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desplegar

to unfold

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a stem-changing -ar verb.

The Spanish verb desplegar means to unfold.

Present tense:

yodespliego
despliegas
él/ella/usteddespliega
nosotrosdesplegamos
vosotrosdesplegáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdespliegan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesdesplegaran
yodesplegara
desplegaras
vosotrosdesplegarais
nosotrosdesplegáramos
él/ella/usteddesplegara

The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: desplegara, desplegaras, desplegara...

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesdesplieguen
yodespliegue
despliegues
vosotrosdespleguéis
nosotrosdespleguemos
él/ella/usteddespliegue

The present subjunctive of desplegar features the E-to-IE stem change and a spelling change (g to gu) in all forms.

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imperative

negative

no despliegues
vosotrosno despleguéis
ustedesno desplieguen
nosotrosno despleguemos
ustedno despliegue

The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no despliegues, no despliegue, no despleguemos...

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affirmative

despliega
vosotrosdesplegad
ustedesdesplieguen
nosotrosdespleguemos
usteddespliegue

The imperative uses 'despliega' (tú) and 'despliegue' (usted) to give direct orders to unfold or deploy.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesdesplegarían
yodesplegaría
desplegarías
vosotrosdesplegaríais
nosotrosdesplegaríamos
él/ella/usteddesplegaría

The conditional of desplegar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesdesplegaron
yodesplegué
desplegaste
vosotrosdesplegasteis
nosotrosdesplegamos
él/ella/usteddesplegó

The preterite of desplegar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'desplegué' to keep the hard 'g' sound.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesdesplegaban
yodesplegaba
desplegabas
vosotrosdesplegabais
nosotrosdesplegábamos
él/ella/usteddesplegaba

Desplegar is completely regular in the imperfect: desplegaba, desplegabas, desplegaba, desplegábamos, desplegabais, desplegaban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesdespliegan
yodespliego
despliegas
vosotrosdesplegáis
nosotrosdesplegamos
él/ella/usteddespliega

Desplegar is a stem-changing verb in the present tense, where the 'e' changes to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesdesplegarán
yodesplegaré
desplegarás
vosotrosdesplegaréis
nosotrosdesplegaremos
él/ella/usteddesplegará

The future tense of desplegar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.

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