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Disponer conjugation

Disponer conjugation - to place

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Disponer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to place, make use”.

Below are all of the conjugations for disponer 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.

Disponer Infinitive

English Infinitive to place, make use
Spanish Infinitive disponer

Disponer Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está disponiendo) and past continuous (estaba disponiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. placing).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he dispuesto and hubiera dispuesto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have placed).

Gerundio / Gerund  disponiendo
Participio / Past Participle  dispuesto

Disponer Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Disponer Presente / Present

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 place” or “they place”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo dispongo
dispones
Él / Ella / Usted dispone
Nosotros / as disponemos
Vosotros / as disponéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes disponen
Vos disponés

Disponer Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I placed” or “she placed” 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 dispuse I placed
dispusiste You placed
Él / Ella / Usted dispuso He / she / you placed
Nosotros / as dispusimos We placed
Vosotros / as dispusisteis You placed
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispusieron They / you placed
Vos dispusiste You placed

Disponer Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was placing” or “she was placing” 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 disponía I was placing
disponías You were placing
Él / Ella / Usted disponía He was / she was / you were placing
Nosotros / as disponíamos We were placing
Vosotros / as disponíais You were placing
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes disponían They / you were placing
Vos disponías You were placing

Disponer Perfect / Perfecto

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 placed” and “she has placed”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he dispuesto I have placed
has dispuesto You have placed
Él / Ella / Usted ha dispuesto He has / she has / you have placed
Nosotros / as hemos dispuesto We have placed
Vosotros / as habéis dispuesto You have placed
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han dispuesto They / you have placed
Vos has dispuesto You have placed

Disponer Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would place” or “she would place”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo dispondría I would place
dispondrías You would place
Él / Ella / Usted dispondría He / she / you would place
Nosotros / as dispondríamos We would place
Vosotros / as dispondríais You would place
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispondrían They / you would place
Vos dispondrías You would place

Disponer Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will place” or “they will place”.

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 disponer” means “They are going to place”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo dispondré I will place
dispondrás You will place
Él / Ella / Usted dispondrá He / she / you will place
Nosotros / as dispondremos We will place
Vosotros / as dispondréis You will place
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispondrán They / you will place
Vos dispondrás You will place

Disponer Subjunctive Conjugations

Disponer Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo disponga
dispongas
Él / Ella / Usted disponga
Nosotros / as dispongamos
Vosotros / as dispongáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispongan
Vos dispongas

Disponer Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 dispusiera dispusiese
dispusieras dispusiese
Él / Ella / Usted dispusiera dispusiese
Nosotros / as dispusiéramos dispusiésemos
Vosotros / as dispusierais dispusieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispusieran dispusiesen
Vos dispusieras dispusiese

Disponer Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 dispusiere
dispusieres
Él / Ella / Usted dispusiere
Nosotros / as dispusiéremos
Vosotros / as dispusiereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispusieren
Vos dispusieres

Disponer Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “place!” and “don’t place!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
dispón no dispongas
Él / Ella / Usted disponga no disponga
Nosotros / as dispongamos no dispongamos
Vosotros / as disponed no dispongáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dispongan no dispongan
Vos disponé no dispongas

Disponer Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Disponer Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya dispuesto
hayas dispuesto
Él / Ella / Usted haya dispuesto
Nosotros / as hayamos dispuesto
Vosotros / as hayáis dispuesto
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan dispuesto
Vos hayas dispuesto

Disponer Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera dispuesto / hubiese dispuesto
hubieras dispuesto / hubieses dispuesto
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera dispuesto / hubiese dispuesto
Nosotros / as hubiéramos dispuesto / hubiésemos dispuesto
Vosotros / as hubierais dispuesto / hubieseis dispuesto
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran dispuesto / hubiesen dispuesto
Vos hubieras dispuesto / hubieses dispuesto

Disponer Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere dispuesto
hubieres dispuesto
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere dispuesto
Nosotros / as hubiéremos dispuesto
Vosotros / as hubiereis dispuesto
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren dispuesto
Vos hubieres dispuesto

Disponer Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté disponiendo
estés disponiendo
Él / Ella / Usted esté disponiendo
Nosotros / as estemos disponiendo
Vosotros / as estéis disponiendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén disponiendo
Vos estés disponiendo

Disponer Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera disponiendo / estuviese disponiendo
estuvieras disponiendo / estuvieses disponiendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera disponiendo / estuviese disponiendo
Nosotros / as estuviéramos disponiendo / estuviésamos disponiendo
Vosotros / as estuvierais disponiendo / estuvieseis disponiendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera disponiendo / estuviese disponiendo
Vos estuvieras disponiendo / estuvieses disponiendo

Disponer Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere disponiendo
estuvieres disponiendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere disponiendo
Nosotros / as estuviéremos disponiendo
Vosotros / as estuviereis disponiendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere disponiendo
Vos estuvieres disponiendo

Disponer Vos Conjugation

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.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos disponés
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos dispusiste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos disponías
Conditional
Condicional
Vos dispondrías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos dispondrás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos dispongas
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos dispusieras / Vos dispusiese
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos disponé
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no dispongas