Desquitar means to take revenge or settle a score, often by retaliating or getting even for a previous wrong or injury.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desquito | Me desquito cuando puedo. I take my revenge when I can. | |
| Tú | te desquitas | Tú te desquitas con él. You take your revenge on him. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desquita | Ella se desquita en su hermano. She takes her revenge on her brother. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos desquitamos | Nos desquitamos cuando estamos enojados. We take our revenge when we are angry. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os desquitáis | Vosotros os desquitáis con los amigos. You all take your revenge on friends. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desquitan | Ellos se desquitan en la competencia. They take their revenge in the competition. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquité | Yo me desquité de la situación. I took revenge on the situation. | |
| Tú | desquitaste | Tú te desquitaste con él. You took revenge on him. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquitó | Ella se desquitó después de la pelea. She took revenge after the fight. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquitamos | Nosotros nos desquitamos en la competencia. We took revenge in the competition. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquitasteis | Vosotros os desquitasteis con ellos. You all took revenge on them. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquitieron | Ellos se desquitieron en la pelea. They took revenge in the fight. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquitaba | Yo me desquitaba con mi hermano. I used to take my revenge on my brother. | |
| Tú | desquitabas | Tú te desquitabas cuando estabas enojado. You used to take your revenge when you were angry. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquitaba | Ella se desquitaba con sus amigos. She used to take her revenge on her friends. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquitábamos | Nosotros nos desquitábamos en el parque. We used to take our revenge in the park. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquitabais | Vosotros os desquitabais en las peleas. You all used to take your revenge in fights. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquitaban | Ellos se desquitaban con frecuencia. They used to take their revenge frequently. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estoy desquitando | Me estoy desquitando con él ahora mismo. I am getting my revenge on him right now. | |
| Tú | te estás desquitando | Tú te estás desquitando de la forma correcta. You are getting your revenge in the right way. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se está desquitando | Ella se está desquitando de sus errores. She is getting her revenge for her mistakes. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos estamos desquitando | Nos estamos desquitando después de la pelea. We are getting our revenge after the fight. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os estáis desquitando | Vosotros os estáis desquitando ahora mismo. You all are getting your revenge right now. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se están desquitando | Ellos se están desquitando con justicia. They are getting their revenge justly. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me voy a desquitar | Me voy a desquitar con él mañana. I am going to get my revenge on him tomorrow. | |
| Tú | te vas a desquitar | Tú te vas a desquitar pronto. You are going to get your revenge soon. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se va a desquitar | Ella se va a desquitar en la próxima oportunidad. She is going to get her revenge at the next opportunity. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos vamos a desquitar | Nosotros nos vamos a desquitar después. We are going to get our revenge later. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os vais a desquitar | Vosotros os vais a desquitar en breve. You all are going to get your revenge soon. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se van a desquitar | Ellos se van a desquitar mañana. They are going to get their revenge tomorrow. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquitaré | Mañana me desquitaré de esa injusticia. Tomorrow I will get my revenge for that injustice. | |
| Tú | desquitarás | Tú te desquitarás cuando puedas. You will get your revenge when you can. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquitará | Él se desquitará de la derrota. He will get his revenge for the defeat. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquitarémos | Nosotros nos desquitarémos pronto. We will get our revenge soon. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquitaréis | Vosotros os desquitaréis en el momento adecuado. You all will get your revenge at the right moment. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquitarán | Ellos se desquitarán cuando sea necesario. They will get their revenge when necessary. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquitaría | Yo me desquitaría si pudiera. I would take revenge if I could. | |
| Tú | desquitarías | Tú te desquitarías con él. You would take revenge on him. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquitaría | Ella se desquitaría si tuviera la oportunidad. She would take revenge if she had the chance. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquitaríamos | Nosotros nos desquitaríamos juntos. We would take revenge together. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquitaríais | Vosotros os desquitaríais si supierais cómo. You all would take revenge if you knew how. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquitarían | Ellos se desquitarían si fuera necesario. They would take revenge if necessary. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he desquitado | Me he desquitado con él hoy. I have taken my revenge on him today. | |
| Tú | te has desquitado | ¿Te has desquitado ya? Have you taken your revenge yet? | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha desquitado | Ella se ha desquitado con su jefe. She has taken her revenge on her boss. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos hemos desquitado | Nos hemos desquitado después de la pelea. We have taken our revenge after the fight. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os habéis desquitado | ¿Os habéis desquitado ya? Have you all taken your revenge yet? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han desquitado | Se han desquitado con el equipo. They have taken their revenge on the team. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me había desquitado | Yo me había desquitado antes de salir. I had taken my revenge before leaving. | |
| Tú | te habías desquitado | Tú te habías desquitado con él ayer. You had taken your revenge on him yesterday. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se había desquitado | Ella se había desquitado después del problema. She had taken her revenge after the problem. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos habíamos desquitado | Nosotros nos habíamos desquitado con justicia. We had taken our revenge justly. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os habíais desquitado | Vosotros os habíais desquitado con ellos. You all had taken your revenge on them. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habían desquitado | Ellos se habían desquitado antes de irse. They had taken their revenge before leaving. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habré desquitado | Para entonces, me habré desquitado. By then, I will have taken my revenge. | |
| Tú | te habrás desquitado | Para mañana, te habrás desquitado. By tomorrow, you will have taken your revenge. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se habrá desquitado | Cuando llegue, se habrá desquitado. When I arrive, he will have taken his revenge. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos habremos desquitado | Para el fin de semana, nos habremos desquitado. By the weekend, we will have taken our revenge. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os habréis desquitado | Para entonces, os habréis desquitado. By then, you all will have taken your revenge. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habrán desquitado | Para el próximo mes, se habrán desquitado. By next month, they will have taken their revenge. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habría desquitado | Yo me habría desquitado si hubiera tenido tiempo. I would have taken my revenge if I had had time. | |
