Desconectar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb desconectar means to disconnect, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Desconectar means to disconnect, and it is used for disconnecting a device, switching off from work and taking a break from the internet. It is the opposite of conectar, and it is fully regular. Like every Spanish verb, desconectar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say desconecto el móvil por la noche, and in the preterite you say desconecté el ordenador al salir. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: desconectar
- English: to disconnect
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: desconectando
- Past participle: desconectado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + desconectado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for desconectar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Desconectar is fully regular: desconecté, desconectaba, desconectaré. Desconectar del trabajo is to switch off from work.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for desconectar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconecto |
| tú | desconectas |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconecta |
| nosotros/as | desconectamos |
| vosotros/as | desconectáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconectan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconecté |
| tú | desconectaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconectó |
| nosotros/as | desconectamos |
| vosotros/as | desconectasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconectaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconectaba |
| tú | desconectabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconectaba |
| nosotros/as | desconectábamos |
| vosotros/as | desconectabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconectaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconectaré |
| tú | desconectarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconectará |
| nosotros/as | desconectaremos |
| vosotros/as | desconectaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconectarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconectaría |
| tú | desconectarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconectaría |
| nosotros/as | desconectaríamos |
| vosotros/as | desconectaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconectarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he desconectado |
| tú | has desconectado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha desconectado |
| nosotros/as | hemos desconectado |
| vosotros/as | habéis desconectado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han desconectado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había desconectado |
| tú | habías desconectado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había desconectado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos desconectado |
| vosotros/as | habíais desconectado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían desconectado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré desconectado |
| tú | habrás desconectado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá desconectado |
| nosotros/as | habremos desconectado |
| vosotros/as | habréis desconectado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán desconectado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría desconectado |
| tú | habrías desconectado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría desconectado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos desconectado |
| vosotros/as | habríais desconectado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían desconectado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconecte |
| tú | desconectes |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconecte |
| nosotros/as | desconectemos |
| vosotros/as | desconectéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconecten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | desconectara |
| tú | desconectaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconectara |
| nosotros/as | desconectáramos |
| vosotros/as | desconectarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconectaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | desconecta |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconecte |
| nosotros/as | desconectemos |
| vosotros/as | desconectad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconecten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | desconectes |
| él/ella/Ud. | desconecte |
| nosotros/as | desconectemos |
| vosotros/as | desconectéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | desconecten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | desconectando | with estar for the progressive: estoy desconectando |
| Past participle | desconectado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he desconectado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Desconecto el móvil por la noche. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Preterite
Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, desconecté del trabajo el fin de semana. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect
Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, desconectaba el ordenador al salir. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future
Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, desconectaré de todo en vacaciones. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional
Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Desconectaría el móvil por la noche si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present perfect
Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he desconectado del trabajo el fin de semana. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Pluperfect
Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había desconectado el ordenador al salir antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future perfect
Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré desconectado de todo en vacaciones. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional perfect
Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría desconectado el móvil por la noche con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él desconecte del trabajo el fin de semana. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él desconectara el ordenador al salir, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (affirmative)
Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Desconecta de todo en vacaciones! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (negative)
Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For desconectar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No desconectes el móvil por la noche. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with desconectar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Desconecto el móvil por la noche. — I disconnect the phone at night.
- Desconecta del trabajo el fin de semana. — He/she disconnects from work at the weekend.
- Ayer, desconecté el ordenador al salir. — Yesterday, I disconnected the computer on leaving.
- Antes, nosotros desconectábamos de todo en vacaciones. — Before, we used to disconnect from everything on holiday.
- Mañana, tú desconectarás el móvil por la noche. — Tomorrow, you will disconnect the phone at night.
- Yo desconectaría del trabajo el fin de semana si tuviera más tiempo. — I would disconnect from work at the weekend if I had more time.
- Él ha desconectado el ordenador al salir. — He has disconnected the computer on leaving.
- Espero que él desconecte de todo en vacaciones. — I hope he disconnects from everything on holiday.
- Yo ya había desconectado el móvil por la noche antes de salir. — I had already disconnected the phone at night before leaving.
- Ellos desconectaban del trabajo el fin de semana cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to disconnect from work at the weekend when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo desconecta el móvil por la noche. — Right: Yo desconecto el móvil por la noche. — The person matters: desconecta is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is desconecto. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Ayer yo desconecto del trabajo el fin de semana. — Right: Ayer yo desconecté del trabajo el fin de semana. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: desconecto is happening now, while desconecté is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
- Wrong: Treating desconectar and conectar as identical in every context. — Right: Desconectar means to disconnect, while conectar means to connect. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: desconectar fits sentences such as Desconecto el móvil por la noche, while conectar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy desconectado del trabajo el fin de semana. — Right: Yo he desconectado del trabajo el fin de semana. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he desconectado, has desconectado, ha desconectado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo desconecté el ordenador al salir todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo desconectaba el ordenador al salir todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (desconectaba), not the preterite. The preterite (desconecté) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on desconectar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el móvil por la noche. (present tense) A. desconecto B. desconectas C. desconecta D. desconectamos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ del trabajo el fin de semana. (preterite) A. desconecté B. desconectaste C. desconectaron D. desconectó
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ el ordenador al salir. (imperfect) A. desconectabas B. desconectaban C. desconectábamos D. desconectaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ de todo en vacaciones. (future) A. desconectaremos B. desconectarás C. desconectaré D. desconectará
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el móvil por la noche si pudiera. (conditional) A. desconectaría B. desconectarías C. desconectarían D. desconecto
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ del trabajo el fin de semana. (present subjunctive) A. desconectes B. desconectemos C. desconecto D. desconecte
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ el ordenador al salir, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. desconectáramos B. desconecto C. desconectara D. desconectaras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de todo en vacaciones. (present perfect) A. han desconectado B. hemos desconectado C. he desconectado D. has desconectado
Complete the command: ¡___ el móvil por la noche! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. desconecta B. desconecte C. desconectemos D. desconectad
Which is the gerund of desconectar, used with estar for the progressive? A. desconectado B. desconecto C. desconecté D. desconectando
Answer key
- desconecto — The first-person present of desconectar is desconecto. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
- desconectó — The third-person preterite of desconectar is desconectó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
- desconectábamos — The nosotros imperfect of desconectar is desconectábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
- desconectarás — The second-person future of desconectar is desconectarás.
- desconectaría — The first-person conditional of desconectar is desconectaría, the form for what would happen.
- desconecte — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of desconectar is desconecte.
- desconectara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of desconectar is desconectara.
- hemos desconectado — The nosotros present perfect of desconectar is hemos desconectado: hemos + desconectado.
- desconecta — The affirmative tú imperative of desconectar is desconecta.
- desconectando — The gerund of desconectar is desconectando: estoy desconectando. The participle desconectado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does desconectar mean in English?
Desconectar means to disconnect. It is used in everyday situations such as Desconecto el móvil por la noche. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is desconectar regular or irregular?
Desconectar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including desconecto in the present and desconecté in the preterite.
What is the difference between desconectar and conectar?
Desconectar means to disconnect, while conectar means to connect. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use desconectar when you mean to disconnect, as in Desconecto el móvil por la noche, and use conectar for to connect. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I disconnect” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo desconecté del trabajo el fin de semana. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo desconectaba el ordenador al salir. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he desconectado del trabajo el fin de semana.
How do I practise desconectar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the desconectar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Desconectar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for desconectar.
- Desconectar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for desconectar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Conectar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with desconectar.
- Desenchufar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with desconectar.
- Funcionar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with desconectar.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.