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Desmoronar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to wear away, decay, disintegrate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desmoronar 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 wear away, decay, disintegrate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desmoronar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desmoronando) and past continuous (estaba desmoronando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. wearing away).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desmoronado and hubiera desmoronado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have worn away).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desmoronando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desmoronado |
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 wear away” or “they wear away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmorono |
| Tú | desmoronas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmorona |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronamos |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronan |
| Vos | desmoronás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I wore away” or “she wore away” 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 | desmoroné | I wore away |
| Tú | desmoronaste | You wore away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmoronó | He / she / you wore away |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronamos | We wore away |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronasteis | You wore away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronaron | They / you wore away |
| Vos | desmoronaste | You wore away |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was wearing away” or “she was wearing away” 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 | desmoronaba | I was wearing away |
| Tú | desmoronabas | You were wearing away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmoronaba | He was / she was / you were wearing away |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronábamos | We were wearing away |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronabais | You were wearing away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronaban | They / you were wearing away |
| Vos | desmoronabas | You were wearing away |
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 worn away” and “she has worn away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desmoronado | I have worn away |
| Tú | has desmoronado | You have worn away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desmoronado | He has / she has / you have worn away |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desmoronado | We have worn away |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desmoronado | You have worn away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desmoronado | They / you have worn away |
| Vos | has desmoronado | You have worn away |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would wear away” or “she would wear away”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmoronaría | I would wear away |
| Tú | desmoronarías | You would wear away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmoronaría | He / she / you would wear away |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronaríamos | We would wear away |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronaríais | You would wear away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronarían | They / you would wear away |
| Vos | desmoronarías | You would wear away |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will wear away” or “they will wear away”.
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 desmoronar” means “They are going to wear away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desmoronaré | I will wear away |
| Tú | desmoronarás | You will wear away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmoronará | He / she / you will wear away |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronaremos | We will wear away |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronaréis | You will wear away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronarán | They / you will wear away |
| Vos | desmoronarás | You will wear away |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desmorone |
| Tú | desmorones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmorone |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronen |
| Vos | desmorones |
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 | desmoronara | desmoronase |
| Tú | desmoronaras | desmoronase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmoronara | desmoronase |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronáramos | desmoronásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronarais | desmoronaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronaran | desmoronasen |
| Vos | desmoronaras | desmoronase |
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 | desmoronare |
| Tú | desmoronares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmoronare |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronaren |
| Vos | desmoronares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “wear away!” and “don’t wear away!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desmorona | no desmorones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desmorone | no desmorone |
| Nosotros / as | desmoronemos | no desmoronemos |
| Vosotros / as | desmoronad | no desmoronéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desmoronen | no desmoronen |
| Vos | desmoroná | no desmorones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desmoronado |
| Tú | hayas desmoronado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desmoronado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desmoronado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desmoronado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desmoronado |
| Vos | hayas desmoronado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desmoronado / hubiese desmoronado |
| Tú | hubieras desmoronado / hubieses desmoronado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desmoronado / hubiese desmoronado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desmoronado / hubiésemos desmoronado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desmoronado / hubieseis desmoronado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desmoronado / hubiesen desmoronado |
| Vos | hubieras desmoronado / hubieses desmoronado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desmoronado |
| Tú | hubieres desmoronado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desmoronado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desmoronado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desmoronado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desmoronado |
| Vos | hubieres desmoronado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desmoronando |
| Tú | estés desmoronando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desmoronando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desmoronando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desmoronando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desmoronando |
| Vos | estés desmoronando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desmoronando / estuviese desmoronando |
| Tú | estuvieras desmoronando / estuvieses desmoronando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desmoronando / estuviese desmoronando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desmoronando / estuviésamos desmoronando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desmoronando / estuvieseis desmoronando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desmoronando / estuviese desmoronando |
| Vos | estuvieras desmoronando / estuvieses desmoronando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desmoronando |
| Tú | estuvieres desmoronando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desmoronando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desmoronando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desmoronando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desmoronando |
| Vos | estuvieres desmoronando |
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 desmoronás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desmoronaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desmoronabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desmoronarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desmoronarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desmorones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desmoronaras / Vos desmoronase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desmoroná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desmorones |