| Tú | te habrías desquitado | Tú te habrías desquitado con él. You would have taken your revenge on him. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se habría desquitado | Ella se habría desquitado si hubiera podido. She would have taken her revenge if she could have. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos habríamos desquitado | Nosotros nos habríamos desquitado juntos. We would have taken our revenge together. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os habríais desquitado | Vosotros os habríais desquitado si hubierais sabido. You all would have taken your revenge if you had known. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habrían desquitado | Ellos se habrían desquitado si hubieran podido. They would have taken their revenge if they could. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me desquite | Espero que me desquite pronto. I hope I get my revenge soon. | |
| Tú | te desquites | Es importante que te desquites con justicia. It's important that you get your revenge justly. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se desquite | Es posible que se desquite mañana. It's possible that he/she/you (formal) gets revenge tomorrow. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos desquitamos | Queremos que nos desquitamos con calma. We want to get our revenge calmly. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os desquitáis | Es bueno que os desquitáis pronto. It's good that you all get your revenge soon. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se desquiten | Dudo que se desquiten sin razón. I doubt that they/you all (formal) get revenge without reason. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquitara | Esperaba que él desquitara su error. I hoped that he would make amends for his mistake. | |
| Tú | desquitara | Querías que tú desquitara la deuda. You wanted you to settle the debt. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquitara | Era importante que ella desquitara su culpa. It was important that she made amends for her guilt. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquitáramos | Deseábamos que nosotros desquitáramos el daño. We wished that we made up for the damage. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquitárais | Pensaba que vosotros desquitárais la ofensa. I thought that you all would make amends for the offense. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquitaran | No creía que ellos desquitaran su error. I didn't believe that they would make amends for their mistake. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situaciones y acciones/eventos que pueden suceder en el futuro
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquitaré | Si me lo pidiéramos, me desquitaré. If we ask for it, I will take revenge. | |
| Tú | desquitarás | Tú te desquitarás si te ofenden. You will take revenge if you are offended. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquitará | Ella se desquitará en el momento adecuado. She will take revenge at the right moment. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquitarremos | Nosotros nos desquitarermos si sucede algo. We will take revenge if something happens. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquitaréis | Vosotros os desquitaréis cuando sea necesario. You all will take revenge when necessary. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquitarán | Ellos se desquitarán en el futuro. They will take revenge in the future. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya desquitado | Espero que haya desquitado su deuda. I hope he has paid off his debt. | |
| Tú | hayas desquitado | Es posible que hayas desquitado la rabia. It's possible that you have taken out your anger. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desquitado | Es bueno que él haya desquitado su frustración. It's good that he has vented his frustration. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos desquitado | Esperamos que hayamos desquitado el estrés. We hope that we have released the stress. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis desquitado | Quizá hayáis desquitado la tensión. Maybe you have released the tension. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desquitado | Es probable que hayan desquitado su enojo. It's likely that they have vented their anger. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desquitado | Si hubiera desquitado mi deuda, estaría tranquilo. If I had paid off my debt, I would be at peace. | |
| Tú | hubieras desquitado | Si hubieras desquitado lo que debías, no tendrías problemas. If you had paid off what you owed, you wouldn't have problems. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desquitado | Ella hubiera desquitado su enojo antes de irse. She had taken out her anger before leaving. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos desquitado | Nosotros hubiéramos desquitado la frustración en otro momento. We would have taken out our frustration at another time. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais desquitado | Vosotros hubierais desquitado la tensión si hubierais hablado. You all would have released the tension if you had spoken. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desquitado | Ellos hubieran desquitado su ira en la pelea. They would have vented their anger in the fight. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiere desquitado | Es posible que me hubiere desquitado antes de la reunión. It is possible that I will have gotten even before the meeting. | |
| Tú | te hubieres desquitado | Quizás te hubieres desquitado para entonces. Maybe you will have gotten even by then. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hubiere desquitado | Es probable que se hubiere desquitado para esa fecha. He/She/You will have gotten even by that date. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos hubiéremos desquitado | Para entonces, nos habremos desquitado. By then, we will have gotten even. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os hubiereis desquitado | Es posible que os hubiereis desquitado ya. It is possible that you all will have gotten even already. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hubieren desquitado | Quizá se hubieren desquitado antes del evento. Maybe they will have gotten even before the event. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desquítate | ¡Desquítate de esa deuda hoy! Get rid of that debt today! | |
| Tú | desquítate | ¡Desquítate de tus errores! Get rid of your mistakes! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desquítese | ¡Desquítese de esa situación ahora! Get rid of that situation now! | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desquítémonos | ¡Desquítémonos de esas molestias! Let's get rid of those annoyances! | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desquítaros | ¡Desquítaros de esas deudas! Get rid of those debts! | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desquítense | ¡Desquítense de esas preocupaciones! Get rid of those worries! |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no me desquites | No me desquites con esas palabras. Don't take it out on me with those words. | |
| Tú | no te desquites | No te desquites con tus amigos. Don't take it out on your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no se desquite | No se desquite con su hermano. Don't take it out on his brother. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no nos desquitamos | No nos desquitamos con los vecinos. Let's not take it out on the neighbors. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no os desquitáis | No os desquitáis con los compañeros. Don't take it out on your classmates. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no se desquiten | No se desquiten con el personal. Don't take it out on the staff. |
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