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How to conjugate Desplazarse in Spanish

desplazarse to move (oneself) Irregular Verb

At a glance: Desplazarse (to move (oneself)) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me desplazo, te desplazas, se desplaza, nos desplazamos, os desplazáis, se desplazan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (desplacé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me desplace).

Past participle
desplazado moved
Gerund
desplazando moving
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Indicative tenses of Desplazarse

Desplazarse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of desplazarse 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, “me desplazo”, meaning “I move”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplazoI move
Túte desplazasyou move
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazas/he moves
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazamoswe move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazáisyou (plural) move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazanthey move

How it’s built: Regular: stem desplaz- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of desplazarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me desplacé”, meaning “I moved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplacéI moved
Túte desplazasteyou moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazós/he moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazamoswe moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazasteisyou (plural) moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazaronthey moved

How it’s built: Yo changes z to c (desplacé); the other forms are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplazabaI used to move
Túte desplazabasyou used to move
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazabas/he used to move
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazábamoswe used to move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazabaisyou (plural) used to move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazabanthey used to move

How it’s built: Regular: stem desplaz- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of desplazarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy desplazando”, meaning “I am moving”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome estoy desplazandoI am moving
Túte estás desplazandoyou are moving
Ella / Él / Ustedse está desplazandos/he is moving
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos estamos desplazandowe are moving
Vosotras / Vosotrosos estáis desplazandoyou (plural) are moving
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse están desplazandothey are moving

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund desplazando. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome voy a desplazarI am going to move
Túte vas a desplazaryou are going to move
Ella / Él / Ustedse va a desplazars/he is going to move
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos vamos a desplazarwe are going to move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos vais a desplazaryou (plural) are going to move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse van a desplazarthey are going to move

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive desplazar. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of desplazarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me desplazaré”, meaning “I will move”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplazaréI will move
Túte desplazarásyou will move
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazarás/he will move
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazaremoswe will move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazaréisyou (plural) will move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazaránthey will move

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive desplazar plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplazaríaI would move
Túte desplazaríasyou would move
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazarías/he would move
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazaríamoswe would move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazaríaisyou (plural) would move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazaríanthey would move

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive desplazar plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of desplazarse 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, “me he desplazado”, meaning “I have moved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome he desplazadoI have moved
Túte has desplazadoyou have moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse ha desplazados/he has moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hemos desplazadowe have moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habéis desplazadoyou (plural) have moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse han desplazadothey have moved

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome había desplazadoI had moved
Túte habías desplazadoyou had moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse había desplazados/he had moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habíamos desplazadowe had moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habíais desplazadoyou (plural) had moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habían desplazadothey had moved

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habré desplazadoI will have moved
Túte habrás desplazadoyou will have moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse habrá desplazados/he will have moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habremos desplazadowe will have moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habréis desplazadoyou (plural) will have moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrán desplazadothey will have moved

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habría desplazadoI would have moved
Túte habrías desplazadoyou would have moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse habría desplazados/he would have moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habríamos desplazadowe would have moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habríais desplazadoyou (plural) would have moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrían desplazadothey would have moved

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Subjunctive tenses of Desplazarse

Desplazarse 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, “me desplace”, meaning “I move”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplaceI move
Túte desplacesyou move
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplaces/he moves
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplacemoswe move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplacéisyou (plural) move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplacenthey move

How it’s built: Every form changes z to c (desplace, desplaces, desplace, desplacemos, desplacéis, desplacen). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse 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, “me desplazara”, meaning “I moved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplazaraI moved
Túte desplazarasyou moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazaras/he moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazáramoswe moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazaraisyou (plural) moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazaranthey moved

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, desplazaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (desplazáramos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse 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, “me desplazare”, meaning “I will move”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome desplazareI will move
Túte desplazaresyou will move
Ella / Él / Ustedse desplazares/he will move
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos desplazáremoswe will move
Vosotras / Vosotrosos desplazareisyou (plural) will move
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse desplazarenthey will move

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, desplazaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (desplazáremos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse 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, “me haya desplazado”, meaning “I have moved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome haya desplazadoI have moved
Túte hayas desplazadoyou have moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse haya desplazados/he has moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hayamos desplazadowe have moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hayáis desplazadoyou (plural) have moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hayan desplazadothey have moved

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse 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, “me hubiera desplazado”, meaning “I had moved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiera desplazadoI had moved
Túte hubieras desplazadoyou had moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiera desplazados/he had moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéramos desplazadowe had moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubierais desplazadoyou (plural) had moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieran desplazadothey had moved

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Desplazarse 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, “me hubiere desplazado”, meaning “I will have moved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiere desplazadoI will have moved
Túte hubieres desplazadoyou will have moved
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiere desplazados/he will have moved
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéremos desplazadowe will have moved
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubiereis desplazadoyou (plural) will have moved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieren desplazadothey will have moved

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle desplazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Imperative tenses of Desplazarse

Desplazarse in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túdesplázate(to you) move!
Ella / Él / Usteddesplácese(to you formal) move!
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesplacémonoslet's move!
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesplazaos(to you plural) move!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesplácense(to you plural formal) move!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (desplázate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (desplácese, desplácense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (desplacémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (desplazaos).

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Desplazarse in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno te desplaces(to you) don't move!
Ella / Él / Ustedno se desplace(to you formal) don't move!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno nos desplacemoslet's not move!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno os desplacéis(to you plural) don't move!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno se desplacen(to you plural formal) don't move!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te desplaces, no se desplace, no nos desplacemos, no os desplacéis, no se desplacen.

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Frequently asked questions about Desplazarse

Is desplazarse a regular or irregular verb?

Desplazarse is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (desplacé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me desplace).

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

In the present tense (presente), desplazarse is conjugated as: yo me desplazo, tú te desplazas, él/ella/usted se desplaza, nosotros nos desplazamos, vosotros os desplazáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se desplazan. 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 desplazarse in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), desplazarse is conjugated as: yo me desplacé, tú te desplazaste, él/ella/usted se desplazó, nosotros nos desplazamos, vosotros os desplazasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se desplazaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), desplazarse is conjugated as: yo me desplazaba, tú te desplazabas, él/ella/usted se desplazaba, nosotros nos desplazábamos, vosotros os desplazabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se desplazaban. 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 desplazarse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), desplazarse is conjugated as: yo me desplazaré, tú te desplazarás, él/ella/usted se desplazará, nosotros nos desplazaremos, vosotros os desplazaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se desplazarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), desplazarse is conjugated as: yo me desplace, tú te desplaces, él/ella/usted se desplace, nosotros nos desplacemos, vosotros os desplacéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se desplacen. 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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