disertar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dissertāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diseɾˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.seɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧ser‧tar

Verb

disertar (first-person singular present diserto, first-person singular preterite diserté, past participle disertado)

1. to lecture
2. to speak at length; to expound

Conjugation

    Conjugation of disertar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			disertar
gerund			disertando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		disertado		disertada
		plural		disertados		disertadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	diserto	disertastú disertásvos	diserta	disertamos	disertáis	disertan
	imperfect	disertaba	disertabas	disertaba	disertábamos	disertabais	disertaban
	preterite	diserté	disertaste	disertó	disertamos	disertasteis	disertaron
	future	disertaré	disertarás	disertará	disertaremos	disertaréis	disertarán
	conditional	disertaría	disertarías	disertaría	disertaríamos	disertaríais	disertarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	diserte	disertestú disertésvos2	diserte	disertemos	disertéis	diserten
	imperfect (ra)	disertara	disertaras	disertara	disertáramos	disertarais	disertaran
	imperfect (se)	disertase	disertases	disertase	disertásemos	disertaseis	disertasen
	future1	disertare	disertares	disertare	disertáremos	disertareis	disertaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		disertatú disertávos	diserte	disertemos	disertad	diserten
	negative		no disertes	no diserte	no disertemos	no disertéis	no diserten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• disertación

 

Further reading

• “disertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28