desplegar

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin displicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəs.pləˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.pleˈɣaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

desplegar (first-person singular present desplego, first-person singular preterite despleguí, past participle desplegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, reflexive) to unfold, to spread out

   Antonym: plegar

2. (transitive) to deploy (troops etc.)
3. (transitive, figurative) to show off, demonstrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desplegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			desplegar
gerund			desplegant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desplegat		desplegada
		plural		desplegats		desplegades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desplego	desplegues	desplega	despleguem	desplegueu	despleguen
	imperfect	desplegava	desplegaves	desplegava	desplegàvem	desplegàveu	desplegaven
	future	desplegaré	desplegaràs	desplegarà	desplegarem	desplegareu	desplegaran
	preterite	despleguí	desplegares	desplegà	desplegàrem	desplegàreu	desplegaren
	conditional	desplegaria	desplegaries	desplegaria	desplegaríem	desplegaríeu	desplegarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desplegui	despleguis	desplegui	despleguem	desplegueu	despleguin
	imperfect	desplegués	despleguessis	desplegués	despleguéssim	despleguéssiu	despleguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desplega	desplegui	despleguem	desplegueu	despleguin
	negative (no)	—	no despleguis	no desplegui	no despleguem	no desplegueu	no despleguin

Derived terms

• desplegable
• desplegament
• desplegat

Related terms

• plegar

Further reading

• “desplegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “desplegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “desplegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “desplegar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin displicāre, infinitive form of displicō (“to scatter”), from Latin dis- + plicō. By surface analysis, des- (“dis-”) +‎ plegar (“to fold”). Cognate with English deploy and display.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despleˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.pleˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ple‧gar

Verb

desplegar (first-person singular present despliego, first-person singular preterite desplegué, past participle desplegado)

1. to deploy, unfold

   Antonyms: plegar, doblar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desplegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desplegar
gerund			desplegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desplegado		desplegada
		plural		desplegados		desplegadas
		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	despliego	despliegastú desplegásvos	despliega	desplegamos	desplegáis	despliegan
	imperfect	desplegaba	desplegabas	desplegaba	desplegábamos	desplegabais	desplegaban
	preterite	desplegué	desplegaste	desplegó	desplegamos	desplegasteis	desplegaron
	future	desplegaré	desplegarás	desplegará	desplegaremos	desplegaréis	desplegarán
	conditional	desplegaría	desplegarías	desplegaría	desplegaríamos	desplegaríais	desplegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	despliegue	desplieguestú despleguésvos2	despliegue	despleguemos	despleguéis	desplieguen
	imperfect (ra)	desplegara	desplegaras	desplegara	desplegáramos	desplegarais	desplegaran
	imperfect (se)	desplegase	desplegases	desplegase	desplegásemos	desplegaseis	desplegasen
	future1	desplegare	desplegares	desplegare	desplegáremos	desplegareis	desplegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		despliegatú desplegávos	despliegue	despleguemos	desplegad	desplieguen
	negative		no despliegues	no despliegue	no despleguemos	no despleguéis	no desplieguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of desplegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive desplegar	dative	desplegarme	desplegarte	desplegarle, desplegarse	desplegarnos	desplegaros	desplegarles, desplegarse
	accusative	desplegarme	desplegarte	desplegarlo, desplegarla, desplegarse	desplegarnos	desplegaros	desplegarlos, desplegarlas, desplegarse
with gerund desplegando	dative	desplegándome	desplegándote	desplegándole, desplegándose	desplegándonos	desplegándoos	desplegándoles, desplegándose
	accusative	desplegándome	desplegándote	desplegándolo, desplegándola, desplegándose	desplegándonos	desplegándoos	desplegándolos, desplegándolas, desplegándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative despliega	dative	despliégame	despliégate	despliégale	despliéganos	not used	despliégales
	accusative	despliégame	despliégate	despliégalo, despliégala	despliéganos	not used	despliégalos, despliégalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative desplegá	dative	desplegame	desplegate	desplegale	despleganos	not used	desplegales
	accusative	desplegame	desplegate	desplegalo, desplegala	despleganos	not used	desplegalos, desplegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative despliegue	dative	despliégueme	not used	despliéguele, despliéguese	despliéguenos	not used	despliégueles
	accusative	despliégueme	not used	despliéguelo, despliéguela, despliéguese	despliéguenos	not used	despliéguelos, despliéguelas
with first-person plural imperative despleguemos	dative	not used	despleguémoste	despleguémosle	despleguémonos	despleguémoos	despleguémosles
	accusative	not used	despleguémoste	despleguémoslo, despleguémosla	despleguémonos	despleguémoos	despleguémoslos, despleguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desplegad	dative	desplegadme	not used	desplegadle	desplegadnos	desplegaos	desplegadles
	accusative	desplegadme	not used	desplegadlo, desplegadla	desplegadnos	desplegaos	desplegadlos, desplegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desplieguen	dative	despliéguenme	not used	despliéguenle	despliéguennos	not used	despliéguenles, despliéguense
	accusative	despliéguenme	not used	despliéguenlo, despliéguenla	despliéguennos	not used	despliéguenlos, despliéguenlas, despliéguense

Derived terms

• desplegable
• despliegue

Further reading

• “desplegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025