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How to conjugate Descomponer in Spanish

descomponer to separate, to split Irregular Verb

At a glance: Descomponer (to separate, to split) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: descompongo, descompones, descompone, descomponemos, descomponéis, descomponen. It is conjugated like poner. Yo adds a g (descompongo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (descompuse), future (descompondré), conditional (descompondría), subjunctive and past participle (descompuesto).

Past participle
descompuesto separated
Gerund
descomponiendo separating
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Indicative tenses of Descomponer

Descomponer in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of descomponer 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, “descompongo”, meaning “I separate”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompongoI separate
Túdescomponesyou separate
Ella / Él / Usteddescompones/he separates
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescomponemoswe separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescomponéisyou (plural) separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescomponenthey separate

How it’s built: Yo adds a g (descompongo); the other forms are regular.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of descomponer is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “descompuse”, meaning “I separated”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompuseI separated
Túdescompusisteyou separated
Ella / Él / Usteddescompusos/he separated
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompusimoswe separated
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescompusisteisyou (plural) separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescompusieronthey separated

How it’s built: Irregular stem descompus- plus the endings -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of descomponer is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “descomponía”, meaning “I used to separate”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescomponíaI used to separate
Túdescomponíasyou used to separate
Ella / Él / Usteddescomponías/he used to separate
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescomponíamoswe used to separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescomponíaisyou (plural) used to separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescomponíanthey used to separate

How it’s built: Regular: stem descompon- plus the -er endings.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of descomponer is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy descomponiendo”, meaning “I am separating”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy descomponiendoI am separating
Túestás descomponiendoyou are separating
Ella / Él / Ustedestá descomponiendos/he is separating
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos descomponiendowe are separating
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis descomponiendoyou (plural) are separating
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán descomponiendothey are separating

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund descomponiendo.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of descomponer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a descomponer”, meaning “I am going to separate”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a descomponerI am going to separate
Túvas a descomponeryou are going to separate
Ella / Él / Ustedva a descomponers/he is going to separate
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a descomponerwe are going to separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a descomponeryou (plural) are going to separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a descomponerthey are going to separate

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive descomponer.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of descomponer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “descompondré”, meaning “I will separate”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompondréI will separate
Túdescompondrásyou will separate
Ella / Él / Usteddescompondrás/he will separate
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompondremoswe will separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescompondréisyou (plural) will separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescompondránthey will separate

How it’s built: Irregular stem descompondr- instead of descomponer, plus the future endings.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of descomponer is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “descompondría”, meaning “I would separate”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompondríaI would separate
Túdescompondríasyou would separate
Ella / Él / Usteddescompondrías/he would separate
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompondríamoswe would separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescompondríaisyou (plural) would separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescompondríanthey would separate

How it’s built: Irregular stem descompondr- instead of descomponer, plus the conditional endings.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of descomponer 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 descompuesto”, meaning “I have separated”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe descompuestoI have separated
Túhas descompuestoyou have separated
Ella / Él / Ustedha descompuestos/he has separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos descompuestowe have separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis descompuestoyou (plural) have separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan descompuestothey have separated

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of descomponer is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había descompuesto”, meaning “I had separated”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía descompuestoI had separated
Túhabías descompuestoyou had separated
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía descompuestos/he had separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos descompuestowe had separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais descompuestoyou (plural) had separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían descompuestothey had separated

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of descomponer is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré descompuesto”, meaning “I will have separated”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré descompuestoI will have separated
Túhabrás descompuestoyou will have separated
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá descompuestos/he will have separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos descompuestowe will have separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis descompuestoyou (plural) will have separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán descompuestothey will have separated

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Descomponer in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of descomponer is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría descompuesto”, meaning “I would have separated”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría descompuestoI would have separated
Túhabrías descompuestoyou would have separated
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría descompuestos/he would have separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos descompuestowe would have separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais descompuestoyou (plural) would have separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían descompuestothey would have separated

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Subjunctive tenses of Descomponer

Descomponer 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, “descomponga”, meaning “I separate”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompongaI separate
Túdescompongasyou separate
Ella / Él / Usteddescompongas/he separates
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompongamoswe separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescompongáisyou (plural) separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescomponganthey separate

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, descompongo (descomponga, descompongas, descomponga, descompongamos, descompongáis, descompongan).

