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How to conjugate Desviar in Spanish

desviar to divert Irregular Verb

At a glance: Desviar (to divert) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: desvío, desvías, desvía, desviamos, desviáis, desvían. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change i to í (desvío, desvías, desvía, desvían); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (desvíe).

Past participle
desviado diverted
Gerund
desviando diverting
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Indicative tenses of Desviar

Desviar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of desviar 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, “desvío”, meaning “I divert”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesvíoI divert
Túdesvíasyou divert
Ella / Él / Usteddesvías/he diverts
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviamoswe divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviáisyou (plural) divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesvíanthey divert

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change i to í (desvío, desvías, desvía, desvían); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Desviar in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesviéI diverted
Túdesviasteyou diverted
Ella / Él / Usteddesviós/he diverted
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviamoswe diverted
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviasteisyou (plural) diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesviaronthey diverted

How it’s built: Regular: stem desvi- plus the -ar endings.

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Desviar in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesviabaI used to divert
Túdesviabasyou used to divert
Ella / Él / Usteddesviabas/he used to divert
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviábamoswe used to divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviabaisyou (plural) used to divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesviabanthey used to divert

How it’s built: Regular: stem desvi- plus the -ar endings.

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Desviar in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy desviandoI am diverting
Túestás desviandoyou are diverting
Ella / Él / Ustedestá desviandos/he is diverting
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos desviandowe are diverting
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis desviandoyou (plural) are diverting
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán desviandothey are diverting

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

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Desviar in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a desviarI am going to divert
Túvas a desviaryou are going to divert
Ella / Él / Ustedva a desviars/he is going to divert
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a desviarwe are going to divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a desviaryou (plural) are going to divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a desviarthey are going to divert

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

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Desviar in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesviaréI will divert
Túdesviarásyou will divert
Ella / Él / Usteddesviarás/he will divert
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviaremoswe will divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviaréisyou (plural) will divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesviaránthey will divert

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive desviar plus the future endings.

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Desviar in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesviaríaI would divert
Túdesviaríasyou would divert
Ella / Él / Usteddesviarías/he would divert
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviaríamoswe would divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviaríaisyou (plural) would divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesviaríanthey would divert

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive desviar plus the conditional endings.

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Desviar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of desviar 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 desviado”, meaning “I have diverted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe desviadoI have diverted
Túhas desviadoyou have diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedha desviados/he has diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos desviadowe have diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis desviadoyou (plural) have diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan desviadothey have diverted

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

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Desviar in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía desviadoI had diverted
Túhabías desviadoyou had diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía desviados/he had diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos desviadowe had diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais desviadoyou (plural) had diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían desviadothey had diverted

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

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Desviar in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré desviadoI will have diverted
Túhabrás desviadoyou will have diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá desviados/he will have diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos desviadowe will have diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis desviadoyou (plural) will have diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán desviadothey will have diverted

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

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Desviar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría desviadoI would have diverted
Túhabrías desviadoyou would have diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría desviados/he would have diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos desviadowe would have diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais desviadoyou (plural) would have diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían desviadothey would have diverted

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Desviar

Desviar 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, “desvíe”, meaning “I divert”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesvíeI divert
Túdesvíesyou divert
Ella / Él / Usteddesvíes/he diverts
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviemoswe divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviéisyou (plural) divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesvíenthey divert

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, desvío (desvíe, desvíes, desvíe, desvíen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Desviar 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, “desviara”, meaning “I diverted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesviaraI diverted
Túdesviarasyou diverted
Ella / Él / Usteddesviaras/he diverted
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviáramoswe diverted
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviaraisyou (plural) diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesviaranthey diverted

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, desviaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (desviáramos).

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Desviar 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, “desviare”, meaning “I will divert”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodesviareI will divert
Túdesviaresyou will divert
Ella / Él / Usteddesviares/he will divert
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviáremoswe will divert
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviareisyou (plural) will divert
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesviarenthey will divert

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, desviaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (desviáremos).

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Desviar 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 desviado”, meaning “I have diverted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya desviadoI have diverted
Túhayas desviadoyou have diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya desviados/he has diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos desviadowe have diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis desviadoyou (plural) have diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan desviadothey have diverted

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

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Desviar 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 desviado”, meaning “I had diverted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera desviadoI had diverted
Túhubieras desviadoyou had diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera desviados/he had diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos desviadowe had diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais desviadoyou (plural) had diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran desviadothey had diverted

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

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Desviar 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 desviado”, meaning “I will have diverted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere desviadoI will have diverted
Túhubieres desviadoyou will have diverted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere desviados/he will have diverted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos desviadowe will have diverted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis desviadoyou (plural) will have diverted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren desviadothey will have diverted

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

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Imperative tenses of Desviar

Desviar in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túdesvía(to you) divert!
Ella / Él / Usteddesvíe(to you formal) divert!
Nosotras / Nosotrosdesviemoslet's divert!
Vosotras / Vosotrosdesviad(to you plural) divert!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdesvíen(to you plural formal) divert!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (desvía); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (desvíe, desviemos, desvíen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (desviad).

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Desviar in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno desvíes(to you) don't divert!
Ella / Él / Ustedno desvíe(to you formal) don't divert!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno desviemoslet's not divert!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno desviéis(to you plural) don't divert!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno desvíen(to you plural formal) don't divert!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no desvíes, no desvíe, no desviemos, no desviéis, no desvíen.

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Frequently asked questions about Desviar

Is desviar a regular or irregular verb?

Desviar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change i to í (desvío, desvías, desvía, desvían); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (desvíe).

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

In the present tense (presente), desviar is conjugated as: yo desvío, tú desvías, él/ella/usted desvía, nosotros desviamos, vosotros desviáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desvían. 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 desviar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), desviar is conjugated as: yo desvié, tú desviaste, él/ella/usted desvió, nosotros desviamos, vosotros desviasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desviaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), desviar is conjugated as: yo desviaba, tú desviabas, él/ella/usted desviaba, nosotros desviábamos, vosotros desviabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes desviaban. 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 desviar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), desviar is conjugated as: yo desviaré, tú desviarás, él/ella/usted desviará, nosotros desviaremos, vosotros desviaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desviarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), desviar is conjugated as: yo desvíe, tú desvíes, él/ella/usted desvíe, nosotros desviemos, vosotros desviéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes desvíen. 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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