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Desvalorizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to devalue, depreciate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desvalorizar 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 |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desvalorizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desvalorizando) and past continuous (estaba desvalorizando). 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 desvalorizado and hubiera desvalorizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have devalued).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desvalorizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desvalorizado |
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 | desvalorizo |
| Tú | desvalorizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaloriza |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizamos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizan |
| Vos | desvalorizás |
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 | desvaloricé | I devalued |
| Tú | desvalorizaste | You devalued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorizó | He / she / you devalued |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizamos | We devalued |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizasteis | You devalued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizaron | They / you devalued |
| Vos | desvalorizaste | 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 | desvalorizaba | I was devaluing |
| Tú | desvalorizabas | You were devaluing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorizaba | He was / she was / you were devaluing |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizábamos | We were devaluing |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizabais | You were devaluing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizaban | They / you were devaluing |
| Vos | desvalorizabas | 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 desvalorizado | I have devalued |
| Tú | has desvalorizado | You have devalued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desvalorizado | He has / she has / you have devalued |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desvalorizado | We have devalued |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desvalorizado | You have devalued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desvalorizado | They / you have devalued |
| Vos | has desvalorizado | 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 | desvalorizaría | I would devalue |
| Tú | desvalorizarías | You would devalue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorizaría | He / she / you would devalue |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizaríamos | We would devalue |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizaríais | You would devalue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizarían | They / you would devalue |
| Vos | desvalorizarías | 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 desvalorizar” means “They are going to devalue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvalorizaré | I will devalue |
| Tú | desvalorizarás | You will devalue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorizará | He / she / you will devalue |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizaremos | We will devalue |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizaréis | You will devalue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizarán | They / you will devalue |
| Vos | desvalorizarás | You will devalue |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvalorice |
| Tú | desvalorices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorice |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloricemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvaloricéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloricen |
| Vos | desvalorices |
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 | desvalorizara | desvalorizase |
| Tú | desvalorizaras | desvalorizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorizara | desvalorizase |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizáramos | desvalorizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizarais | desvalorizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizaran | desvalorizasen |
| Vos | desvalorizaras | desvalorizase |
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 | desvalorizare |
| Tú | desvalorizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorizare |
| Nosotros / as | desvalorizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvalorizaren |
| Vos | desvalorizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “devalue!” and “don’t devalue!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desvaloriza | no desvalorices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvalorice | no desvalorice |
| Nosotros / as | desvaloricemos | no desvaloricemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvalorizad | no desvaloricéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvaloricen | no desvaloricen |
| Vos | desvalorizá | no desvalorices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desvalorizado |
| Tú | hayas desvalorizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desvalorizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desvalorizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desvalorizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desvalorizado |
| Vos | hayas desvalorizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desvalorizado / hubiese desvalorizado |
| Tú | hubieras desvalorizado / hubieses desvalorizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desvalorizado / hubiese desvalorizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desvalorizado / hubiésemos desvalorizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desvalorizado / hubieseis desvalorizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desvalorizado / hubiesen desvalorizado |
| Vos | hubieras desvalorizado / hubieses desvalorizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desvalorizado |
| Tú | hubieres desvalorizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desvalorizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desvalorizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desvalorizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desvalorizado |
| Vos | hubieres desvalorizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desvalorizando |
| Tú | estés desvalorizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desvalorizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desvalorizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desvalorizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desvalorizando |
| Vos | estés desvalorizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desvalorizando / estuviese desvalorizando |
| Tú | estuvieras desvalorizando / estuvieses desvalorizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desvalorizando / estuviese desvalorizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desvalorizando / estuviésamos desvalorizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desvalorizando / estuvieseis desvalorizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desvalorizando / estuviese desvalorizando |
| Vos | estuvieras desvalorizando / estuvieses desvalorizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desvalorizando |
| Tú | estuvieres desvalorizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desvalorizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desvalorizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desvalorizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desvalorizando |
| Vos | estuvieres desvalorizando |
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 desvalorizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desvalorizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desvalorizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desvalorizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desvalorizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desvalorices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desvalorizaras / Vos desvalorizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desvalorizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desvalorices |