Non-finite forms
Infinitivo and Gerundio
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitivo | desanimar | Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures. |
| Gerundio | desanimando | Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar desanimando. |
Spanish verb conjugation
Desanimar conjugation
desanimar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning dishearten. In the present tense: yo desanimo, tú desanimas, él/ella desanima, nosotros desanimamos, vosotros desanimáis, ellos desaniman. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.
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At a glance
- Infinitive
- desanimar
- Gerundio
- desanimando
- Meaning
- dishearten
- Pattern
- Regular
- Difficulty
- Level 1
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Desanimar across the MuyVerbs tense system
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Presente
Present
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimo | Yo desanimo a mi prima antes del casting.I dishearten my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | desanimas | Normalmente, tú desanimas a tu compañero con tanta queja.You usually dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanima | Hoy, la derrota del sábado desanima a la cantera del club.Today, the defeat on Saturday disheartens the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimamos | A veces, nosotros desanimamos a los voluntarios del comedor.At times, we dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desanimáis | Ahora, vosotros desanimáis a los nuevos del equipo.Right now, you all dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desaniman | Casi siempre, las críticas del público desaniman a la actriz principal.Most of the time, the criticism from the audience dishearten the lead actress. |
Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | he desanimado | Este año, yo he desanimado a mi prima antes del casting.This year, I have disheartened my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | has desanimado | Últimamente, tú has desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja.Lately, you have disheartened your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | ha desanimado | En estos meses, la derrota del sábado ha desanimado a la cantera del club.In these months, the defeat on Saturday has disheartened the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | hemos desanimado | Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor.So far, we have disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | habéis desanimado | En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis desanimado a los nuevos del equipo.This term, you all have disheartened the new people on the team. |
| ellos | han desanimado | En este tiempo, las críticas del público han desanimado a la actriz principal.During this time, the criticism from the audience have disheartened the lead actress. |
Pretérito Indefinido
Preterite
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimé | Ayer, yo desanimé a mi prima antes del casting.Yesterday, I disheartened my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | desanimaste | Hace un rato, tú desanimaste a tu compañero con tanta queja.A little while ago, you disheartened your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanimó | Esta mañana, la derrota del sábado desanimó a la cantera del club.This morning, the defeat on Saturday disheartened the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimamos | Anoche, nosotros desanimamos a los voluntarios del comedor.Last night, we disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desanimasteis | El sábado, vosotros desanimasteis a los nuevos del equipo.On Saturday, you all disheartened the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desanimaron | Hace poco, las críticas del público desanimaron a la actriz principal.Not long ago, the criticism from the audience disheartened the lead actress. |
Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimaba | Antes, yo desanimaba a mi prima antes del casting.Before, I used to dishearten my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | desanimabas | Por entonces, tú desanimabas a tu compañero con tanta queja.Back then, you used to dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanimaba | En esa época, la derrota del sábado desanimaba a la cantera del club.At that time, the defeat on Saturday used to dishearten the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimábamos | Cuando eso era normal, nosotros desanimábamos a los voluntarios del comedor.When that was normal, we used to dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desanimabais | Hace años, vosotros desanimabais a los nuevos del equipo.Years ago, you all used to dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desanimaban | En aquellos días, las críticas del público desanimaban a la actriz principal.In those days, the criticism from the audience used to dishearten the lead actress. |
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | había desanimado | Cuando llegaste, yo ya había desanimado a mi prima antes del casting.When you arrived, I had already disheartened my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | habías desanimado | Para entonces, tú ya habías desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja.By then, you had already disheartened your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | había desanimado | Al volver, la derrota del sábado ya había desanimado a la cantera del club.When we came back, the defeat on Saturday had already disheartened the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | habíamos desanimado | Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor.Before talking it through, we had already disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | habíais desanimado | Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais desanimado a los nuevos del equipo.When you looked again, you all had already disheartened the new people on the team. |
