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SPANISH VERB

desordenar

to mess up

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: desordenando
  • Past participle: desordenado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use desordenar

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

  1. Present

    Los niños desordenan el salón en cinco minutos.

    The kids mess up the living room in five minutes.

  2. Past

    ¿Quién desordenó mis papeles del escritorio?

    Who messed up the papers on my desk?

  3. Imperfect

    Mi hermano desordenaba el armario cada vez que buscaba algo.

    My brother messed up the wardrobe every time he looked for something.

  4. Future

    Si entra el perro, desordenará toda la cocina.

    If the dog gets in, it'll mess up the whole kitchen.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no desordenaría la mesa de papá, se enfada.

    I wouldn't mess up dad's desk, he gets angry.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que desordenes la ropa recién doblada.

    I don't want you to mess up the freshly folded clothes.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me molestó que desordenaran mi cuarto sin avisar.

    It annoyed me that they messed up my room without warning.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No desordenéis la casa, que viene la abuela!

    Don't mess up the house, grandma's coming!

Where you hear desordenar

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Siempre desordeno las especias de mi hermana. I always mess up my sister's spices.
  • Ayer Pepa me desordenó toda la cocina. Yesterday Pepa messed up my whole kitchen.
  • Mañana te las volveré a desordenar. Tomorrow I'll mess them up for you again.
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Don't Put Me in the Middle

Advanced Level 3 · y yo se los desordenaba

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.