Desdeñar

to disdain

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

desdeñar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

desdeñando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

desdeñado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeño I disdain	I disdain
tú	desdeñas you disdain	you disdain
él/ella/usted	desdeña he/she/you disdains	he/she/you disdains
nosotros	desdeñamos we disdain	we disdain
vosotros	desdeñáis you all disdain	you all disdain
ellos/ustedes	desdeñan they/you all disdain	they/you all disdain

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeñaba I used to disdain	I used to disdain
tú	desdeñabas you used to disdain	you used to disdain
él/ella/usted	desdeñaba he/she/you used to disdain	he/she/you used to disdain
nosotros	desdeñábamos we used to disdain	we used to disdain
vosotros	desdeñabais you all used to disdain	you all used to disdain
ellos/ustedes	desdeñaban they/you all used to disdain	they/you all used to disdain

📅

Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeñé I disdained	I disdained
tú	desdeñaste you disdained	you disdained
él/ella/usted	desdeñó he/she/you disdained	he/she/you disdained
nosotros	desdeñamos we disdained	we disdained
vosotros	desdeñasteis you all disdained	you all disdained
ellos/ustedes	desdeñaron they/you all disdained	they/you all disdained

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeñaré I will disdain	I will disdain
tú	desdeñarás you will disdain	you will disdain
él/ella/usted	desdeñará he/she/you will disdain	he/she/you will disdain
nosotros	desdeñaremos we will disdain	we will disdain
vosotros	desdeñaréis you all will disdain	you all will disdain
ellos/ustedes	desdeñarán they/you all will disdain	they/you all will disdain

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeñaría I would disdain	I would disdain
tú	desdeñarías you would disdain	you would disdain
él/ella/usted	desdeñaría he/she/you would disdain	he/she/you would disdain
nosotros	desdeñaríamos we would disdain	we would disdain
vosotros	desdeñaríais you all would disdain	you all would disdain
ellos/ustedes	desdeñarían they/you all would disdain	they/you all would disdain

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeñe that I disdain	that I disdain
tú	desdeñes that you disdain	that you disdain
él/ella/usted	desdeñe that he/she/you disdain	that he/she/you disdain
nosotros	desdeñemos that we disdain	that we disdain
vosotros	desdeñéis that you all disdain	that you all disdain
ellos/ustedes	desdeñen that they/you all disdain	that they/you all disdain

🌙

Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	desdeñara or desdeñase that I disdained	that I disdained
tú	desdeñaras or desdeñases that you disdained	that you disdained
él/ella/usted	desdeñara or desdeñase that he/she/you disdained	that he/she/you disdained
nosotros	desdeñáramos or desdeñásemos that we disdained	that we disdained
vosotros	desdeñarais or desdeñaseis that you all disdained	that you all disdained
ellos/ustedes	desdeñaran or desdeñasen that they/you all disdained	that they/you all disdained

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he desdeñado I have disdained	I have disdained
tú	has desdeñado you have disdained	you have disdained
él/ella/usted	ha desdeñado he/she/you have disdained	he/she/you have disdained
nosotros	hemos desdeñado we have disdained	we have disdained
vosotros	habéis desdeñado you all have disdained	you all have disdained
ellos/ustedes	han desdeñado they/you all have disdained	they/you all have disdained

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

🌌

Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

❗

Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	desdeña	disdain! (you)
usted	desdeñe	disdain! (you formal)
nosotros	desdeñemos	let's disdain!
vosotros	desdeñad	disdain! (you all)
ustedes	desdeñen	disdain! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no desdeñes	don't disdain! (you)
usted	no desdeñe	don't disdain! (you formal)
nosotros	no desdeñemos	let's not disdain!
vosotros	no desdeñéis	don't disdain! (you all)
ustedes	no desdeñen	don't disdain! (you all)

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