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    Descolgar conjugation in Spanish

    to pick up (the phone), to take down

    irregular gerund descolgandopast participle descolgado

    Here is the full descolgar conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -ar verb, with the same endings as hablar in every tense.

    Descolgar conjugation chart

    Descolgar present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI pick up
    túyou pick up
    vosyou pick up
    él, ella, ustedhe/she picks up
    nosotroswe pick up
    vosotrosyou all pick up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey pick up

    The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”

    Descolgar preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI picked up
    túyou picked up
    vosyou picked up
    él, ella, ustedhe/she picked up
    nosotroswe picked up
    vosotrosyou all picked up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey picked up

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Descolgar imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to pick up
    túyou used to pick up
    vosyou used to pick up
    él, ella, ustedhe/she used to pick up
    nosotroswe used to pick up
    vosotrosyou all used to pick up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to pick up

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Descolgar future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will pick up
    túyou will pick up
    vosyou will pick up
    él, ella, ustedhe/she will pick up
    nosotroswe will pick up
    vosotrosyou all will pick up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will pick up

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Descolgar conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would pick up
    túyou would pick up
    vosyou would pick up
    él, ella, ustedhe/she would pick up
    nosotroswe would pick up
    vosotrosyou all would pick up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would pick up

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Descolgar present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I pick up
    túthat you pick up
    vosthat you pick up
    él, ella, ustedthat he/she pick up
    nosotrosthat we pick up
    vosotrosthat you all pick up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they pick up

    Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): descuelgue, descuelgues…; the other forms are regular.

    Descolgar imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I picked up
    túif you picked up
    vosif you picked up
    él, ella, ustedif he/she picked up
    nosotrosif we picked up
    vosotrosif you all picked up
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they picked up

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (descolgase), more common in writing.

    Descolgar affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túpick up!
    vospick up!
    ustedpick up!
    nosotroslet's pick up!
    vosotrospick up!
    ustedespick up!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: descuelga. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (descuelgue, descolguemos, descuelguen).

    Descolgar negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't pick up!
    vosdon't pick up!
    usteddon't pick up!
    nosotroslet's not pick up!
    vosotrosdon't pick up!
    ustedesdon't pick up!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + descuelgues, descuelgue…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle descolgado, which never changes.

    Descolgar present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe descolgado
    túhas descolgado
    voshas descolgado
    él, ella, ustedha descolgado
    nosotroshemos descolgado
    vosotroshabéis descolgado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan descolgado

    Descolgar pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía descolgado
    túhabías descolgado
    voshabías descolgado
    él, ella, ustedhabía descolgado
    nosotroshabíamos descolgado
    vosotroshabíais descolgado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían descolgado

    Descolgar future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré descolgado
    túhabrás descolgado
    voshabrás descolgado
    él, ella, ustedhabrá descolgado
    nosotroshabremos descolgado
    vosotroshabréis descolgado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán descolgado

    Descolgar conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría descolgado
    túhabrías descolgado
    voshabrías descolgado
    él, ella, ustedhabría descolgado
    nosotroshabríamos descolgado
    vosotroshabríais descolgado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían descolgado

    Descolgar present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya descolgado
    túhayas descolgado
    voshayas descolgado
    él, ella, ustedhaya descolgado
    nosotroshayamos descolgado
    vosotroshayáis descolgado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan descolgado

    In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.

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