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Deslumbrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to dazzle, blind, baffle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deslumbrar 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 dazzle, blind, baffle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deslumbrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deslumbrando) and past continuous (estaba deslumbrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dazzling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deslumbrado and hubiera deslumbrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dazzled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deslumbrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deslumbrado |
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 dazzle” or “they dazzle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deslumbro |
| Tú | deslumbras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbra |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbramos |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbran |
| Vos | deslumbrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I dazzled” or “she dazzled” 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 | deslumbré | I dazzled |
| Tú | deslumbraste | You dazzled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbró | He / she / you dazzled |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbramos | We dazzled |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbrasteis | You dazzled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbraron | They / you dazzled |
| Vos | deslumbraste | You dazzled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dazzling” or “she was dazzling” 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 | deslumbraba | I was dazzling |
| Tú | deslumbrabas | You were dazzling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbraba | He was / she was / you were dazzling |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbrábamos | We were dazzling |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbrabais | You were dazzling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbraban | They / you were dazzling |
| Vos | deslumbrabas | You were dazzling |
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 dazzled” and “she has dazzled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he deslumbrado | I have dazzled |
| Tú | has deslumbrado | You have dazzled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha deslumbrado | He has / she has / you have dazzled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos deslumbrado | We have dazzled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis deslumbrado | You have dazzled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han deslumbrado | They / you have dazzled |
| Vos | has deslumbrado | You have dazzled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dazzle” or “she would dazzle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deslumbraría | I would dazzle |
| Tú | deslumbrarías | You would dazzle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbraría | He / she / you would dazzle |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbraríamos | We would dazzle |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbraríais | You would dazzle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbrarían | They / you would dazzle |
| Vos | deslumbrarías | You would dazzle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dazzle” or “they will dazzle”.
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 deslumbrar” means “They are going to dazzle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deslumbraré | I will dazzle |
| Tú | deslumbrarás | You will dazzle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbrará | He / she / you will dazzle |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbraremos | We will dazzle |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbraréis | You will dazzle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbrarán | They / you will dazzle |
| Vos | deslumbrarás | You will dazzle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deslumbre |
| Tú | deslumbres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbre |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbremos |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbren |
| Vos | deslumbres |
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 | deslumbrara | deslumbrase |
| Tú | deslumbraras | deslumbrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbrara | deslumbrase |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbráramos | deslumbrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbrarais | deslumbraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbraran | deslumbrasen |
| Vos | deslumbraras | deslumbrase |
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 | deslumbrare |
| Tú | deslumbrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbrare |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbráremos |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbraren |
| Vos | deslumbrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dazzle!” and “don’t dazzle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deslumbra | no deslumbres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deslumbre | no deslumbre |
| Nosotros / as | deslumbremos | no deslumbremos |
| Vosotros / as | deslumbrad | no deslumbréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deslumbren | no deslumbren |
| Vos | deslumbrá | no deslumbres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deslumbrado |
| Tú | hayas deslumbrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deslumbrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deslumbrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deslumbrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deslumbrado |
| Vos | hayas deslumbrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deslumbrado / hubiese deslumbrado |
| Tú | hubieras deslumbrado / hubieses deslumbrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deslumbrado / hubiese deslumbrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deslumbrado / hubiésemos deslumbrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deslumbrado / hubieseis deslumbrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deslumbrado / hubiesen deslumbrado |
| Vos | hubieras deslumbrado / hubieses deslumbrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deslumbrado |
| Tú | hubieres deslumbrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deslumbrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deslumbrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deslumbrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deslumbrado |
| Vos | hubieres deslumbrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deslumbrando |
| Tú | estés deslumbrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deslumbrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deslumbrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deslumbrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deslumbrando |
| Vos | estés deslumbrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deslumbrando / estuviese deslumbrando |
| Tú | estuvieras deslumbrando / estuvieses deslumbrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deslumbrando / estuviese deslumbrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deslumbrando / estuviésamos deslumbrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deslumbrando / estuvieseis deslumbrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deslumbrando / estuviese deslumbrando |
| Vos | estuvieras deslumbrando / estuvieses deslumbrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deslumbrando |
| Tú | estuvieres deslumbrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deslumbrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deslumbrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deslumbrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deslumbrando |
| Vos | estuvieres deslumbrando |
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 deslumbrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos deslumbraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deslumbrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos deslumbrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos deslumbrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deslumbres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deslumbraras / Vos deslumbrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deslumbrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deslumbres |