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SPANISH VERB

deshidratarse

to get dehydrated

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: deshidratándose
  • Past participle: deshidratado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I get dehydrated
  2. tú you get dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she gets dehydrated
  4. nosotros we get dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain you all get dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they get dehydrated

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I got dehydrated
  2. tú you got dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she got dehydrated
  4. nosotros we got dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain you all got dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they got dehydrated

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to get dehydrated
  2. tú you used to get dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to get dehydrated
  4. nosotros we used to get dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to get dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to get dehydrated

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will get dehydrated
  2. tú you will get dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will get dehydrated
  4. nosotros we will get dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain you all will get dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will get dehydrated

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would get dehydrated
  2. tú you would get dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would get dehydrated
  4. nosotros we would get dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain you all would get dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would get dehydrated

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I get dehydrated
  2. tú (that) you get dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she get dehydrated
  4. nosotros (that) we get dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all get dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they get dehydrated

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I got dehydrated
  2. tú (if) you got dehydrated
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she got dehydrated
  4. nosotros (if) we got dehydrated
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all got dehydrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they got dehydrated

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú get dehydrated!
  2. usted get dehydrated! (formal)
  3. nosotros get dehydrated! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain get dehydrated! (all of you)
  5. ustedes get dehydrated! (all of you)

How to use deshidratarse

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    ¿Sabías que en la playa uno se deshidrata sin darse cuenta?

    Did you know that at the beach you get dehydrated without noticing?

  2. Past

    Mi mamá se deshidrató por la altura de Oaxaca.

    My mom got dehydrated from Oaxaca's altitude.

  3. Imperfect

    Los corredores se deshidrataban con ese sol de mediodía.

    The runners were getting dehydrated in that midday sun.

  4. Future

    Si no tomas agua, te deshidratarás en la caminata.

    If you don't drink water, you'll get dehydrated on the hike.

  5. Conditional

    Con esa fiebre, el niño se deshidrataría rápido.

    With that fever, the boy would get dehydrated fast.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Toma suero para que no te deshidrates.

    Drink electrolytes so you don't get dehydrated.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si se deshidratara otra vez, la llevaríamos al hospital.

    If she got dehydrated again, we'd take her to the hospital.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No se deshidrate, señora, tome agua cada media hora!

    Don't get dehydrated, ma'am, drink water every half hour!

Good to know

  • "La altura deshidrata": at altitude you dry out faster. "Suero" is what Mexicans drink for it.

Where you hear deshidratarse

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

  • En julio, mucha gente se deshidrata. In July, a lot of people get dehydrated.
  • Mi papá se deshidrató el miércoles. My dad got dehydrated on Wednesday.
  • Si no tomas agua, te vas a deshidratar. If you don't drink water, you're going to get dehydrated.
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The Emergency Room

Intermediate Level 2 · se deshidrató

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