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Desgarrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rip, tear”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desgarrar 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 rip, tear |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desgarrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desgarrando) and past continuous (estaba desgarrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. ripping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desgarrado and hubiera desgarrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have ripped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desgarrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desgarrado |
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 rip” or “they rip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgarro |
| Tú | desgarras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarra |
| Nosotros / as | desgarramos |
| Vosotros / as | desgarráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarran |
| Vos | desgarrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I ripped” or “she ripped” 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 | desgarré | I ripped |
| Tú | desgarraste | You ripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarró | He / she / you ripped |
| Nosotros / as | desgarramos | We ripped |
| Vosotros / as | desgarrasteis | You ripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarraron | They / you ripped |
| Vos | desgarraste | You ripped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was ripping” or “she was ripping” 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 | desgarraba | I was ripping |
| Tú | desgarrabas | You were ripping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarraba | He was / she was / you were ripping |
| Nosotros / as | desgarrábamos | We were ripping |
| Vosotros / as | desgarrabais | You were ripping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarraban | They / you were ripping |
| Vos | desgarrabas | You were ripping |
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 ripped” and “she has ripped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desgarrado | I have ripped |
| Tú | has desgarrado | You have ripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desgarrado | He has / she has / you have ripped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desgarrado | We have ripped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desgarrado | You have ripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desgarrado | They / you have ripped |
| Vos | has desgarrado | You have ripped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would rip” or “she would rip”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgarraría | I would rip |
| Tú | desgarrarías | You would rip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarraría | He / she / you would rip |
| Nosotros / as | desgarraríamos | We would rip |
| Vosotros / as | desgarraríais | You would rip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarrarían | They / you would rip |
| Vos | desgarrarías | You would rip |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will rip” or “they will rip”.
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 desgarrar” means “They are going to rip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgarraré | I will rip |
| Tú | desgarrarás | You will rip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarrará | He / she / you will rip |
| Nosotros / as | desgarraremos | We will rip |
| Vosotros / as | desgarraréis | You will rip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarrarán | They / you will rip |
| Vos | desgarrarás | You will rip |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgarre |
| Tú | desgarres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarre |
| Nosotros / as | desgarremos |
| Vosotros / as | desgarréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarren |
| Vos | desgarres |
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 | desgarrara | desgarrase |
| Tú | desgarraras | desgarrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarrara | desgarrase |
| Nosotros / as | desgarráramos | desgarrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgarrarais | desgarraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarraran | desgarrasen |
| Vos | desgarraras | desgarrase |
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 | desgarrare |
| Tú | desgarrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarrare |
| Nosotros / as | desgarráremos |
| Vosotros / as | desgarrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarraren |
| Vos | desgarrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “rip!” and “don’t rip!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desgarra | no desgarres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgarre | no desgarre |
| Nosotros / as | desgarremos | no desgarremos |
| Vosotros / as | desgarrad | no desgarréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgarren | no desgarren |
| Vos | desgarrá | no desgarres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desgarrado |
| Tú | hayas desgarrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desgarrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desgarrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desgarrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desgarrado |
| Vos | hayas desgarrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desgarrado / hubiese desgarrado |
| Tú | hubieras desgarrado / hubieses desgarrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desgarrado / hubiese desgarrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desgarrado / hubiésemos desgarrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desgarrado / hubieseis desgarrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desgarrado / hubiesen desgarrado |
| Vos | hubieras desgarrado / hubieses desgarrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desgarrado |
| Tú | hubieres desgarrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desgarrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desgarrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desgarrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desgarrado |
| Vos | hubieres desgarrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desgarrando |
| Tú | estés desgarrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desgarrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desgarrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desgarrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desgarrando |
| Vos | estés desgarrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desgarrando / estuviese desgarrando |
| Tú | estuvieras desgarrando / estuvieses desgarrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desgarrando / estuviese desgarrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desgarrando / estuviésamos desgarrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desgarrando / estuvieseis desgarrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desgarrando / estuviese desgarrando |
| Vos | estuvieras desgarrando / estuvieses desgarrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desgarrando |
| Tú | estuvieres desgarrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desgarrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desgarrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desgarrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desgarrando |
| Vos | estuvieres desgarrando |
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 desgarrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desgarraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desgarrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desgarrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desgarrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desgarres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desgarraras / Vos desgarrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desgarrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desgarres |