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Desorbitar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to exaggerate, give too much importance”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desorbitar 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 exaggerate, give too much importance |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desorbitar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desorbitando) and past continuous (estaba desorbitando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. exaggerating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desorbitado and hubiera desorbitado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have exaggerated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desorbitando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desorbitado |
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 exaggerate” or “they exaggerate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desorbito |
| Tú | desorbitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbita |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitamos |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitan |
| Vos | desorbitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I exaggerated” or “she exaggerated” 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 | desorbité | I exaggerated |
| Tú | desorbitaste | You exaggerated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbitó | He / she / you exaggerated |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitamos | We exaggerated |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitasteis | You exaggerated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitaron | They / you exaggerated |
| Vos | desorbitaste | You exaggerated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was exaggerating” or “she was exaggerating” 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 | desorbitaba | I was exaggerating |
| Tú | desorbitabas | You were exaggerating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbitaba | He was / she was / you were exaggerating |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitábamos | We were exaggerating |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitabais | You were exaggerating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitaban | They / you were exaggerating |
| Vos | desorbitabas | You were exaggerating |
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 exaggerated” and “she has exaggerated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desorbitado | I have exaggerated |
| Tú | has desorbitado | You have exaggerated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desorbitado | He has / she has / you have exaggerated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desorbitado | We have exaggerated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desorbitado | You have exaggerated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desorbitado | They / you have exaggerated |
| Vos | has desorbitado | You have exaggerated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would exaggerate” or “she would exaggerate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desorbitaría | I would exaggerate |
| Tú | desorbitarías | You would exaggerate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbitaría | He / she / you would exaggerate |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitaríamos | We would exaggerate |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitaríais | You would exaggerate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitarían | They / you would exaggerate |
| Vos | desorbitarías | You would exaggerate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will exaggerate” or “they will exaggerate”.
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 desorbitar” means “They are going to exaggerate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desorbitaré | I will exaggerate |
| Tú | desorbitarás | You will exaggerate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbitará | He / she / you will exaggerate |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitaremos | We will exaggerate |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitaréis | You will exaggerate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitarán | They / you will exaggerate |
| Vos | desorbitarás | You will exaggerate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desorbite |
| Tú | desorbites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbite |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitemos |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbiten |
| Vos | desorbites |
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 | desorbitara | desorbitase |
| Tú | desorbitaras | desorbitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbitara | desorbitase |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitáramos | desorbitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitarais | desorbitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitaran | desorbitasen |
| Vos | desorbitaras | desorbitase |
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 | desorbitare |
| Tú | desorbitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbitare |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbitaren |
| Vos | desorbitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “exaggerate!” and “don’t exaggerate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desorbita | no desorbites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desorbite | no desorbite |
| Nosotros / as | desorbitemos | no desorbitemos |
| Vosotros / as | desorbitad | no desorbitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desorbiten | no desorbiten |
| Vos | desorbitá | no desorbites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desorbitado |
| Tú | hayas desorbitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desorbitado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desorbitado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desorbitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desorbitado |
| Vos | hayas desorbitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desorbitado / hubiese desorbitado |
| Tú | hubieras desorbitado / hubieses desorbitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desorbitado / hubiese desorbitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desorbitado / hubiésemos desorbitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desorbitado / hubieseis desorbitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desorbitado / hubiesen desorbitado |
| Vos | hubieras desorbitado / hubieses desorbitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desorbitado |
| Tú | hubieres desorbitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desorbitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desorbitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desorbitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desorbitado |
| Vos | hubieres desorbitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desorbitando |
| Tú | estés desorbitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desorbitando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desorbitando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desorbitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desorbitando |
| Vos | estés desorbitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desorbitando / estuviese desorbitando |
| Tú | estuvieras desorbitando / estuvieses desorbitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desorbitando / estuviese desorbitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desorbitando / estuviésamos desorbitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desorbitando / estuvieseis desorbitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desorbitando / estuviese desorbitando |
| Vos | estuvieras desorbitando / estuvieses desorbitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desorbitando |
| Tú | estuvieres desorbitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desorbitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desorbitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desorbitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desorbitando |
| Vos | estuvieres desorbitando |
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 desorbitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desorbitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desorbitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desorbitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desorbitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desorbites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desorbitaras / Vos desorbitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desorbitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desorbites |