Spanish verb desterrar conjugation

desterrar

to banish

regular verbPast participle: desterradoGerund: desterrando

Desterrar means to banish or exile someone from a place, often as a punishment or to remove someone from a community or country.

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Complete conjugation of desterrar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	destierro	Yo destierro las malas ideas. I banish bad ideas.
Tú	destierres	Tú destierres los miedos. You banish fears.
Él / Ella / Usted	destierra	Ella destierra las dudas. She banishes doubts.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterramos	Nosotros desterramos la violencia. We banish violence.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterráis	Vosotros desterráis los malos hábitos. You all banish bad habits.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	destierra	Ellos destierran las supersticiones. They banish superstitions.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterré	Desterré esas ideas antiguas. I banished those old ideas.
Tú	desterraste	Desterraste el miedo de tu vida. You banished the fear from your life.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterró	Ella desterró las dudas rápidamente. She banished the doubts quickly.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterramos	Desterramos las malas costumbres. We banished the bad habits.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterrasteis	Vuestros antepasados desterraron esa tradición. Your ancestors banished that tradition.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterraron	Los soldados desterraron al enemigo. The soldiers banished the enemy.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterraba	Antes, desterraba las malas hierbas del jardín. Before, I used to banish the weeds from the garden.
Tú	desterrabas	Tú desterrabas los miedos con valentía. You used to banish fears with courage.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterraba	Ella desterraba las dudas de su mente. She used to banish doubts from her mind.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterrábamos	Nosotros desterrábamos viejos prejuicios. We used to banish old prejudices.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterrabais	Vosotros desterrabais las malas ideas. You all used to banish bad ideas.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterraban	Ellos desterraban las supersticiones antiguas. They used to banish old superstitions.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	estoy desterrando	Estoy desterrando viejos prejuicios. I am banishing old prejudices.
Tú	estás desterrando	Estás desterrando esas ideas incorrectas. You are banishing those incorrect ideas.
Él / Ella / Usted	está desterrando	Ella está desterrando sus miedos. She is banishing her fears.
Nosotros / Nosotras	estamos desterrando	Estamos desterrando viejos hábitos. We are banishing old habits.
Vosotros / Vosotras	estáis desterrando	Vosotros estáis desterrando esas dudas. You all are banishing those doubts.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	están desterrando	Ellos están desterrando las supersticiones. They are banishing superstitions.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterré	Yo desterré esas ideas antiguas. I will banish those old ideas.
Tú	desterrarás	Tú desterrarás esa duda pronto. You will banish that doubt soon.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterrará	Él desterrará los miedos. He will banish the fears.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterramos	Nosotros desterramos las malas costumbres. We will banish bad habits.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterraréis	Vosotros desterraréis esas dudas. You all will banish those doubts.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterrarán	Ellos desterrarán esas ideas viejas. They will banish those old ideas.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterré	Mañana desterré esa antigua costumbre. Tomorrow I will banish that old custom.
Tú	desterrarás	Tú desterrarás esas ideas viejas. You will banish those old ideas.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterrará	Él desterrará sus miedos pronto. He will banish his fears soon.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterramos	Nosotros desterramos la violencia. We will banish violence.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterraréis	Vosotros desterraréis esas dudas. You all will banish those doubts.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterrarán	Ellos desterrarán esa práctica pronto. They will banish that practice soon.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterraría	Yo desterraría esas ideas si pudiera. I would banish those ideas if I could.
Tú	desterrarías	Tú desterrarías esa costumbre si supieras. You would banish that habit if you knew.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterraría	Ella desterría esa tradición si fuera posible. She would banish that tradition if it were possible.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterraríamos	Nosotros desterraríamos esas prácticas antiguas. We would banish those old practices.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterraríais	Vosotros desterraríais esas ideas si tuvierais poder. You all would banish those ideas if you had the power.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterrarían	Ellos desterrarían esas supersticiones. They would banish those superstitions.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	he desterrado	He desterrado esas ideas de mi mente. I have banished those ideas from my mind.
Tú	has desterrado	Has desterrado todos tus miedos. You have banished all your fears.
Él / Ella / Usted	ha desterrado	Ella ha desterrado esa costumbre. She has banished that habit.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hemos desterrado	Hemos desterrado la violencia en nuestra comunidad. We have banished violence in our community.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habéis desterrado	Vosotros habéis desterrado esas ideas viejas. You all have banished those old ideas.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han desterrado	Ellos han desterrado las dudas. They have banished doubts.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	había desterrado	Yo había desterrado esas ideas antes de la reunión. I had banished those ideas before the meeting.
Tú	habías desterrado	Tú habías desterrado los miedos ayer. You had banished the fears yesterday.
Él / Ella / Usted	había desterrado	Ella había desterrado esa costumbre hace tiempo. She had banished that habit a long time ago.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habíamos desterrado	Nosotros habíamos desterrado las dudas antes del examen. We had banished the doubts before the exam.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habíais desterrado	Vosotros habíais desterrado esas ideas incorrectas. You all had banished those incorrect ideas.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habían desterrado	Ellos habían desterrado las malas influencias. They had banished the bad influences.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habré desterrado	Para entonces, ya habré desterrado esa costumbre. By then, I will have banished that habit.
Tú	habrás desterrado	Para mañana, tú habrás desterrado esa duda. By tomorrow, you will have banished that doubt.
Él / Ella / Usted	habrá desterrado	Él habrá desterrado esas ideas viejas. He will have banished those old ideas.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habremos desterrado	Nosotros habremos desterrado los errores. We will have banished the mistakes.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habréis desterrado	Vosotros habréis desterrado esa duda pronto. You all will have banished that doubt soon.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrán desterrado	Ellos habrán desterrado esas malas costumbres. They will have banished those bad habits.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habría desterrado	Yo habría desterrado esa idea. I would have banished that idea.
Tú	habrías desterrado	Tú habrías desterrado el problema. You would have banished the problem.
Él / Ella / Usted	habría desterrado	Ella habría desterrado esa costumbre. She would have banished that custom.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habríamos desterrado	Nosotros habríamos desterrado la duda. We would have banished the doubt.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habríais desterrado	Vosotros habríais desterrado esa idea. You all would have banished that idea.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrían desterrado	Ellos habrían desterrado la tristeza. They would have banished the sadness.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desteierre	Espero que yo destierre esas ideas viejas. I hope I banish those old ideas.
Tú	desteierres	Es importante que tú destierres el miedo. It's important that you banish the fear.
Él / Ella / Usted	desteierre	Es necesario que él destierre esas dudas. It's necessary that he banish those doubts.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desteerremos	Queremos que nosotros desterremos la violencia. We want us to banish violence.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desteerreis	Es posible que vosotros desterréis esas malas costumbres. It's possible that you all banish those bad habits.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desteierre	Dudo que ellos destierren esa tradición. I doubt that they banish that tradition.

