vos | estés desintoxicando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desintoxicando / estuviese desintoxicando |
| Tú | estuvieras desintoxicando / estuvieses desintoxicando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desintoxicando / estuviese desintoxicando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desintoxicando / estuviésamos desintoxicando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desintoxicando / estuvieseis desintoxicando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desintoxicando / estuviese desintoxicando |
| Vos | estuvieras desintoxicando / estuvieses desintoxicando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desintoxicando |
| Tú | estuvieres desintoxicando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desintoxicando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desintoxicando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desintoxicando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desintoxicando |
| Vos | estuvieres desintoxicando |
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 desintoxicás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desintoxicaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desintoxicabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desintoxicarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desintoxicarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desintoxiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desintoxicaras / Vos desintoxicase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desintoxicá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desintoxiques |