Deshuesar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb deshuesar means to bone (meat), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Deshuesar is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of deshuesar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo deshueso el pollo — "I bone the chicken" — and in the preterite you say Yo deshuesé la carne — "I boned the meat". 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: deshuesar
- English: to bone (meat)
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: deshuesando
- Past participle: deshuesado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + deshuesado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for deshuesar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for deshuesar. 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.
Gerund: deshuesando · Past participle: deshuesado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshueso |
| tú | deshuesas |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuesa |
| nosotros/as | deshuesamos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshuesé |
| tú | deshuesaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuesó |
| nosotros/as | deshuesamos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshuesaba |
| tú | deshuesabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuesaba |
| nosotros/as | deshuesábamos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshuesaré |
| tú | deshuesarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuesará |
| nosotros/as | deshuesaremos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshuesaría |
| tú | deshuesarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuesaría |
| nosotros/as | deshuesaríamos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he deshuesado |
| tú | has deshuesado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha deshuesado |
| nosotros/as | hemos deshuesado |
| vosotros/as | habéis deshuesado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han deshuesado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había deshuesado |
| tú | habías deshuesado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había deshuesado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos deshuesado |
| vosotros/as | habíais deshuesado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían deshuesado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré deshuesado |
| tú | habrás deshuesado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá deshuesado |
| nosotros/as | habremos deshuesado |
| vosotros/as | habréis deshuesado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán deshuesado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría deshuesado |
| tú | habrías deshuesado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría deshuesado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos deshuesado |
| vosotros/as | habríais deshuesado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían deshuesado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshuese |
| tú | deshueses |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuese |
| nosotros/as | deshuesemos |
| vosotros/as | deshueséis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | deshuesara |
| tú | deshuesaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuesara |
| nosotros/as | deshuesáramos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | deshuesa |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuese |
| nosotros/as | deshuesemos |
| vosotros/as | deshuesad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | deshueses |
| él/ella/Ud. | deshuese |
| nosotros/as | deshuesemos |
| vosotros/as | deshueséis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | deshuesen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | deshuesando | with estar for the progressive: estoy deshuesando |
| Past participle | deshuesado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he deshuesado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For deshuesar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo deshueso la carne — "I bone the meat". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For deshuesar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo deshuesé con cuidado — "I boned carefully". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For deshuesar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo deshuesaba el pollo — "I used to bone the chicken". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For deshuesar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo deshuesaré la carne — "I will bone the meat". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For deshuesar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo deshuesaría con cuidado — "I would bone carefully". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For deshuesar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he deshuesado el pollo — "I have boned the chicken". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For deshuesar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había deshuesado la carne — "I had boned the meat". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For deshuesar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré deshuesado con cuidado — "I will have boned carefully". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For deshuesar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría deshuesado el pollo — "I would have boned the chicken". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For deshuesar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él deshuese la carne — "I hope he bones the meat". 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 deshuesar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo deshuesara con cuidado, todo cambiaría — "If I boned carefully, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For deshuesar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Deshuese el pollo — "Let him bone the chicken". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For deshuesar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No deshueses la carne — "Don't bone the meat". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 deshuesar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo deshueso con cuidado — "I bone carefully"
- Él deshuesa el pollo — "He bones the chicken"
- Yo deshuesé la carne — "I boned the meat"
- Yo deshuesaba con cuidado — "I used to bone carefully"
- Tú deshuesarás el pollo — "You will bone the chicken"
- Yo deshuesaría la carne — "I would bone the meat"
- Él ha deshuesado con cuidado — "He has boned carefully"
- Espero que él deshuese el pollo — "I hope he bones the chicken"
- Yo había deshuesado la carne — "I had boned the meat"
- Ellos deshuesaban con cuidado — "They used to bone carefully"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos deshuesa el pollo — Right: Ellos deshuesan el pollo — Ellos needs the ellos form deshuesan. The singular deshuesa belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo deshueso — Right: Ayer, yo deshuesé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to deshuesé.
- Wrong: De niño, yo deshuesé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo deshuesaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (deshuesaba), not the preterite. The preterite (deshuesé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy deshuesado la carne. — Right: Yo he deshuesado la carne. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he deshuesado, has deshuesado, ha deshuesado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él deshuesa el pollo. — Right: Espero que él deshuese el pollo. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: deshuese. The indicative deshuesa is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on deshuesar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el pollo. (present tense) A. deshuesemos B. deshueso C. habíamos deshuesado D. deshueses
Complete the sentence: Él ___ el pollo. (preterite) A. hemos deshuesado B. deshuesó C. deshuesabas D. habremos deshuesado
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el pollo. (imperfect) A. habíais deshuesado B. deshuesábamos C. deshuesarían D. habrán deshuesado
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ el pollo. (future) A. deshuesaréis B. deshuesemos C. habrás deshuesado D. deshuesarás
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el pollo. (conditional) A. deshuesan B. deshuesaría C. deshuesaré D. deshuesaba
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el pollo. (present subjunctive) A. deshuese B. habríais deshuesado C. deshuesáis D. deshuesabais
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ el pollo, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. deshuesarías B. deshuesó C. deshuesara D. deshuesasteis
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el pollo. (present perfect) A. habías deshuesado B. habría deshuesado C. deshuesara D. hemos deshuesado
Complete the command: No ___ el pollo. (negative imperative, tú) A. deshuesemos B. deshueses C. deshueséis D. deshuese
Which is the gerund of deshuesar, used with estar for the progressive? A. deshuesaré B. deshueso C. deshuesaba D. deshuesando
Answer key
- deshueso — The yo present tense of deshuesar is deshueso.
- deshuesó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of deshuesar is deshuesó.
- deshuesábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of deshuesar is deshuesábamos.
- deshuesarás — The tú future of deshuesar is deshuesarás.
- deshuesaría — The yo conditional of deshuesar is deshuesaría.
- deshuese — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of deshuesar is deshuese.
- deshuesara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of deshuesar is deshuesara.
- hemos deshuesado — The nosotros/as present perfect of deshuesar is hemos deshuesado.
- deshueses — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: deshueses.
- deshuesando — The gerund of deshuesar is deshuesando: estoy deshuesando. The participle deshuesado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does deshuesar mean in English?
Deshuesar means to bone (meat). It is used in everyday situations such as Yo deshueso el pollo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is deshuesar regular?
Yes. Deshuesar is a regular -ar verb: deshueso, deshuesas, deshuesa. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the gerund and the past participle of deshuesar?
The gerund is deshuesando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy deshuesando. The past participle is deshuesado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he deshuesado.
How do I say “I bone” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo deshuesé la carne. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo deshuesaba con cuidado. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he deshuesado el pollo.
How do I practise deshuesar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the deshuesar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
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