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Desarropar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to undress, disrobe”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desarropar 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 undress, disrobe |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desarropar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desarropando) and past continuous (estaba desarropando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. undressing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desarropado and hubiera desarropado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have undressed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desarropando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desarropado |
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 undress” or “they undress”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desarropo |
| Tú | desarropas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarropa |
| Nosotros / as | desarropamos |
| Vosotros / as | desarropáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarropan |
| Vos | desarropás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I undressed” or “she undressed” 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 | desarropé | I undressed |
| Tú | desarropaste | You undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarropó | He / she / you undressed |
| Nosotros / as | desarropamos | We undressed |
| Vosotros / as | desarropasteis | You undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarroparon | They / you undressed |
| Vos | desarropaste | You undressed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was undressing” or “she was undressing” 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 | desarropaba | I was undressing |
| Tú | desarropabas | You were undressing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarropaba | He was / she was / you were undressing |
| Nosotros / as | desarropábamos | We were undressing |
| Vosotros / as | desarropabais | You were undressing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarropaban | They / you were undressing |
| Vos | desarropabas | You were undressing |
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 undressed” and “she has undressed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desarropado | I have undressed |
| Tú | has desarropado | You have undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desarropado | He has / she has / you have undressed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desarropado | We have undressed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desarropado | You have undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desarropado | They / you have undressed |
| Vos | has desarropado | You have undressed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would undress” or “she would undress”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desarroparía | I would undress |
| Tú | desarroparías | You would undress |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarroparía | He / she / you would undress |
| Nosotros / as | desarroparíamos | We would undress |
| Vosotros / as | desarroparíais | You would undress |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarroparían | They / you would undress |
| Vos | desarroparías | You would undress |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will undress” or “they will undress”.
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 desarropar” means “They are going to undress”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desarroparé | I will undress |
| Tú | desarroparás | You will undress |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarropará | He / she / you will undress |
| Nosotros / as | desarroparemos | We will undress |
| Vosotros / as | desarroparéis | You will undress |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarroparán | They / you will undress |
| Vos | desarroparás | You will undress |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desarrope |
| Tú | desarropes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarrope |
| Nosotros / as | desarropemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarropéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarropen |
| Vos | desarropes |
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 | desarropara | desarropase |
| Tú | desarroparas | desarropase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarropara | desarropase |
| Nosotros / as | desarropáramos | desarropásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarroparais | desarropaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarroparan | desarropasen |
| Vos | desarroparas | desarropase |
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 | desarropare |
| Tú | desarropares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarropare |
| Nosotros / as | desarropáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desarropareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarroparen |
| Vos | desarropares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “undress!” and “don’t undress!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desarropa | no desarropes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desarrope | no desarrope |
| Nosotros / as | desarropemos | no desarropemos |
| Vosotros / as | desarropad | no desarropéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desarropen | no desarropen |
| Vos | desarropá | no desarropes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desarropado |
| Tú | hayas desarropado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desarropado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desarropado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desarropado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desarropado |
| Vos | hayas desarropado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desarropado / hubiese desarropado |
| Tú | hubieras desarropado / hubieses desarropado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desarropado / hubiese desarropado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desarropado / hubiésemos desarropado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desarropado / hubieseis desarropado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desarropado / hubiesen desarropado |
| Vos | hubieras desarropado / hubieses desarropado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desarropado |
| Tú | hubieres desarropado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desarropado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desarropado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desarropado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desarropado |
| Vos | hubieres desarropado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desarropando |
| Tú | estés desarropando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desarropando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desarropando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desarropando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desarropando |
| Vos | estés desarropando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desarropando / estuviese desarropando |
| Tú | estuvieras desarropando / estuvieses desarropando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desarropando / estuviese desarropando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desarropando / estuviésamos desarropando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desarropando / estuvieseis desarropando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desarropando / estuviese desarropando |
| Vos | estuvieras desarropando / estuvieses desarropando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desarropando |
| Tú | estuvieres desarropando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desarropando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desarropando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desarropando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desarropando |
| Vos | estuvieres desarropando |
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 desarropás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desarropaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desarropabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desarroparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desarroparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desarropes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desarroparas / Vos desarropase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desarropá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desarropes |