| ellos | habían desanimado | Para ese momento, las críticas del público ya habían desanimado a la actriz principal.By that moment, the criticism from the audience had already disheartened the lead actress. |
Pretérito Anterior
Preterite Anterior
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hube desanimado | Apenas yo hube desanimado a mi prima antes del casting, todo cambió.As soon as I had disheartened my cousin before the audition, everything changed. |
| tú | hubiste desanimado | En cuanto tú hubiste desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja, se notó.The moment you had disheartened your coworker with so much complaining, it showed. |
| él | hubo desanimado | No bien la derrota del sábado hubo desanimado a la cantera del club, hubo ruido.As soon as the defeat on Saturday had disheartened the youth academy of the club, there was trouble. |
| nosotros | hubimos desanimado | Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor, seguimos adelante.Once we had disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen, we moved on. |
| vosotros | hubisteis desanimado | Apenas vosotros hubisteis desanimado a los nuevos del equipo, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had disheartened the new people on the team, you checked the result. |
| ellos | hubieron desanimado | En cuanto las críticas del público hubieron desanimado a la actriz principal, el ambiente cambió.The moment the criticism from the audience had disheartened the lead actress, the mood changed. |
Futuro
Future
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimaré | Mañana, yo desanimaré a mi prima antes del casting.Tomorrow, I will dishearten my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | desanimarás | Dentro de poco, tú desanimarás a tu compañero con tanta queja.Soon, you will dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanimará | Esta tarde, la derrota del sábado desanimará a la cantera del club.This afternoon, the defeat on Saturday will dishearten the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimaremos | La semana que viene, nosotros desanimaremos a los voluntarios del comedor.Next week, we will dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desanimaréis | Pronto, vosotros desanimaréis a los nuevos del equipo.Before long, you all will dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desanimarán | Más adelante, las críticas del público desanimarán a la actriz principal.Later on, the criticism from the audience will dishearten the lead actress. |
Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habré desanimado | Para entonces, yo ya habré desanimado a mi prima antes del casting.By then, I will already have disheartened my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | habrás desanimado | Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja.Before closing time, you will already have disheartened your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | habrá desanimado | Al final del día, la derrota del sábado ya habrá desanimado a la cantera del club.By the end of the day, the defeat on Saturday will already have disheartened the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | habremos desanimado | Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor.By tomorrow, we will already have disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | habréis desanimado | Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis desanimado a los nuevos del equipo.Before leaving, you all will already have disheartened the new people on the team. |
| ellos | habrán desanimado | Para esa hora, las críticas del público ya habrán desanimado a la actriz principal.By that hour, the criticism from the audience will already have disheartened the lead actress. |
Condicional
Conditional
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimaría | En un caso así, yo desanimaría a mi prima antes del casting.In a case like that, I would dishearten my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | desanimarías | Con un poco más de tiempo, tú desanimarías a tu compañero con tanta queja.With a little more time, you would dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanimaría | En esa situación, la derrota del sábado desanimaría a la cantera del club.In that situation, the defeat on Saturday would dishearten the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimaríamos | Con ese panorama, nosotros desanimaríamos a los voluntarios del comedor.With that outlook, we would dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desanimaríais | Llegado el caso, vosotros desanimaríais a los nuevos del equipo.If it came to that, you all would dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desanimarían | En un día así, las críticas del público desanimarían a la actriz principal.On a day like that, the criticism from the audience would dishearten the lead actress. |
Condicional Perfecto
Conditional Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habría desanimado | En otro momento, yo habría desanimado a mi prima antes del casting.At another moment, I would have disheartened my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | habrías desanimado | Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja.With a little more margin, you would have disheartened your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | habría desanimado | A esas alturas, la derrota del sábado habría desanimado a la cantera del club.By then, the defeat on Saturday would have disheartened the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | habríamos desanimado | Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor.With that turn, we would have disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | habríais desanimado | Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais desanimado a los nuevos del equipo.At that point, you all would have disheartened the new people on the team. |
