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Desarreglar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to make untidy, disarrange”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desarreglar 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 make untidy, disarrange |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desarreglar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desarreglando) and past continuous (estaba desarreglando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. making untidy).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desarreglado and hubiera desarreglado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have made untidy).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desarreglando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desarreglado |
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 make untidy” or “they make untidy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desarreglo |
| Tú | desarreglas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarregla |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglamos |
| Vosotros / as | desarregláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglan |
| Vos | desarreglás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I made untidy” or “she made untidy” 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 | desarreglé | I made untidy |
| Tú | desarreglaste | You made untidy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarregló | He / she / you made untidy |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglamos | We made untidy |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglasteis | You made untidy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglaron | They / you made untidy |
| Vos | desarreglaste | You made untidy |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was making untidy” or “she was making untidy” 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 | desarreglaba | I was making untidy |
| Tú | desarreglabas | You were making untidy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarreglaba | He was / she was / you were making untidy |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglábamos | We were making untidy |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglabais | You were making untidy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglaban | They / you were making untidy |
| Vos | desarreglabas | You were making untidy |
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 made untidy” and “she has made untidy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desarreglado | I have made untidy |
| Tú | has desarreglado | You have made untidy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desarreglado | He has / she has / you have made untidy |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desarreglado | We have made untidy |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desarreglado | You have made untidy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desarreglado | They / you have made untidy |
| Vos | has desarreglado | You have made untidy |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would make untidy” or “she would make untidy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desarreglaría | I would make untidy |
| Tú | desarreglarías | You would make untidy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarreglaría | He / she / you would make untidy |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglaríamos | We would make untidy |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglaríais | You would make untidy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglarían | They / you would make untidy |
| Vos | desarreglarías | You would make untidy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will make untidy” or “they will make untidy”.
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 desarreglar” means “They are going to make untidy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desarreglaré | I will make untidy |
| Tú | desarreglarás | You will make untidy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarreglará | He / she / you will make untidy |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglaremos | We will make untidy |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglaréis | You will make untidy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglarán | They / you will make untidy |
| Vos | desarreglarás | You will make untidy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desarregle |
| Tú | desarregles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarregle |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarregléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglen |
| Vos | desarregles |
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 | desarreglara | desarreglase |
| Tú | desarreglaras | desarreglase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarreglara | desarreglase |
| Nosotros / as | desarregláramos | desarreglásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglarais | desarreglaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglaran | desarreglasen |
| Vos | desarreglaras | desarreglase |
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 | desarreglare |
| Tú | desarreglares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarreglare |
| Nosotros / as | desarregláremos |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglaren |
| Vos | desarreglares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “make untidy!” and “don’t make untidy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desarregla | no desarregles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarregle | no desarregle |
| Nosotros / as | desarreglemos | no desarreglemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarreglad | no desarregléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarreglen | no desarreglen |
| Vos | desarreglá | no desarregles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desarreglado |
| Tú | hayas desarreglado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desarreglado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desarreglado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desarreglado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desarreglado |
| Vos | hayas desarreglado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desarreglado / hubiese desarreglado |
| Tú | hubieras desarreglado / hubieses desarreglado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desarreglado / hubiese desarreglado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desarreglado / hubiésemos desarreglado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desarreglado / hubieseis desarreglado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desarreglado / hubiesen desarreglado |
| Vos | hubieras desarreglado / hubieses desarreglado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desarreglado |
| Tú | hubieres desarreglado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desarreglado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desarreglado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desarreglado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desarreglado |
| Vos | hubieres desarreglado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desarreglando |
| Tú | estés desarreglando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desarreglando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desarreglando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desarreglando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desarreglando |
| Vos | estés desarreglando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desarreglando / estuviese desarreglando |
| Tú | estuvieras desarreglando / estuvieses desarreglando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desarreglando / estuviese desarreglando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desarreglando / estuviésamos desarreglando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desarreglando / estuvieseis desarreglando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desarreglando / estuviese desarreglando |
| Vos | estuvieras desarreglando / estuvieses desarreglando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desarreglando |
| Tú | estuvieres desarreglando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desarreglando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desarreglando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desarreglando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desarreglando |
| Vos | estuvieres desarreglando |
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 desarreglás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desarreglaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desarreglabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desarreglarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desarreglarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desarregles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desarreglaras / Vos desarreglase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desarreglá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desarregles |