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Desvalorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to devalue, depreciate, discredit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desvalorar 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 devalue, depreciate, discredit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desvalorar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desvalorando) and past continuous (estaba desvalorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. devaluing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desvalorado and hubiera desvalorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have devalued).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desvalorando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desvalorado |
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 devalue” or “they devalue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvaloro |
| Tú | desvaloras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalora |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloramos |
| Vosotros / as | desvaloráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloran |
| Vos | desvalorás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I devalued” or “she devalued” 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 | desvaloré | I devalued |
| Tú | desvaloraste | You devalued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaloró | He / she / you devalued |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloramos | We devalued |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorasteis | You devalued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloraron | They / you devalued |
| Vos | desvaloraste | You devalued |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was devaluing” or “she was devaluing” 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 | desvaloraba | I was devaluing |
| Tú | desvalorabas | You were devaluing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaloraba | He was / she was / you were devaluing |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorábamos | We were devaluing |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorabais | You were devaluing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloraban | They / you were devaluing |
| Vos | desvalorabas | You were devaluing |
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 devalued” and “she has devalued”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desvalorado | I have devalued |
| Tú | has desvalorado | You have devalued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desvalorado | He has / she has / you have devalued |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desvalorado | We have devalued |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desvalorado | You have devalued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desvalorado | They / you have devalued |
| Vos | has desvalorado | You have devalued |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would devalue” or “she would devalue”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvaloraría | I would devalue |
| Tú | desvalorarías | You would devalue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaloraría | He / she / you would devalue |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloraríamos | We would devalue |
| Vosotros / as | desvaloraríais | You would devalue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorarían | They / you would devalue |
| Vos | desvalorarías | You would devalue |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will devalue” or “they will devalue”.
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 desvalorar” means “They are going to devalue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvaloraré | I will devalue |
| Tú | desvalorarás | You will devalue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorará | He / she / you will devalue |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloraremos | We will devalue |
| Vosotros / as | desvaloraréis | You will devalue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorarán | They / you will devalue |
| Vos | desvalorarás | You will devalue |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvalore |
| Tú | desvalores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalore |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloremos |
| Vosotros / as | desvaloréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloren |
| Vos | desvalores |
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 | desvalorara | desvalorase |
| Tú | desvaloraras | desvalorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorara | desvalorase |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloráramos | desvalorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorarais | desvaloraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloraran | desvalorasen |
| Vos | desvaloraras | desvalorase |
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 | desvalorare |
| Tú | desvalorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorare |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloráremos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloraren |
| Vos | desvalorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “devalue!” and “don’t devalue!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desvalora | no desvalores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalore | no desvalore |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloremos | no desvaloremos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorad | no desvaloréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloren | no desvaloren |
| Vos | desvalorá | no desvalores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desvalorado |
| Tú | hayas desvalorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desvalorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desvalorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desvalorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desvalorado |
| Vos | hayas desvalorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desvalorado / hubiese desvalorado |
| Tú | hubieras desvalorado / hubieses desvalorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desvalorado / hubiese desvalorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desvalorado / hubiésemos desvalorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desvalorado / hubieseis desvalorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desvalorado / hubiesen desvalorado |
| Vos | hubieras desvalorado / hubieses desvalorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desvalorado |
| Tú | hubieres desvalorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desvalorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desvalorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desvalorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desvalorado |
| Vos | hubieres desvalorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desvalorando |
| Tú | estés desvalorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desvalorando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desvalorando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desvalorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desvalorando |
| Vos | estés desvalorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desvalorando / estuviese desvalorando |
| Tú | estuvieras desvalorando / estuvieses desvalorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desvalorando / estuviese desvalorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desvalorando / estuviésamos desvalorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desvalorando / estuvieseis desvalorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desvalorando / estuviese desvalorando |
| Vos | estuvieras desvalorando / estuvieses desvalorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desvalorando |
| Tú | estuvieres desvalorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desvalorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desvalorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desvalorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desvalorando |
| Vos | estuvieres desvalorando |
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 desvalorás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desvaloraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desvalorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desvalorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desvalorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desvalores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desvaloraras / Vos desvalorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desvalorá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desvalores |