| ellos | habrían desanimado | En ese punto, las críticas del público habrían desanimado a la actriz principal.From there, the criticism from the audience would have disheartened the lead actress. |
Subjuntivo Presente
Present Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanime | Es mejor que yo desanime a mi prima antes del casting.It is better that I dishearten my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | desanimes | Hace falta que tú desanimes a tu compañero con tanta queja.It is necessary that you dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanime | Conviene que la derrota del sábado desanime a la cantera del club.It is wise that the defeat on Saturday dishearten the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimemos | Importa que nosotros desanimemos a los voluntarios del comedor.It matters that we dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desaniméis | Puede ser útil que vosotros desaniméis a los nuevos del equipo.It may help if you all dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desanimen | Es posible que las críticas del público desanimen a la actriz principal.It is possible that the criticism from the audience dishearten the lead actress. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | haya desanimado | Ojalá yo haya desanimado a mi prima antes del casting.Hopefully I have disheartened my cousin before the audition. |
| tú | hayas desanimado | Puede que tú ya hayas desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja.Maybe you already have disheartened your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | haya desanimado | Tal vez la derrota del sábado haya desanimado a la cantera del club.Perhaps the defeat on Saturday has disheartened the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | hayamos desanimado | Quizá nosotros ya hayamos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor.Maybe we already have disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | hayáis desanimado | Es probable que vosotros hayáis desanimado a los nuevos del equipo.It is likely that you all have disheartened the new people on the team. |
| ellos | hayan desanimado | Puede ser que las críticas del público ya hayan desanimado a la actriz principal.It may be that the criticism from the audience already have disheartened the lead actress. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimara | Si yo desanimara a mi prima antes del casting, se notaría enseguida.If I disheartened my cousin before the audition, it would show right away. |
| tú | desanimaras | Si tú desanimaras a tu compañero con tanta queja, costaría ocultarlo.If you disheartened your coworker with so much complaining, it would be hard to hide. |
| él | desanimara | Si la derrota del sábado desanimara a la cantera del club, daría mucho que hablar.If the defeat on Saturday disheartened the youth academy of the club, it would give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | desanimáramos | Si nosotros desanimáramos a los voluntarios del comedor, todo iría por otro lado.If we disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen, everything would go another way. |
| vosotros | desanimarais | Si vosotros desanimarais a los nuevos del equipo, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all disheartened the new people on the team, the mood would change. |
| ellos | desanimaran | Si las críticas del público desanimaran a la actriz principal, la escena sería otra.If the criticism from the audience disheartened the lead actress, the whole scene would be different. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera desanimado | Si yo hubiera desanimado a mi prima antes del casting, aún se recordaría.If I had disheartened my cousin before the audition, it would still be remembered. |
| tú | hubieras desanimado | Si tú hubieras desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja, eso habría dejado marca.If you had disheartened your coworker with so much complaining, that would have left a mark. |
| él | hubiera desanimado | Si la derrota del sábado hubiera desanimado a la cantera del club, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the defeat on Saturday had disheartened the youth academy of the club, people would still be talking about it. |
| nosotros | hubiéramos desanimado | Si nosotros hubiéramos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen, the day would have gone another way. |
| vosotros | hubierais desanimado | Si vosotros hubierais desanimado a los nuevos del equipo, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had disheartened the new people on the team, the change would have shown earlier. |
| ellos | hubieran desanimado | Si las críticas del público hubieran desanimado a la actriz principal, nada habría quedado igual.If the criticism from the audience had disheartened the lead actress, nothing would have stayed the same. |
Subjuntivo Futuro
Future Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | desanimare | Si yo desanimare a mi prima antes del casting, se notará enseguida.If I dishearten my cousin before the audition, it will show right away. |
| tú | desanimares | Si tú desanimares a tu compañero con tanta queja, costará ignorarlo.If you dishearten your coworker with so much complaining, it will be hard to ignore. |
| él | desanimare | Si la derrota del sábado desanimare a la cantera del club, dará mucho que hablar.If the defeat on Saturday disheartens the youth academy of the club, it will give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | desanimáremos | Si nosotros desanimáremos a los voluntarios del comedor, todo irá por otro camino.If we dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen, everything will go another way. |
