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Desabrigar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to uncover, undress”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desabrigar 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 uncover, undress |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desabrigar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desabrigando) and past continuous (estaba desabrigando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. uncovering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desabrigado and hubiera desabrigado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have uncovered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desabrigando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desabrigado |
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 uncover” or “they uncover”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desabrigo |
| Tú | desabrigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabriga |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigamos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigan |
| Vos | desabrigás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I uncovered” or “she uncovered” 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 | desabrigué | I uncovered |
| Tú | desabrigaste | You uncovered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigó | He / she / you uncovered |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigamos | We uncovered |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigasteis | You uncovered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigaron | They / you uncovered |
| Vos | desabrigaste | You uncovered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was uncovering” or “she was uncovering” 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 | desabrigaba | I was uncovering |
| Tú | desabrigabas | You were uncovering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigaba | He was / she was / you were uncovering |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigábamos | We were uncovering |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigabais | You were uncovering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigaban | They / you were uncovering |
| Vos | desabrigabas | You were uncovering |
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 uncovered” and “she has uncovered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desabrigado | I have uncovered |
| Tú | has desabrigado | You have uncovered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desabrigado | He has / she has / you have uncovered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desabrigado | We have uncovered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desabrigado | You have uncovered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desabrigado | They / you have uncovered |
| Vos | has desabrigado | You have uncovered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would uncover” or “she would uncover”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabrigaría | I would uncover |
| Tú | desabrigarías | You would uncover |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigaría | He / she / you would uncover |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigaríamos | We would uncover |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigaríais | You would uncover |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigarían | They / you would uncover |
| Vos | desabrigarías | You would uncover |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will uncover” or “they will uncover”.
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 desabrigar” means “They are going to uncover”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desabrigaré | I will uncover |
| Tú | desabrigarás | You will uncover |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigará | He / she / you will uncover |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigaremos | We will uncover |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigaréis | You will uncover |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigarán | They / you will uncover |
| Vos | desabrigarás | You will uncover |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desabrigue |
| Tú | desabrigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigue |
| Nosotros / as | desabriguemos |
| Vosotros / as | desabriguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabriguen |
| Vos | desabrigues |
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 | desabrigara | desabrigase |
| Tú | desabrigaras | desabrigase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigara | desabrigase |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigáramos | desabrigásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigarais | desabrigaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigaran | desabrigasen |
| Vos | desabrigaras | desabrigase |
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 | desabrigare |
| Tú | desabrigares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigare |
| Nosotros / as | desabrigáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabrigaren |
| Vos | desabrigares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “uncover!” and “don’t uncover!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desabriga | no desabrigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desabrigue | no desabrigue |
| Nosotros / as | desabriguemos | no desabriguemos |
| Vosotros / as | desabrigad | no desabriguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desabriguen | no desabriguen |
| Vos | desabrigá | no desabrigues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desabrigado |
| Tú | hayas desabrigado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desabrigado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desabrigado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desabrigado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desabrigado |
| Vos | hayas desabrigado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desabrigado / hubiese desabrigado |
| Tú | hubieras desabrigado / hubieses desabrigado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desabrigado / hubiese desabrigado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desabrigado / hubiésemos desabrigado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desabrigado / hubieseis desabrigado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desabrigado / hubiesen desabrigado |
| Vos | hubieras desabrigado / hubieses desabrigado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desabrigado |
| Tú | hubieres desabrigado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desabrigado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desabrigado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desabrigado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desabrigado |
| Vos | hubieres desabrigado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desabrigando |
| Tú | estés desabrigando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desabrigando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desabrigando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desabrigando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desabrigando |
| Vos | estés desabrigando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desabrigando / estuviese desabrigando |
| Tú | estuvieras desabrigando / estuvieses desabrigando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desabrigando / estuviese desabrigando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desabrigando / estuviésamos desabrigando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desabrigando / estuvieseis desabrigando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desabrigando / estuviese desabrigando |
| Vos | estuvieras desabrigando / estuvieses desabrigando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desabrigando |
| Tú | estuvieres desabrigando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desabrigando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desabrigando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desabrigando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desabrigando |
| Vos | estuvieres desabrigando |
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 desabrigás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desabrigaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desabrigabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desabrigarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desabrigarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desabrigues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desabrigaras / Vos desabrigase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desabrigá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desabrigues |