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Desvestirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get undressed, to undress oneself”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me desvisto) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que desvestirse).
Below are all of the conjugations for desvestirse 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 get undressed, to undress oneself |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desvestirse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desvistiéndose) and past continuous (estaba desvistiéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting undressed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desvestido and hubiera desvestido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gotten undressed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desvistiéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desvestido |
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 get undressed” or “they get undressed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desvisto |
| Tú | te desvistes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desviste |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvestimos |
| Vosotros / as | os desvestís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvisten |
| Vos | te desvestís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got undressed” or “she got 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 | me desvestí | I got undressed |
| Tú | te desvestiste | You got undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvistió | He / she / you got undressed |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvestimos | We got undressed |
| Vosotros / as | os desvestisteis | You got undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvistieron | They / you got undressed |
| Vos | te desvestiste | You got undressed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting undressed” or “she was getting undressed” 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 | me desvestía | I was getting undressed |
| Tú | te desvestías | You were getting undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvestía | He was / she was / you were getting undressed |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvestíamos | We were getting undressed |
| Vosotros / as | os desvestíais | You were getting undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvestían | They / you were getting undressed |
| Vos | te desvestías | You were getting undressed |
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 gotten undressed” and “she has gotten undressed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he desvestido | I have gotten undressed |
| Tú | te has desvestido | You have gotten undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha desvestido | He has / she has / you have gotten undressed |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos desvestido | We have gotten undressed |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis desvestido | You have gotten undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han desvestido | They / you have gotten undressed |
| Vos | te has desvestido | You have gotten undressed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get undressed” or “she would get undressed”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desvestiría | I would get undressed |
| Tú | te desvestirías | You would get undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvestiría | He / she / you would get undressed |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvestiríamos | We would get undressed |
| Vosotros / as | os desvestiríais | You would get undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvestirían | They / you would get undressed |
| Vos | te desvestirías | You would get undressed |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get undressed” or “they will get undressed”.
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 desvestirse” means “They are going to get undressed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desvestiré | I will get undressed |
| Tú | te desvestirás | You will get undressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvestirá | He / she / you will get undressed |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvestiremos | We will get undressed |
| Vosotros / as | os desvestiréis | You will get undressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvestirán | They / you will get undressed |
| Vos | te desvestirás | You will get undressed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me desvista |
| Tú | te desvistas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvista |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvistamos |
| Vosotros / as | os desvistáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvistan |
| Vos | te desvistas |
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 | me desvistiera | me desvistiese |
| Tú | te desvistieras | me desvistiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvistiera | se desvistiese |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvistiéramos | nos desvistiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os desvistierais | os desvistieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvistieran | se desvistiesen |
| Vos | te desvistieras | me desvistiese |
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 | me desvistiere |
| Tú | te desvistieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desvistiera |
| Nosotros / as | nos desvistiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os desvistiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desvistieren |
| Vos | te desvistieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get undressed!” and “don’t get undressed!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desvístete | no te desvistas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desvístase | no se desvista |
| Nosotros / as | desvistámonos | no nos desvistamos |
| Vosotros / as | desvestíos | no os desvistáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desvístanse | no se desvistan |
| Vos | desvestite | no te desvistas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desvestido |
| Tú | hayas desvestido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desvestido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desvestido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desvestido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desvestido |
| Vos | hayas desvestido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desvestido / hubiese desvestido |
| Tú | hubieras desvestido / hubieses desvestido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desvestido / hubiese desvestido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desvestido / hubiésemos desvestido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desvestido / hubieseis desvestido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desvestido / hubiesen desvestido |
| Vos | hubieras desvestido / hubieses desvestido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desvestido |
| Tú | hubieres desvestido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desvestido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desvestido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desvestido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desvestido |
| Vos | hubieres desvestido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desvistiéndose |
| Tú | estés desvistiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desvistiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desvistiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desvistiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desvistiéndose |
| Vos | estés desvistiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desvistiéndose / estuviese desvistiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras desvistiéndose / estuvieses desvistiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desvistiéndose / estuviese desvistiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desvistiéndose / estuviésamos desvistiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desvistiéndose / estuvieseis desvistiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desvistiéndose / estuviese desvistiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras desvistiéndose / estuvieses desvistiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desvistiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres desvistiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desvistiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desvistiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desvistiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desvistiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres desvistiéndose |
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 te desvestís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te desvestiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te desvestías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te desvestirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te desvestirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te desvistas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te desvistieras / Vos me desvistiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desvestite |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te desvistas |