How to conjugate Descender in Spanish
To descend, to go down Irregular Verb
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Descender
- Descender in the Indicative Present
- Descender in the Indicative Preterite
- Descender in the Indicative Imperfect
- Descender in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Descender in the Indicative Informal Future
- Descender in the Indicative Future
- Descender in the Indicative Conditional
- Descender in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Descender in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Descender in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Descender in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Descender
- Imperative tenses of Descender
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practice Descender conjugations (free mobile app)
Introduction
Descender is the Spanish verb for "to descend, to go down". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to descender include: bajar.
Item | Spanish | English |
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Infinitive | descender | to descend, to go down |
Past participle | descendido | descended |
Gerund | descendiendo | descending |
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Descender in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of descender is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "desciendo", meaning "I descend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | desciendo | I descend |
Tú | desciendes | you descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | desciende | s/he descends, you (formal) descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendemos | we descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descendéis | you (plural) descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descienden | they descend, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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Descender in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of descender is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "descendí", meaning "I descended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descendí | I descended |
Tú | descendiste | you descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | descendió | s/he descended, you (formal) descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendimos | we descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descendisteis | you (plural) descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descendieron | they descended, |
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Descender in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of descender is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "descendía", meaning "I used to descend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descendía | I used to descend |
Tú | descendías | you used to descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | descendía | s/he used to descend, you (formal) used to descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendíamos | we used to descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descendíais | you (plural) used to descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descendían | they used to descend, |
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Descender in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of descender is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy descendiendo", meaning "I am descending".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | estoy descendiendo | I am descending |
Tú | estás descendiendo | you are descending |
Ella / Él / Usted | está descendiendo | s/he is descending, you (formal) are descending |
Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos descendiendo | we are descending |
Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis descendiendo | you (plural) are descending |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están descendiendo | they are descending, |
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Descender in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of descender is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a descender", meaning "I am going to descend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | voy a descender | I am going to descend |
Tú | vas a descender | you are going to descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | va a descender | s/he is going to descend, you (formal) are going to descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a descender | we are going to descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a descender | you (plural) are going to descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a descender | they are going to descend, |
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Descender in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of descender is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "descenderé", meaning "I will descend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descenderé | I will descend |
Tú | descenderás | you will descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | descenderá | s/he will descend, you (formal) will descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descenderemos | we will descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descenderéis | you (plural) will descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descenderán | they will descend, |
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Descender in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of descender is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "descendería", meaning "I would descend".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descendería | I would descend |
Tú | descenderías | you would descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | descendería | s/he would descend, you (formal) would descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descenderíamos | we would descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descenderíais | you (plural) would descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descenderían | they would descend, |
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Descender in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of descender is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he descendido", meaning "I have descended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | he descendido | I have descended |
Tú | has descendido | you have descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | ha descendido | s/he has descended, you (formal) have descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos descendido | we have descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis descendido | you (plural) have descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han descendido | they have descended, |
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Descender in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of descender is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había descendido", meaning "I had descended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | había descendido | I had descended |
Tú | habías descendido | you had descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | había descendido | s/he had descended, you (formal) had descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos descendido | we had descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais descendido | you (plural) had descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían descendido | they had descended, |
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Descender in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of descender is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré descendido", meaning "I will have descended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habré descendido | I will have descended |
Tú | habrás descendido | you will have descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | habrá descendido | s/he will have descended, you (formal) will have descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos descendido | we will have descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis descendido | you (plural) will have descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán descendido | they will have descended, |
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Descender in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of descender is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría descendido", meaning "I would have descended".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habría descendido | I would have descended |
Tú | habrías descendido | you would have descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | habría descendido | s/he would have descended, you (formal) would have descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos descendido | we would have descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais descendido | you (plural) would have descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían descendido | they would have descended, |
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Descender in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "descienda", meaning "I descend".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descienda | I descend |
Tú | desciendas | you descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | descienda | s/he descends, you (formal) descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendamos | we descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descendáis | you (plural) descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desciendan | they descend, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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Descender in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "descendiera", meaning "I descended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descendiera | I descended |
Tú | descendieras | you descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | descendiera | s/he descended, you (formal) descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendiéramos | we descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descendierais | you (plural) descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descendieran | they descended, |
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Descender in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "descendiere", meaning "I will descend".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | descendiere | I will descend |
Tú | descendieres | you will descend |
Ella / Él / Usted | descendiere | s/he will descend, you (formal) will descend |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendiéremos | we will descend |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descendiereis | you (plural) will descend |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | descendieren | they will descend, |
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Descender in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya descendido", meaning "I have descended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | haya descendido | I have descended |
Tú | hayas descendido | you have descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | haya descendido | s/he has descended, you (formal) have descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos descendido | we have descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis descendido | you (plural) have descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan descendido | they have descended, |
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Descender in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera descendido", meaning "I had descended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiera descendido | I had descended |
Tú | hubieras descendido | you had descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera descendido | s/he had descended, you (formal) had descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos descendido | we had descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais descendido | you (plural) had descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran descendido | they had descended, |
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Descender in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere descendido", meaning "I will have descended".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiere descendido | I will have descended |
Tú | hubieres descendido | you will have descended |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere descendido | s/he will have descended, you (formal) will have descended |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos descendido | we will have descended |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis descendido | you (plural) will have descended |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren descendido | they will have descended, |
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Descender in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "descienda", meaning "(to you formal) descend!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | desciende | (to you) descend! |
Ella / Él / Usted | descienda | (to you formal) descend! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | descendamos | let's descend! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | descended | (to you plural) descend! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desciendan | (to you plural formal) descend! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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Descender in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no descienda", meaning "(to you formal) don't descend!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | no desciendas | (to you) don't descend! |
Ella / Él / Usted | no descienda | (to you formal) don't descend! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | no descendamos | let's not descend! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | no descendáis | (to you plural) don't descend! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no desciendan | (to you plural formal) don't descend! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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