How to conjugate desalentar in Subjunctive Imperfect in Spanish

desalentar
to discourage
regular verb

Desalentar means to discourage or dissuade someone from doing something. It is used when causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm about an action or idea.

How to conjugate desalentar in Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

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Subjunctive Imperfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
desalantara
Tú
desalantaras
Él / Ella / Usted
desalantara
Nosotros / Nosotras
desalantáramos
Vosotros / Vosotras
desalantarais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
desalantaran

Examples of desalentar in Subjunctive Imperfect

Yo
Esperaba que él desalantara la situación.
I hoped that he would discourage the situation.
Tú
No creía que tú desalantaras el plan.
I didn't believe that you would discourage the plan.
Él / Ella / Usted
Pensaba que ella desalantara las ideas.
I thought that she would discourage the ideas.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Queríamos que nosotros desalantáramos las dudas.
We wanted us to discourage the doubts.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Esperabais que vosotros desalantarais las críticas.
You all hoped that you would discourage the criticisms.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
No creían que ellos desalantaran la oposición.
They didn't believe that they would discourage the opposition.

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Esperaba que él desalantara la situación.

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Indicative Present
Indicative Preterite
Indicative Imperfect
Indicative Present Continuous
Indicative Informal Future
Indicative Future
Indicative Conditional
Indicative Present Perfect
Indicative Past Perfect
Indicative Future Perfect
Indicative Conditional Perfect
Subjunctive Present
Subjunctive Future
Subjunctive Present Perfect
Subjunctive Past Perfect
Subjunctive Future Perfect
Imperative Affirmative
Imperative Negative

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