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Descartar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to discard, put aside”.
Below are all of the conjugations for descartar 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 discard, put aside |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | descartar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está descartando) and past continuous (estaba descartando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. discarding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he descartado and hubiera descartado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have discarded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | descartando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | descartado |
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 discard” or “they discard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descarto |
| Tú | descartas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descarta |
| Nosotros / as | descartamos |
| Vosotros / as | descartáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartan |
| Vos | descartás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I discarded” or “she discarded” 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 | descarté | I discarded |
| Tú | descartaste | You discarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descartó | He / she / you discarded |
| Nosotros / as | descartamos | We discarded |
| Vosotros / as | descartasteis | You discarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartaron | They / you discarded |
| Vos | descartaste | You discarded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was discarding” or “she was discarding” 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 | descartaba | I was discarding |
| Tú | descartabas | You were discarding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descartaba | He was / she was / you were discarding |
| Nosotros / as | descartábamos | We were discarding |
| Vosotros / as | descartabais | You were discarding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartaban | They / you were discarding |
| Vos | descartabas | You were discarding |
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 discarded” and “she has discarded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he descartado | I have discarded |
| Tú | has descartado | You have discarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha descartado | He has / she has / you have discarded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos descartado | We have discarded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis descartado | You have discarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han descartado | They / you have discarded |
| Vos | has descartado | You have discarded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would discard” or “she would discard”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descartaría | I would discard |
| Tú | descartarías | You would discard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descartaría | He / she / you would discard |
| Nosotros / as | descartaríamos | We would discard |
| Vosotros / as | descartaríais | You would discard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartarían | They / you would discard |
| Vos | descartarías | You would discard |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will discard” or “they will discard”.
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 descartar” means “They are going to discard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descartaré | I will discard |
| Tú | descartarás | You will discard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descartará | He / she / you will discard |
| Nosotros / as | descartaremos | We will discard |
| Vosotros / as | descartaréis | You will discard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartarán | They / you will discard |
| Vos | descartarás | You will discard |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descarte |
| Tú | descartes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descarte |
| Nosotros / as | descartemos |
| Vosotros / as | descartéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descarten |
| Vos | descartes |
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 | descartara | descartase |
| Tú | descartaras | descartase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descartara | descartase |
| Nosotros / as | descartáramos | descartásemos |
| Vosotros / as | descartarais | descartaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartaran | descartasen |
| Vos | descartaras | descartase |
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 | descartare |
| Tú | descartares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descartare |
| Nosotros / as | descartáremos |
| Vosotros / as | descartareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descartaren |
| Vos | descartares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “discard!” and “don’t discard!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | descarta | no descartes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descarte | no descarte |
| Nosotros / as | descartemos | no descartemos |
| Vosotros / as | descartad | no descartéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descarten | no descarten |
| Vos | descartá | no descartes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya descartado |
| Tú | hayas descartado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya descartado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos descartado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis descartado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan descartado |
| Vos | hayas descartado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera descartado / hubiese descartado |
| Tú | hubieras descartado / hubieses descartado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera descartado / hubiese descartado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos descartado / hubiésemos descartado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais descartado / hubieseis descartado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran descartado / hubiesen descartado |
| Vos | hubieras descartado / hubieses descartado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere descartado |
| Tú | hubieres descartado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere descartado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos descartado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis descartado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren descartado |
| Vos | hubieres descartado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté descartando |
| Tú | estés descartando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté descartando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos descartando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis descartando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén descartando |
| Vos | estés descartando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera descartando / estuviese descartando |
| Tú | estuvieras descartando / estuvieses descartando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera descartando / estuviese descartando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos descartando / estuviésamos descartando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais descartando / estuvieseis descartando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera descartando / estuviese descartando |
| Vos | estuvieras descartando / estuvieses descartando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere descartando |
| Tú | estuvieres descartando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere descartando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos descartando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis descartando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere descartando |
| Vos | estuvieres descartando |
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 descartás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos descartaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos descartabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos descartarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos descartarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos descartes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos descartaras / Vos descartase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos descartá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no descartes |