Descender

to descend

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

descender

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

descendiendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

descendido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descendo I descend	I descend
tú	descendes you descend

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he descendido I have descended	I have descended
tú	has descendido

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	descende	descend! (you)
usted	descenda	descend! (you formal)
nosotros	descendamos	let's descend!
vosotros	descended

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no descendas	don't descend! (you)
usted	no descenda	don't descend! (you formal)
nosotros	no descendamos	let's not descend!
vosotros

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descendía I used to descend	I used to descend
tú	descendías you used to descend	you used to descend
él/ella/usted	descendía he/she/you used to descend	he/she/you used to descend
nosotros	descendíamos we used to descend	we used to descend
vosotros	descendíais you all used to descend	you all used to descend
ellos/ustedes	descendían they/you all used to descend	they/you all used to descend

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descendí I descended	I descended
tú	descendiste you descended	you descended
él/ella/usted	descendió he/she/you descended	he/she/you descended
nosotros	descendimos we descended	we descended
vosotros	descendisteis you all descended	you all descended
ellos/ustedes	descendieron they/you all descended	they/you all descended

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descenderé I will descend	I will descend
tú	descenderás you will descend	you will descend
él/ella/usted	descenderá he/she/you will descend	he/she/you will descend
nosotros	descenderemos we will descend	we will descend
vosotros	descenderéis you all will descend	you all will descend
ellos/ustedes	descenderán they/you all will descend	they/you all will descend

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descendería I would descend	I would descend
tú	descenderías you would descend	you would descend
él/ella/usted	descendería he/she/you would descend	he/she/you would descend
nosotros	descenderíamos we would descend	we would descend
vosotros	descenderíais you all would descend	you all would descend
ellos/ustedes	descenderían they/you all would descend	they/you all would descend

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descenda that I descend	that I descend
tú	descendas that you descend	that you descend
él/ella/usted	descenda that he/she/you descend	that he/she/you descend
nosotros	descendamos that we descend	that we descend
vosotros	descendáis that you all descend	that you all descend
ellos/ustedes	descendan that they/you all descend	that they/you all descend

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	descendiera or descendiese that I descended	that I descended
tú	descendieras or descendieses that you descended	that you descended
él/ella/usted	descendiera or descendiese that he/she/you descended	that he/she/you descended
nosotros	descendiéramos or descendiésemos that we descended	that we descended
vosotros	descendierais or descendieseis that you all descended	that you all descended
ellos/ustedes	descendieran or descendiesen that they/you all descended	that they/you all descended

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había descendido I had descended	I had descended
tú	habías descendido you had descended	you had descended
él/ella/usted	había descendido he/she/you had descended	he/she/you had descended
nosotros	habíamos descendido we had descended	we had descended
vosotros	habíais descendido you all had descended	you all had descended
ellos/ustedes	habían descendido they/you all had descended	they/you all had descended

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube descendido I had descended	I had descended
tú	hubiste descendido you had descended	you had descended
él/ella/usted	hubo descendido he/she/you had descended	he/she/you had descended
nosotros	hubimos descendido we had descended	we had descended
vosotros	hubisteis descendido you all had descended	you all had descended
ellos/ustedes	hubieron descendido they/you all had descended	they/you all had descended

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré descendido I will have descended	I will have descended
tú	habrás descendido you will have descended	you will have descended
él/ella/usted	habrá descendido he/she/you will have descended	he/she/you will have descended
nosotros	habremos descendido we will have descended	we will have descended
vosotros	habréis descendido you all will have descended	you all will have descended
ellos/ustedes	habrán descendido they/you all will have descended	they/you all will have descended

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría descendido I would have descended	I would have descended
tú	habrías descendido you would have descended	you would have descended
él/ella/usted	habría descendido he/she/you would have descended	he/she/you would have descended
nosotros	habríamos descendido we would have descended	we would have descended
vosotros	habríais descendido you all would have descended	you all would have descended
ellos/ustedes	habrían descendido they/you all would have descended	they/you all would have descended

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya descendido that I have descended	that I have descended
tú	hayas descendido that you have descended	that you have descended
él/ella/usted	haya descendido that he/she/you have descended	that he/she/you have descended
nosotros	hayamos descendido that we have descended	that we have descended
vosotros	hayáis descendido that you all have descended	that you all have descended
ellos/ustedes	hayan descendido that they/you all have descended	that they/you all have descended

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera descendido that I had descended	that I had descended
tú	hubieras descendido that you had descended	that you had descended
él/ella/usted	hubiera descendido that he/she/you had descended	that he/she/you had descended
nosotros	hubiéramos descendido that we had descended	that we had descended
vosotros	hubierais descendido that you all had descended	that you all had descended
ellos/ustedes	hubieran descendido that they/you all had descended	that they/you all had descended