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Discar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to dial a telephone number”.
Below are all of the conjugations for discar 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 dial a telephone number |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | discar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está discando) and past continuous (estaba discando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dialing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he discado and hubiera discado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dialed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | discando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | discado |
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 dial” or “they dial”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disco |
| Tú | discas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disca |
| Nosotros / as | discamos |
| Vosotros / as | discáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discan |
| Vos | discás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I dialed” or “she dialed” 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 | disqué | I dialed |
| Tú | discaste | You dialed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discó | He / she / you dialed |
| Nosotros / as | discamos | We dialed |
| Vosotros / as | discasteis | You dialed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discaron | They / you dialed |
| Vos | discaste | You dialed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dialing” or “she was dialing” 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 | discaba | I was dialing |
| Tú | discabas | You were dialing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discaba | He was / she was / you were dialing |
| Nosotros / as | discábamos | We were dialing |
| Vosotros / as | discabais | You were dialing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discaban | They / you were dialing |
| Vos | discabas | You were dialing |
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 dialed” and “she has dialed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he discado | I have dialed |
| Tú | has discado | You have dialed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha discado | He has / she has / you have dialed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos discado | We have dialed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis discado | You have dialed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han discado | They / you have dialed |
| Vos | has discado | You have dialed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dial” or “she would dial”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | discaría | I would dial |
| Tú | discarías | You would dial |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discaría | He / she / you would dial |
| Nosotros / as | discaríamos | We would dial |
| Vosotros / as | discaríais | You would dial |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discarían | They / you would dial |
| Vos | discarías | You would dial |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dial” or “they will dial”.
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 discar” means “They are going to dial”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | discaré | I will dial |
| Tú | discarás | You will dial |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discará | He / she / you will dial |
| Nosotros / as | discaremos | We will dial |
| Vosotros / as | discaréis | You will dial |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discarán | They / you will dial |
| Vos | discarás | You will dial |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disque |
| Tú | disques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disque |
| Nosotros / as | disquemos |
| Vosotros / as | disquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disquen |
| Vos | disques |
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 | discara | discase |
| Tú | discaras | discase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discara | discase |
| Nosotros / as | discáramos | discásemos |
| Vosotros / as | discarais | discaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discaran | discasen |
| Vos | discaras | discase |
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 | discare |
| Tú | discares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discare |
| Nosotros / as | discáremos |
| Vosotros / as | discareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discaren |
| Vos | discares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dial!” and “don’t dial!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | disca | no disques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disque | no disque |
| Nosotros / as | disquemos | no disquemos |
| Vosotros / as | discad | no disquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disquen | no disquen |
| Vos | discá | no disques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya discado |
| Tú | hayas discado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya discado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos discado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis discado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan discado |
| Vos | hayas discado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera discado / hubiese discado |
| Tú | hubieras discado / hubieses discado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera discado / hubiese discado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos discado / hubiésemos discado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais discado / hubieseis discado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran discado / hubiesen discado |
| Vos | hubieras discado / hubieses discado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere discado |
| Tú | hubieres discado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere discado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos discado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis discado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren discado |
| Vos | hubieres discado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté discando |
| Tú | estés discando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté discando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos discando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis discando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén discando |
| Vos | estés discando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera discando / estuviese discando |
| Tú | estuvieras discando / estuvieses discando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera discando / estuviese discando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos discando / estuviésamos discando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais discando / estuvieseis discando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera discando / estuviese discando |
| Vos | estuvieras discando / estuvieses discando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere discando |
| Tú | estuvieres discando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere discando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos discando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis discando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere discando |
| Vos | estuvieres discando |
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 discás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos discaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos discabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos discarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos discarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos disques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos discaras / Vos discase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos discá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no disques |