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Deslizarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to slide, let slip”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me deslizo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que deslizarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for deslizarse 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 slide, let slip |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deslizarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deslizándose) and past continuous (estaba deslizándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. sliding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deslizado and hubiera deslizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have slid).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deslizándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deslizado |
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 slide” or “they slide”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me deslizo |
| Tú | te deslizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desliza |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizamos |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizan |
| Vos | te deslizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I slid” or “she slid” 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 | me deslicé | I slid |
| Tú | te deslizaste | You slid |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslizó | He / she / you slid |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizamos | We slid |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizasteis | You slid |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizaron | They / you slid |
| Vos | te deslizaste | You slid |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was sliding” or “she was sliding” 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 | me deslizaba | I was sliding |
| Tú | te deslizabas | You were sliding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslizaba | He was / she was / you were sliding |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizábamos | We were sliding |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizabais | You were sliding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizaban | They / you were sliding |
| Vos | te deslizabas | You were sliding |
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 slid” and “she has slid”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he deslizado | I have slid |
| Tú | te has deslizado | You have slid |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha deslizado | He has / she has / you have slid |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos deslizado | We have slid |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis deslizado | You have slid |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han deslizado | They / you have slid |
| Vos | te has deslizado | You have slid |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would slide” or “she would slide”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deslizaría | I would slide |
| Tú | te deslizarías | You would slide |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslizaría | He / she / you would slide |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizaríamos | We would slide |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizaríais | You would slide |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizarían | They / you would slide |
| Vos | te deslizarías | You would slide |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will slide” or “they will slide”.
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 deslizarse” means “They are going to slide”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deslizaré | I will slide |
| Tú | te deslizarás | You will slide |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslizará | He / she / you will slide |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizaremos | We will slide |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizaréis | You will slide |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizarán | They / you will slide |
| Vos | te deslizarás | You will slide |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me deslice |
| Tú | te deslices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslice |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslicemos |
| Vosotros / as | os deslicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslicen |
| Vos | te deslices |
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 | me deslizara | me deslizase |
| Tú | te deslizaras | me deslizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslizara | se deslizase |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizáramos | nos deslizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizarais | os deslizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizaran | se deslizasen |
| Vos | te deslizaras | me deslizase |
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 | me deslizare |
| Tú | te deslizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deslizare |
| Nosotros / as | nos deslizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os deslizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deslizaren |
| Vos | te deslizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “slide!” and “don’t slide!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deslízate | no te deslices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslícese | no se deslice |
| Nosotros / as | deslicémonos | no nos deslicemos |
| Vosotros / as | deslizaos | no os deslicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslícense | no se deslicen |
| Vos | deslizate | no te deslices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deslizado |
| Tú | hayas deslizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deslizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deslizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deslizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deslizado |
| Vos | hayas deslizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deslizado / hubiese deslizado |
| Tú | hubieras deslizado / hubieses deslizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deslizado / hubiese deslizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deslizado / hubiésemos deslizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deslizado / hubieseis deslizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deslizado / hubiesen deslizado |
| Vos | hubieras deslizado / hubieses deslizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deslizado |
| Tú | hubieres deslizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deslizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deslizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deslizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deslizado |
| Vos | hubieres deslizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deslizándose |
| Tú | estés deslizándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deslizándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deslizándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deslizándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deslizándose |
| Vos | estés deslizándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deslizándose / estuviese deslizándose |
| Tú | estuvieras deslizándose / estuvieses deslizándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deslizándose / estuviese deslizándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deslizándose / estuviésamos deslizándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deslizándose / estuvieseis deslizándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deslizándose / estuviese deslizándose |
| Vos | estuvieras deslizándose / estuvieses deslizándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deslizándose |
| Tú | estuvieres deslizándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deslizándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deslizándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deslizándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deslizándose |
| Vos | estuvieres deslizándose |
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 te deslizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te deslizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te deslizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te deslizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te deslizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te deslices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te deslizaras / Vos me deslizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deslizate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te deslices |