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Desechar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to reject, get rid of, throw off”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desechar 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 reject, get rid of, throw off |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desechar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desechando) and past continuous (estaba desechando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. rejecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desechado and hubiera desechado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have rejected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desechando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desechado |
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 reject” or “they reject”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desecho |
| Tú | desechas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desecha |
| Nosotros / as | desechamos |
| Vosotros / as | desecháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desechan |
| Vos | desechás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I rejected” or “she rejected” 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 | deseché | I rejected |
| Tú | desechaste | You rejected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desechó | He / she / you rejected |
| Nosotros / as | desechamos | We rejected |
| Vosotros / as | desechasteis | You rejected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desecharon | They / you rejected |
| Vos | desechaste | You rejected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was rejecting” or “she was rejecting” 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 | desechaba | I was rejecting |
| Tú | desechabas | You were rejecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desechaba | He was / she was / you were rejecting |
| Nosotros / as | desechábamos | We were rejecting |
| Vosotros / as | desechabais | You were rejecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desechaban | They / you were rejecting |
| Vos | desechabas | You were rejecting |
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 rejected” and “she has rejected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desechado | I have rejected |
| Tú | has desechado | You have rejected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desechado | He has / she has / you have rejected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desechado | We have rejected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desechado | You have rejected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desechado | They / you have rejected |
| Vos | has desechado | You have rejected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would reject” or “she would reject”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desecharía | I would reject |
| Tú | desecharías | You would reject |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desecharía | He / she / you would reject |
| Nosotros / as | desecharíamos | We would reject |
| Vosotros / as | desecharíais | You would reject |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desecharían | They / you would reject |
| Vos | desecharías | You would reject |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will reject” or “they will reject”.
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 desechar” means “They are going to reject”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desecharé | I will reject |
| Tú | desecharás | You will reject |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desechará | He / she / you will reject |
| Nosotros / as | desecharemos | We will reject |
| Vosotros / as | desecharéis | You will reject |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desecharán | They / you will reject |
| Vos | desecharás | You will reject |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deseche |
| Tú | deseches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deseche |
| Nosotros / as | desechemos |
| Vosotros / as | desechéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desechen |
| Vos | deseches |
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 | desechara | desechase |
| Tú | desecharas | desechase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desechara | desechase |
| Nosotros / as | desecháramos | desechásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desecharais | desechaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desecharan | desechasen |
| Vos | desecharas | desechase |
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 | desechare |
| Tú | desechares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desechare |
| Nosotros / as | desecháremos |
| Vosotros / as | desechareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desecharen |
| Vos | desechares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “reject!” and “don’t reject!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desecha | no deseches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deseche | no deseche |
| Nosotros / as | desechemos | no desechemos |
| Vosotros / as | desechad | no desechéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desechen | no desechen |
| Vos | desechá | no deseches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desechado |
| Tú | hayas desechado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desechado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desechado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desechado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desechado |
| Vos | hayas desechado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desechado / hubiese desechado |
| Tú | hubieras desechado / hubieses desechado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desechado / hubiese desechado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desechado / hubiésemos desechado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desechado / hubieseis desechado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desechado / hubiesen desechado |
| Vos | hubieras desechado / hubieses desechado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desechado |
| Tú | hubieres desechado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desechado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desechado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desechado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desechado |
| Vos | hubieres desechado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desechando |
| Tú | estés desechando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desechando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desechando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desechando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desechando |
| Vos | estés desechando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desechando / estuviese desechando |
| Tú | estuvieras desechando / estuvieses desechando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desechando / estuviese desechando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desechando / estuviésamos desechando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desechando / estuvieseis desechando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desechando / estuviese desechando |
| Vos | estuvieras desechando / estuvieses desechando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desechando |
| Tú | estuvieres desechando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desechando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desechando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desechando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desechando |
| Vos | estuvieres desechando |
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 desechás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desechaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desechabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desecharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desecharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deseches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desecharas / Vos desechase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desechá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deseches |