Subjunctive Imperfect

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

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterrara	Esperaba que él desterrara esas ideas. I hoped that he would banish those ideas.
Tú	desterraras	Pensé que tú desterraras el problema. I thought that you would banish the problem.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterrara	Dudaba que ella desterrara esa costumbre. I doubted that she would banish that custom.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterráramos	Queríamos que nosotros desterráramos esas ideas. We wanted us to banish those ideas.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterrarais	Esperaban que vosotros desterrarais esa tradición. They hoped that you all would banish that tradition.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterraran	No creían que ellos desterraran esas costumbres. They didn't believe that they would banish those customs.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	desterrare	Si el rey desterrare al traidor, todos lo respetarán. If the king banished the traitor, everyone will respect him.
Tú	desterrares	Cuando desterrares esas ideas, avanzarás. When you banish those ideas, you will progress.
Él / Ella / Usted	desterrare	Es posible que desterrare a los enemigos. He might banish the enemies.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterráremos	Nosotros desterráremos las dudas pronto. We will banish the doubts soon.
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterrareis	Vosotros desterrareis esas malas costumbres. You all will banish those bad habits.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	desterraren	Es probable que desterraren a los criminales. They might banish the criminals.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	haya desterrado	Espero que haya desterrado esa idea. I hope he/she has banished that idea.
Tú	hayas desterrado	Es posible que hayas desterrado el problema. It's possible that you have banished the problem.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya desterrado	Es importante que él haya desterrado esa costumbre. It's important that he has banished that habit.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos desterrado	Dudo que hayamos desterrado todos los errores. I doubt that we have banished all the mistakes.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis desterrado	No creo que hayáis desterrado esa duda. I don't think that you all have banished that doubt.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan desterrado	Es probable que hayan desterrado esas ideas. It's likely that they have banished those ideas.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiera desterrado	Si hubiera desterrado esa idea, habría sido mejor. If I had banished that idea, it would have been better.
Tú	hubieras desterrado	Si hubieras desterrado el problema, todo habría cambiado. If you had banished the problem, everything would have changed.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera desterrado	Si ella hubiera desterrado sus miedos, habría avanzado. If she had banished her fears, she would have moved forward.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéramos desterrado	Si hubiéramos desterrado esa duda, habríamos ganado. If we had banished that doubt, we would have won.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubierais desterrado	Si hubierais desterrado esa idea, todo sería diferente. If you all had banished that idea, everything would be different.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran desterrado	Si hubieran desterrado sus errores, habrían tenido éxito. If they had banished their mistakes, they would have succeeded.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habré desterrado	Es posible que ya haya desterrado esa idea. It is possible that I have already banished that idea.
Tú	hayas desterrado	Espero que hayas desterrado tus miedos. I hope that you have banished your fears.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya desterrado	Es probable que él haya desterrado esa costumbre. It is likely that he has banished that habit.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos desterrado	Quizá hayamos desterrado esas dudas. Maybe we have banished those doubts.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis desterrado	No creo que hayáis desterrado esa tradición. I don't think that you all have banished that tradition.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan desterrado	Es posible que hayan desterrado esa creencia. It is possible that they have banished that belief.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	destierre	¡Que no destierre esa idea! Don't discard that idea!
Tú	destierra	¡Destierra esas dudas ahora! Dispel those doubts now!
Él / Ella / Usted	destierre	Por favor, destierre esa preocupación. Please, dispel that worry.
Nosotros / Nosotras	desterrad	¡Desterrad esas malas costumbres! Eradicate those bad habits!
Vosotros / Vosotras	desterrad	¡Desterrad esas ideas negativas! Get rid of those negative ideas!
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	destierre	¡Destierre esas dudas de su mente! Dispel those doubts from your mind!

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	no destierres	No destierres esa planta. Don't uproot that plant.
Tú	no destierres	No destierres esa idea todavía. Don't uproot that idea yet.
Él / Ella / Usted	no destierre	Por favor, no destierre el árbol. Please, don't uproot the tree.
Nosotros / Nosotras	no desterremos	No desterremos las raíces ahora. Let's not uproot the roots now.
Vosotros / Vosotras	no desterréis	No desterréis esas plantas. Don't uproot those plants.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	no destierren	No destierren esa especie. Don't uproot that species.