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Disimular is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pretend, feign, disguise”.
Below are all of the conjugations for disimular 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 pretend, feign, disguise |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | disimular |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está disimulando) and past continuous (estaba disimulando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. pretending).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he disimulado and hubiera disimulado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have pretended).
| Gerundio / Gerund | disimulando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | disimulado |
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 pretend” or “they pretend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disimulo |
| Tú | disimulas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimula |
| Nosotros / as | disimulamos |
| Vosotros / as | disimuláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimulan |
| Vos | disimulás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I pretended” or “she pretended” 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 | disimulé | I pretended |
| Tú | disimulaste | You pretended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimuló | He / she / you pretended |
| Nosotros / as | disimulamos | We pretended |
| Vosotros / as | disimulasteis | You pretended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimularon | They / you pretended |
| Vos | disimulaste | You pretended |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was pretending” or “she was pretending” 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 | disimulaba | I was pretending |
| Tú | disimulabas | You were pretending |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimulaba | He was / she was / you were pretending |
| Nosotros / as | disimulábamos | We were pretending |
| Vosotros / as | disimulabais | You were pretending |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimulaban | They / you were pretending |
| Vos | disimulabas | You were pretending |
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 pretended” and “she has pretended”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he disimulado | I have pretended |
| Tú | has disimulado | You have pretended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha disimulado | He has / she has / you have pretended |
| Nosotros / as | hemos disimulado | We have pretended |
| Vosotros / as | habéis disimulado | You have pretended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han disimulado | They / you have pretended |
| Vos | has disimulado | You have pretended |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would pretend” or “she would pretend”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disimularía | I would pretend |
| Tú | disimularías | You would pretend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimularía | He / she / you would pretend |
| Nosotros / as | disimularíamos | We would pretend |
| Vosotros / as | disimularíais | You would pretend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimularían | They / you would pretend |
| Vos | disimularías | You would pretend |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will pretend” or “they will pretend”.
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 disimular” means “They are going to pretend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disimularé | I will pretend |
| Tú | disimularás | You will pretend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimulará | He / she / you will pretend |
| Nosotros / as | disimularemos | We will pretend |
| Vosotros / as | disimularéis | You will pretend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimularán | They / you will pretend |
| Vos | disimularás | You will pretend |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disimule |
| Tú | disimules |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimule |
| Nosotros / as | disimulemos |
| Vosotros / as | disimuléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimulen |
| Vos | disimules |
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 | disimulara | disimulase |
| Tú | disimularas | disimulase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimulara | disimulase |
| Nosotros / as | disimuláramos | disimulásemos |
| Vosotros / as | disimularais | disimulaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimularan | disimulasen |
| Vos | disimularas | disimulase |
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 | disimulare |
| Tú | disimulares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimulare |
| Nosotros / as | disimuláremos |
| Vosotros / as | disimulareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimularen |
| Vos | disimulares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “pretend!” and “don’t pretend!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | disimula | no disimules |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disimule | no disimule |
| Nosotros / as | disimulemos | no disimulemos |
| Vosotros / as | disimulad | no disimuléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disimulen | no disimulen |
| Vos | disimulá | no disimules |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya disimulado |
| Tú | hayas disimulado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya disimulado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos disimulado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis disimulado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan disimulado |
| Vos | hayas disimulado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera disimulado / hubiese disimulado |
| Tú | hubieras disimulado / hubieses disimulado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera disimulado / hubiese disimulado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos disimulado / hubiésemos disimulado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais disimulado / hubieseis disimulado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran disimulado / hubiesen disimulado |
| Vos | hubieras disimulado / hubieses disimulado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere disimulado |
| Tú | hubieres disimulado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere disimulado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos disimulado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis disimulado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren disimulado |
| Vos | hubieres disimulado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté disimulando |
| Tú | estés disimulando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté disimulando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos disimulando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis disimulando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén disimulando |
| Vos | estés disimulando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera disimulando / estuviese disimulando |
| Tú | estuvieras disimulando / estuvieses disimulando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera disimulando / estuviese disimulando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos disimulando / estuviésamos disimulando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais disimulando / estuvieseis disimulando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera disimulando / estuviese disimulando |
| Vos | estuvieras disimulando / estuvieses disimulando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere disimulando |
| Tú | estuvieres disimulando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere disimulando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos disimulando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis disimulando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere disimulando |
| Vos | estuvieres disimulando |
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 disimulás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos disimulaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos disimulabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos disimularías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos disimularás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos disimules |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos disimularas / Vos disimulase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos disimulá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no disimules |