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Desmontar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to dismount, dismantle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desmontar 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 dismount, dismantle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desmontar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desmontando) and past continuous (estaba desmontando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dismounting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desmontado and hubiera desmontado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dismounted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desmontando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desmontado |
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 dismount” or “they dismount”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmonto |
| Tú | desmontas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmonta |
| Nosotros / as | desmontamos |
| Vosotros / as | desmontáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontan |
| Vos | desmontás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I dismounted” or “she dismounted” 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 | desmonté | I dismounted |
| Tú | desmontaste | You dismounted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmontó | He / she / you dismounted |
| Nosotros / as | desmontamos | We dismounted |
| Vosotros / as | desmontasteis | You dismounted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontaron | They / you dismounted |
| Vos | desmontaste | You dismounted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dismounting” or “she was dismounting” 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 | desmontaba | I was dismounting |
| Tú | desmontabas | You were dismounting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmontaba | He was / she was / you were dismounting |
| Nosotros / as | desmontábamos | We were dismounting |
| Vosotros / as | desmontabais | You were dismounting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontaban | They / you were dismounting |
| Vos | desmontabas | You were dismounting |
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 dismounted” and “she has dismounted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desmontado | I have dismounted |
| Tú | has desmontado | You have dismounted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desmontado | He has / she has / you have dismounted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desmontado | We have dismounted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desmontado | You have dismounted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desmontado | They / you have dismounted |
| Vos | has desmontado | You have dismounted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dismount” or “she would dismount”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmontaría | I would dismount |
| Tú | desmontarías | You would dismount |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmontaría | He / she / you would dismount |
| Nosotros / as | desmontaríamos | We would dismount |
| Vosotros / as | desmontaríais | You would dismount |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontarían | They / you would dismount |
| Vos | desmontarías | You would dismount |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dismount” or “they will dismount”.
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 desmontar” means “They are going to dismount”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmontaré | I will dismount |
| Tú | desmontarás | You will dismount |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmontará | He / she / you will dismount |
| Nosotros / as | desmontaremos | We will dismount |
| Vosotros / as | desmontaréis | You will dismount |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontarán | They / you will dismount |
| Vos | desmontarás | You will dismount |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmonte |
| Tú | desmontes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmonte |
| Nosotros / as | desmontemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmontéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmonten |
| Vos | desmontes |
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 | desmontara | desmontase |
| Tú | desmontaras | desmontase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmontara | desmontase |
| Nosotros / as | desmontáramos | desmontásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmontarais | desmontaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontaran | desmontasen |
| Vos | desmontaras | desmontase |
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 | desmontare |
| Tú | desmontares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmontare |
| Nosotros / as | desmontáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desmontareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmontaren |
| Vos | desmontares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dismount!” and “don’t dismount!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desmonta | no desmontes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmonte | no desmonte |
| Nosotros / as | desmontemos | no desmontemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmontad | no desmontéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmonten | no desmonten |
| Vos | desmontá | no desmontes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desmontado |
| Tú | hayas desmontado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desmontado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desmontado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desmontado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desmontado |
| Vos | hayas desmontado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desmontado / hubiese desmontado |
| Tú | hubieras desmontado / hubieses desmontado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desmontado / hubiese desmontado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desmontado / hubiésemos desmontado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desmontado / hubieseis desmontado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desmontado / hubiesen desmontado |
| Vos | hubieras desmontado / hubieses desmontado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desmontado |
| Tú | hubieres desmontado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desmontado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desmontado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desmontado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desmontado |
| Vos | hubieres desmontado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desmontando |
| Tú | estés desmontando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desmontando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desmontando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desmontando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desmontando |
| Vos | estés desmontando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desmontando / estuviese desmontando |
| Tú | estuvieras desmontando / estuvieses desmontando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desmontando / estuviese desmontando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desmontando / estuviésamos desmontando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desmontando / estuvieseis desmontando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desmontando / estuviese desmontando |
| Vos | estuvieras desmontando / estuvieses desmontando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desmontando |
| Tú | estuvieres desmontando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desmontando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desmontando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desmontando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desmontando |
| Vos | estuvieres desmontando |
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 desmontás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desmontaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desmontabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desmontarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desmontarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desmontes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desmontaras / Vos desmontase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desmontá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desmontes |