| vosotros | desanimareis | Si vosotros desanimareis a los nuevos del equipo, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all dishearten the new people on the team, the mood will change fast. |
| ellos | desanimaren | Si las críticas del público desanimaren a la actriz principal, la escena será distinta.If the criticism from the audience dishearten the lead actress, the whole scene will be different. |
Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiere desanimado | Cuando yo hubiere desanimado a mi prima antes del casting, ya se notará.When I have disheartened my cousin before the audition, it will already show. |
| tú | hubieres desanimado | En cuanto tú hubieres desanimado a tu compañero con tanta queja, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have disheartened your coworker with so much complaining, it will be hard not to see. |
| él | hubiere desanimado | Cuando la derrota del sábado hubiere desanimado a la cantera del club, se verá de inmediato.When the defeat on Saturday has disheartened the youth academy of the club, it will show at once. |
| nosotros | hubiéremos desanimado | Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos desanimado a los voluntarios del comedor, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have disheartened the volunteers in the soup kitchen, everything will move differently. |
| vosotros | hubiereis desanimado | Cuando vosotros hubiereis desanimado a los nuevos del equipo, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have disheartened the new people on the team, the mood will sound different. |
| ellos | hubieren desanimado | En cuanto las críticas del público hubieren desanimado a la actriz principal, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the criticism from the audience have disheartened the lead actress, the change will be clear. |
Imperativo Afirmativo
Affirmative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | desanima | desanima a tu compañero con tanta queja.Dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | desanime | Que la derrota del sábado desanime a la cantera del club.Let the defeat on Saturday dishearten the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | desanimemos | desanimemos a los voluntarios del comedor.Dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | desanimad | desanimad a los nuevos del equipo.Dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | desanimen | Que las críticas del público desanimen a la actriz principal.Let the criticism from the audience dishearten the lead actress. |
Imperativo Negativo
Negative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | no desanimes | No no desanimes a tu compañero con tanta queja.Do not dishearten your coworker with so much complaining. |
| él | no desanime | Que la derrota del sábado no no desanime a la cantera del club.Let the defeat on Saturday not dishearten the youth academy of the club. |
| nosotros | no desanimemos | No no desanimemos a los voluntarios del comedor.Let us not dishearten the volunteers in the soup kitchen. |
| vosotros | no desaniméis | No no desaniméis a los nuevos del equipo.Do not dishearten the new people on the team. |
| ellos | no desanimen | Que las críticas del público no no desanimen a la actriz principal.Let the criticism from the audience not dishearten the lead actress. |
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Presente•yo
Yo ___ a mi prima antes del casting.
I dishearten my cousin before the audition.
Need grammar help?How to form Presente
Use Presente for facts, habits, current states, and regular actions.
Formation
- 1Remove the infinitive ending: -ar, -er, or -ir.
- 2Add the present endings for the subject.
- 3Watch high-frequency irregulars like ser, estar, ir, tener, hacer, and decir.
Pattern
-ar: o, as, a, amos, áis, an-er: o, es, e, emos, éis, en-ir: o, es, e, imos, ís, en
Examples
hablar -> yo hablocomer -> él comevivir -> vosotros vivís
Presente is the base system. Master the endings first, then handle irregular yo forms and stem changes.
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- What does 'desanimar' mean in English?
- In Spanish, 'desanimar' means to dishearten. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.
- Is desanimar an irregular verb in Spanish?
- Desanimar is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.
- How do you conjugate desanimar in the present tense?
- Present tense (Presente) of desanimar: yo desanimo, tú desanimas, él/ella/usted desanima, nosotros desanimamos, vosotros desanimáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desaniman.
- How do you conjugate desanimar in the preterite?
- Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of desanimar: yo desanimé, tú desanimaste, él/ella/usted desanimó, nosotros desanimamos, vosotros desanimasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desanimaron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.
- What is the imperfect tense of desanimar?
- Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of desanimar: yo desanimaba, tú desanimabas, él/ella/usted desanimaba, nosotros desanimábamos, vosotros desanimabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes desanimaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.
- What is the past participle of desanimar?
- The past participle of desanimar is 'desanimado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he desanimado' (I have disheartened), 'has desanimado', 'ha desanimado'.
- What is the gerundio (present participle) of desanimar?
- The gerundio of desanimar is 'desanimando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy desanimando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.
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