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SPANISH VERB

desmayarse

to faint

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  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: desmayándose
  • Past participle: desmayado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use desmayarse

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

  1. Present

    Mi tía se desmaya cada vez que ve sangre.

    My aunt faints every time she sees blood.

  2. Past

    El papá se desmayó en la sala de partos.

    The dad fainted in the delivery room.

  3. Imperfect

    Con este calor, la gente se desmayaba en la fila.

    In this heat, people were fainting in the line.

  4. Future

    ¿Te desmayarás si te ponen la inyección?

    Will you faint if they give you the shot?

  5. Conditional

    Yo me desmayaría si viera un alacrán en mi cama.

    I'd faint if I saw a scorpion in my bed.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Siéntate, no quiero que te desmayes aquí.

    Sit down, I don't want you fainting here.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si se desmayara otra vez, llamaríamos a la ambulancia.

    If she fainted again, we'd call an ambulance.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No se desmaye, señor, respire hondo y mire para otro lado!

    Don't faint, sir, breathe deep and look the other way!

Good to know

  • "Desmayarse" is to pass out; feeling faint is "sentirse mareado".

Where you hear desmayarse

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

  • ¿Y si me desmayo en mi primer parto? And what if I faint at my first birth?
  • Casi me desmayé en el hospital. I almost fainted at the hospital.
  • No te vas a desmayar, Iván. You're not going to faint, Ivan.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

  • Ya no me desmayo. I don't faint any more.
  • Yo me desmayé en mil novecientos ochenta. I fainted in nineteen eighty.
  • No te vas a desmayar. You're not going to faint.
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By Then I'll Have Finished

Intermediate Level 2 · me habré desmayado · desmayarse

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I Nearly Fell

Intermediate Level 3 · Te desmayaste. · ¿Me desmayé? · que no se haya desmayado

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That Word Means Something Else

Advanced Level 1 · se desmayaría

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If You Tell Me to Breathe

Advanced Level 2 · te desmayes · como te desmayes · ni se te ocurra desmayarte · sin desmayarte

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The Closest Thing to a Family

Advanced Level 2 · Se ha desmayado.

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Don't Look at the Clock

Advanced Level 3 · Me voy a desmayar.

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