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Descolgar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to take down, let down”.
Below are all of the conjugations for descolgar 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 take down, let down |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | descolgar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está descolgando) and past continuous (estaba descolgando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. taking down).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he descolgado and hubiera descolgado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have taken down).
| Gerundio / Gerund | descolgando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | descolgado |
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 take down” or “they take down”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descuelgo |
| Tú | descuelgas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descuelga |
| Nosotros / as | descolgamos |
| Vosotros / as | descolgáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descuelgan |
| Vos | descolgás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I took down” or “she took down” 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 | descolgué | I took down |
| Tú | descolgaste | You took down |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descolgó | He / she / you took down |
| Nosotros / as | descolgamos | We took down |
| Vosotros / as | descolgasteis | You took down |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descolgaron | They / you took down |
| Vos | descolgaste | You took down |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was taking down” or “she was taking down” 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 | descolgaba | I was taking down |
| Tú | descolgabas | You were taking down |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descolgaba | He was / she was / you were taking down |
| Nosotros / as | descolgábamos | We were taking down |
| Vosotros / as | descolgabais | You were taking down |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descolgaban | They / you were taking down |
| Vos | descolgabas | You were taking down |
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 taken down” and “she has taken down”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he descolgado | I have taken down |
| Tú | has descolgado | You have taken down |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha descolgado | He has / she has / you have taken down |
| Nosotros / as | hemos descolgado | We have taken down |
| Vosotros / as | habéis descolgado | You have taken down |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han descolgado | They / you have taken down |
| Vos | has descolgado | You have taken down |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would take down” or “she would take down”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descolgaría | I would take down |
| Tú | descolgarías | You would take down |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descolgaría | He / she / you would take down |
| Nosotros / as | descolgaríamos | We would take down |
| Vosotros / as | descolgaríais | You would take down |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descolgarían | They / you would take down |
| Vos | descolgarías | You would take down |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will take down” or “they will take down”.
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 descolgar” means “They are going to take down”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | descolgaré | I will take down |
| Tú | descolgarás | You will take down |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descolgará | He / she / you will take down |
| Nosotros / as | descolgaremos | We will take down |
| Vosotros / as | descolgaréis | You will take down |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descolgarán | They / you will take down |
| Vos | descolgarás | You will take down |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | descuelgue |
| Tú | descuelgues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descuelgue |
| Nosotros / as | descolguemos |
| Vosotros / as | descolguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descuelguen |
| Vos | descuelgues |
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 | descolgara | descolgase |
| Tú | descolgaras | descolgase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descolgara | descolgase |
| Nosotros / as | descolgáramos | descolgásemos |
| Vosotros / as | descolgarais | descolgaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descolgaran | descolgasen |
| Vos | descolgaras | descolgase |
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 | descolgare |
| Tú | descolgares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descolgare |
| Nosotros / as | descolgáremos |
| Vosotros / as | descolgareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descolgaren |
| Vos | descolgares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “take down!” and “don’t take down!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | descuelga | no descuelgues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descuelgue | no descuelgue |
| Nosotros / as | descolguemos | no descolguemos |
| Vosotros / as | descolgad | no descolguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descuelguen | no descuelguen |
| Vos | descolgá | no descuelgues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya descolgado |
| Tú | hayas descolgado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya descolgado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos descolgado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis descolgado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan descolgado |
| Vos | hayas descolgado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera descolgado / hubiese descolgado |
| Tú | hubieras descolgado / hubieses descolgado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera descolgado / hubiese descolgado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos descolgado / hubiésemos descolgado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais descolgado / hubieseis descolgado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran descolgado / hubiesen descolgado |
| Vos | hubieras descolgado / hubieses descolgado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere descolgado |
| Tú | hubieres descolgado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere descolgado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos descolgado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis descolgado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren descolgado |
| Vos | hubieres descolgado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté descolgando |
| Tú | estés descolgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté descolgando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos descolgando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis descolgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén descolgando |
| Vos | estés descolgando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera descolgando / estuviese descolgando |
| Tú | estuvieras descolgando / estuvieses descolgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera descolgando / estuviese descolgando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos descolgando / estuviésamos descolgando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais descolgando / estuvieseis descolgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera descolgando / estuviese descolgando |
| Vos | estuvieras descolgando / estuvieses descolgando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere descolgando |
| Tú | estuvieres descolgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere descolgando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos descolgando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis descolgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere descolgando |
| Vos | estuvieres descolgando |
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 descolgás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos descolgaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos descolgabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos descolgarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos descolgarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos descuelgues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos descolgaras / Vos descolgase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos descolgá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no descuelgues |