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Desunir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to separate, disunite”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desunir 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 separate, disunite |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desunir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desuniendo) and past continuous (estaba desuniendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. separating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desunido and hubiera desunido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have separated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desuniendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desunido |
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 separate” or “they separate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desuno |
| Tú | desunes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desune |
| Nosotros / as | desunimos |
| Vosotros / as | desunís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunen |
| Vos | desunís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I separated” or “she separated” 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 | desuní | I separated |
| Tú | desuniste | You separated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desunió | He / she / you separated |
| Nosotros / as | desunimos | We separated |
| Vosotros / as | desunisteis | You separated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunieron | They / you separated |
| Vos | desuniste | You separated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was separating” or “she was separating” 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 | desunía | I was separating |
| Tú | desunías | You were separating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desunía | He was / she was / you were separating |
| Nosotros / as | desuníamos | We were separating |
| Vosotros / as | desuníais | You were separating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunían | They / you were separating |
| Vos | desunías | You were separating |
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 separated” and “she has separated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desunido | I have separated |
| Tú | has desunido | You have separated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desunido | He has / she has / you have separated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desunido | We have separated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desunido | You have separated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desunido | They / you have separated |
| Vos | has desunido | You have separated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would separate” or “she would separate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desuniría | I would separate |
| Tú | desunirías | You would separate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desuniría | He / she / you would separate |
| Nosotros / as | desuniríamos | We would separate |
| Vosotros / as | desuniríais | You would separate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunirían | They / you would separate |
| Vos | desunirías | You would separate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will separate” or “they will separate”.
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 desunir” means “They are going to separate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desuniré | I will separate |
| Tú | desunirás | You will separate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desunirá | He / she / you will separate |
| Nosotros / as | desuniremos | We will separate |
| Vosotros / as | desuniréis | You will separate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunirán | They / you will separate |
| Vos | desunirás | You will separate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desuna |
| Tú | desunas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desuna |
| Nosotros / as | desunamos |
| Vosotros / as | desunáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunan |
| Vos | desunas |
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 | desuniera | desuniese |
| Tú | desunieras | desuniese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desuniera | desuniese |
| Nosotros / as | desuniéramos | desuniésemos |
| Vosotros / as | desunierais | desunieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunieran | desuniesen |
| Vos | desunieras | desuniese |
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 | desuniere |
| Tú | desunieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desuniera |
| Nosotros / as | desuniéremos |
| Vosotros / as | desuniereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunieren |
| Vos | desunieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “separate!” and “don’t separate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desune | no desunas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desuna | no desuna |
| Nosotros / as | desunamos | no desunamos |
| Vosotros / as | desunid | no desunáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desunan | no desunan |
| Vos | desuní | no desunas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desunido |
| Tú | hayas desunido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desunido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desunido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desunido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desunido |
| Vos | hayas desunido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desunido / hubiese desunido |
| Tú | hubieras desunido / hubieses desunido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desunido / hubiese desunido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desunido / hubiésemos desunido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desunido / hubieseis desunido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desunido / hubiesen desunido |
| Vos | hubieras desunido / hubieses desunido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desunido |
| Tú | hubieres desunido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desunido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desunido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desunido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desunido |
| Vos | hubieres desunido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desuniendo |
| Tú | estés desuniendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desuniendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desuniendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desuniendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desuniendo |
| Vos | estés desuniendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desuniendo / estuviese desuniendo |
| Tú | estuvieras desuniendo / estuvieses desuniendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desuniendo / estuviese desuniendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desuniendo / estuviésamos desuniendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desuniendo / estuvieseis desuniendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desuniendo / estuviese desuniendo |
| Vos | estuvieras desuniendo / estuvieses desuniendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desuniendo |
| Tú | estuvieres desuniendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desuniendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desuniendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desuniendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desuniendo |
| Vos | estuvieres desuniendo |
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 desunís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desuniste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desunías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desunirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desunirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desunas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desunieras / Vos desuniese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desuní |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desunas |