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Descomponer 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, “descompusiera”, meaning “I separated”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompusieraI separated
Túdescompusierasyou separated
Ella / Él / Usteddescompusieras/he separated
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompusiéramoswe separated
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescompusieraisyou (plural) separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescompusieranthey separated

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, descompusieron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (descompusiéramos).

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Descomponer 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, “descompusiere”, meaning “I will separate”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodescompusiereI will separate
Túdescompusieresyou will separate
Ella / Él / Usteddescompusieres/he will separate
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompusiéremoswe will separate
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescompusiereisyou (plural) will separate
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescompusierenthey will separate

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, descompusieron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (descompusiéremos).

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Descomponer 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 descompuesto”, meaning “I have separated”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya descompuestoI have separated
Túhayas descompuestoyou have separated
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya descompuestos/he has separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos descompuestowe have separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis descompuestoyou (plural) have separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan descompuestothey have separated

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Descomponer 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 descompuesto”, meaning “I had separated”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera descompuestoI had separated
Túhubieras descompuestoyou had separated
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera descompuestos/he had separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos descompuestowe had separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais descompuestoyou (plural) had separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran descompuestothey had separated

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Descomponer 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 descompuesto”, meaning “I will have separated”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere descompuestoI will have separated
Túhubieres descompuestoyou will have separated
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere descompuestos/he will have separated
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos descompuestowe will have separated
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis descompuestoyou (plural) will have separated
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren descompuestothey will have separated

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the irregular past participle descompuesto.

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Imperative tenses of Descomponer

Descomponer in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “descomponga”, meaning “(to you formal) separate!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túdescompón(to you) separate!
Ella / Él / Usteddescomponga(to you formal) separate!
Nosotras / Nosotrosdescompongamoslet's separate!
Vosotras / Vosotrosdescomponed(to you plural) separate!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdescompongan(to you plural formal) separate!

How it’s built: Tú is irregular (descompón); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (descomponga, descompongamos, descompongan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (descomponed).

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Descomponer in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no descomponga”, meaning “(to you formal) don't separate!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno descompongas(to you) don't separate!
Ella / Él / Ustedno descomponga(to you formal) don't separate!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno descompongamoslet's not separate!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno descompongáis(to you plural) don't separate!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno descompongan(to you plural formal) don't separate!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no descompongas, no descomponga, no descompongamos, no descompongáis, no descompongan.

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Frequently asked questions about Descomponer

Is descomponer a regular or irregular verb?

Descomponer is an irregular Spanish verb. It is conjugated like poner. In the present tense: yo adds a g (descompongo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (descompuse), future (descompondré), conditional (descompondría), subjunctive and past participle (descompuesto).

How do you conjugate descomponer in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), descomponer is conjugated as: yo descompongo, tú descompones, él/ella/usted descompone, nosotros descomponemos, vosotros descomponéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes descomponen. The present tense 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.

How do you conjugate descomponer in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), descomponer is conjugated as: yo descompuse, tú descompusiste, él/ella/usted descompuso, nosotros descompusimos, vosotros descompusisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes descompusieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate descomponer in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), descomponer is conjugated as: yo descomponía, tú descomponías, él/ella/usted descomponía, nosotros descomponíamos, vosotros descomponíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes descomponían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate descomponer in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), descomponer is conjugated as: yo descompondré, tú descompondrás, él/ella/usted descompondrá, nosotros descompondremos, vosotros descompondréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes descompondrán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate descomponer in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), descomponer is conjugated as: yo descomponga, tú descompongas, él/ella/usted descomponga, nosotros descompongamos, vosotros descompongáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes descompongan. The present subjunctive 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.


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