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Desvanecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disappear, diffuse, become dizzy”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desvanecer 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 disappear, diffuse, become dizzy |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desvanecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desvaneciendo) and past continuous (estaba desvaneciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disappearing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desvanecido and hubiera desvanecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disappeared).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desvaneciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desvanecido |
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 disappear” or “they disappear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvanezco |
| Tú | desvaneces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvanece |
| Nosotros / as | desvanecemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvanecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecen |
| Vos | desvanecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disappeared” or “she disappeared” 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 | desvanecí | I disappeared |
| Tú | desvaneciste | You disappeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaneció | He / she / you disappeared |
| Nosotros / as | desvanecimos | We disappeared |
| Vosotros / as | desvanecisteis | You disappeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecieron | They / you disappeared |
| Vos | desvaneciste | You disappeared |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disappearing” or “she was disappearing” 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 | desvanecía | I was disappearing |
| Tú | desvanecías | You were disappearing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvanecía | He was / she was / you were disappearing |
| Nosotros / as | desvanecíamos | We were disappearing |
| Vosotros / as | desvanecíais | You were disappearing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecían | They / you were disappearing |
| Vos | desvanecías | You were disappearing |
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 disappeared” and “she has disappeared”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desvanecido | I have disappeared |
| Tú | has desvanecido | You have disappeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desvanecido | He has / she has / you have disappeared |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desvanecido | We have disappeared |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desvanecido | You have disappeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desvanecido | They / you have disappeared |
| Vos | has desvanecido | You have disappeared |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disappear” or “she would disappear”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvanecería | I would disappear |
| Tú | desvanecerías | You would disappear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvanecería | He / she / you would disappear |
| Nosotros / as | desvaneceríamos | We would disappear |
| Vosotros / as | desvaneceríais | You would disappear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecerían | They / you would disappear |
| Vos | desvanecerías | You would disappear |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disappear” or “they will disappear”.
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 desvanecer” means “They are going to disappear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desvaneceré | I will disappear |
| Tú | desvanecerás | You will disappear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvanecerá | He / she / you will disappear |
| Nosotros / as | desvaneceremos | We will disappear |
| Vosotros / as | desvaneceréis | You will disappear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecerán | They / you will disappear |
| Vos | desvanecerás | You will disappear |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desvanezca |
| Tú | desvanezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvanezca |
| Nosotros / as | desvanezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | desvanezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanezcan |
| Vos | desvanezcas |
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 | desvaneciera | desvaneciese |
| Tú | desvanecieras | desvaneciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaneciera | desvaneciese |
| Nosotros / as | desvaneciéramos | desvaneciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | desvanecierais | desvanecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecieran | desvaneciesen |
| Vos | desvanecieras | desvaneciese |
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 | desvaneciere |
| Tú | desvanecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvaneciere |
| Nosotros / as | desvaneciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | desvaneciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanecieren |
| Vos | desvanecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disappear!” and “don’t disappear!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desvanece | no desvanezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvanezca | no desvanezca |
| Nosotros / as | desvanezcamos | no desvanezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | desvaneced | no desvanezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvanezcan | no desvanezcan |
| Vos | desvanecé | no desvanezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desvanecido |
| Tú | hayas desvanecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desvanecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desvanecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desvanecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desvanecido |
| Vos | hayas desvanecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desvanecido / hubiese desvanecido |
| Tú | hubieras desvanecido / hubieses desvanecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desvanecido / hubiese desvanecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desvanecido / hubiésemos desvanecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desvanecido / hubieseis desvanecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desvanecido / hubiesen desvanecido |
| Vos | hubieras desvanecido / hubieses desvanecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desvanecido |
| Tú | hubieres desvanecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desvanecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desvanecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desvanecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desvanecido |
| Vos | hubieres desvanecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desvaneciendo |
| Tú | estés desvaneciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desvaneciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desvaneciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desvaneciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desvaneciendo |
| Vos | estés desvaneciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desvaneciendo / estuviese desvaneciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras desvaneciendo / estuvieses desvaneciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desvaneciendo / estuviese desvaneciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desvaneciendo / estuviésamos desvaneciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desvaneciendo / estuvieseis desvaneciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desvaneciendo / estuviese desvaneciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras desvaneciendo / estuvieses desvaneciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desvaneciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres desvaneciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desvaneciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desvaneciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desvaneciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desvaneciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres desvaneciendo |
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 desvanecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desvaneciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desvanecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desvanecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desvanecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desvanezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desvanecieras / Vos desvaneciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desvanecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desvanezcas |