Ella Verbsdesplegar to deploy, to unfold Irregular Verb
At a glance: Desplegar (to deploy, to unfold) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: despliego, despliegas, despliega, desplegamos, desplegáis, despliegan. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (despliego, despliegas, despliega, despliegan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (desplegué) and present subjunctive (despliegue).

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The Indicative Present of desplegar 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, “despliego”, meaning “I deploy”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despliego | I deploy |
| Tú | despliegas | you deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despliega | s/he deploys |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegamos | we deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegáis | you (plural) deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despliegan | they deploy |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (despliego, despliegas, despliega, despliegan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Preterite of desplegar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “desplegué”, meaning “I deployed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplegué | I deployed |
| Tú | desplegaste | you deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | desplegó | s/he deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegamos | we deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegasteis | you (plural) deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplegaron | they deployed |
How it’s built: Yo adds a u (desplegué); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of desplegar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “desplegaba”, meaning “I used to deploy”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplegaba | I used to deploy |
| Tú | desplegabas | you used to deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | desplegaba | s/he used to deploy |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegábamos | we used to deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegabais | you (plural) used to deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplegaban | they used to deploy |
How it’s built: Regular: stem despleg- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of desplegar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy desplegando”, meaning “I am deploying”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy desplegando | I am deploying |
| Tú | estás desplegando | you are deploying |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está desplegando | s/he is deploying |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos desplegando | we are deploying |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis desplegando | you (plural) are deploying |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están desplegando | they are deploying |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund desplegando.
The Indicative Informal Future of desplegar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a desplegar”, meaning “I am going to deploy”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a desplegar | I am going to deploy |
| Tú | vas a desplegar | you are going to deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a desplegar | s/he is going to deploy |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a desplegar | we are going to deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a desplegar | you (plural) are going to deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a desplegar | they are going to deploy |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive desplegar.
The Indicative Future of desplegar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “desplegaré”, meaning “I will deploy”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplegaré | I will deploy |
| Tú | desplegarás | you will deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | desplegará | s/he will deploy |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegaremos | we will deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegaréis | you (plural) will deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplegarán | they will deploy |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive desplegar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of desplegar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “desplegaría”, meaning “I would deploy”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplegaría | I would deploy |
| Tú | desplegarías | you would deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | desplegaría | s/he would deploy |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegaríamos | we would deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegaríais | you (plural) would deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplegarían | they would deploy |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive desplegar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of desplegar 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 desplegado”, meaning “I have deployed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desplegado | I have deployed |
| Tú | has desplegado | you have deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha desplegado | s/he has deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos desplegado | we have deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis desplegado | you (plural) have deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han desplegado | they have deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle desplegado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of desplegar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había desplegado”, meaning “I had deployed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había desplegado | I had deployed |
| Tú | habías desplegado | you had deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había desplegado | s/he had deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos desplegado | we had deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais desplegado | you (plural) had deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían desplegado | they had deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle desplegado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of desplegar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré desplegado”, meaning “I will have deployed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré desplegado | I will have deployed |
| Tú | habrás desplegado | you will have deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá desplegado | s/he will have deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos desplegado | we will have deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis desplegado | you (plural) will have deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán desplegado | they will have deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle desplegado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of desplegar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría desplegado”, meaning “I would have deployed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría desplegado | I would have deployed |
| Tú | habrías desplegado | you would have deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría desplegado | s/he would have deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos desplegado | we would have deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais desplegado | you (plural) would have deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían desplegado | they would have deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle desplegado.
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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, “despliegue”, meaning “I deploy”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despliegue | I deploy |
| Tú | despliegues | you deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despliegue | s/he deploys |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despleguemos | we deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despleguéis | you (plural) deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplieguen | they deploy |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie and add a u (despliegue, despliegues, despliegue, desplieguen); nosotros and vosotros add a u (despleguemos, despleguéis).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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, “desplegara”, meaning “I deployed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplegara | I deployed |
| Tú | desplegaras | you deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | desplegara | s/he deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegáramos | we deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegarais | you (plural) deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplegaran | they deployed |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, desplegaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (desplegáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “desplegare”, meaning “I will deploy”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desplegare | I will deploy |
| Tú | desplegares | you will deploy |
| Ella / Él / Usted | desplegare | s/he will deploy |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | desplegáremos | we will deploy |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegareis | you (plural) will deploy |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplegaren | they will deploy |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, desplegaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (desplegáremos).
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 desplegado”, meaning “I have deployed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya desplegado | I have deployed |
| Tú | hayas desplegado | you have deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya desplegado | s/he has deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos desplegado | we have deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis desplegado | you (plural) have deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan desplegado | they have deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle desplegado.
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 desplegado”, meaning “I had deployed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desplegado | I had deployed |
| Tú | hubieras desplegado | you had deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera desplegado | s/he had deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos desplegado | we had deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais desplegado | you (plural) had deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran desplegado | they had deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle desplegado.
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 desplegado”, meaning “I will have deployed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desplegado | I will have deployed |
| Tú | hubieres desplegado | you will have deployed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere desplegado | s/he will have deployed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos desplegado | we will have deployed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis desplegado | you (plural) will have deployed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren desplegado | they will have deployed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle desplegado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “despliegue”, meaning “(to you formal) deploy!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | despliega | (to you) deploy! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despliegue | (to you formal) deploy! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despleguemos | let's deploy! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | desplegad | (to you plural) deploy! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | desplieguen | (to you plural formal) deploy! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (despliega); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (despliegue, despleguemos, desplieguen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (desplegad).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no despliegue”, meaning “(to you formal) don't deploy!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no despliegues | (to you) don't deploy! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no despliegue | (to you formal) don't deploy! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no despleguemos | let's not deploy! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no despleguéis | (to you plural) don't deploy! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no desplieguen | (to you plural formal) don't deploy! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no despliegues, no despliegue, no despleguemos, no despleguéis, no desplieguen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Desplegar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (despliego, despliegas, despliega, despliegan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (desplegué) and present subjunctive (despliegue).
In the present tense (presente), desplegar is conjugated as: yo despliego, tú despliegas, él/ella/usted despliega, nosotros desplegamos, vosotros desplegáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes despliegan. 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.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), desplegar is conjugated as: yo desplegué, tú desplegaste, él/ella/usted desplegó, nosotros desplegamos, vosotros desplegasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desplegaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), desplegar is conjugated as: yo desplegaba, tú desplegabas, él/ella/usted desplegaba, nosotros desplegábamos, vosotros desplegabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes desplegaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), desplegar is conjugated as: yo desplegaré, tú desplegarás, él/ella/usted desplegará, nosotros desplegaremos, vosotros desplegaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desplegarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), desplegar is conjugated as: yo despliegue, tú despliegues, él/ella/usted despliegue, nosotros despleguemos, vosotros despleguéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desplieguen. 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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