disolver

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dissolvōlbor.

Old Spanish disolver

Spanish disolver

Inherited from Old Spanish disolver, a learned borrowing from Latin dissolvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disolˈbeɾ/ [d̪i.solˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: di‧sol‧ver

Verb

disolver (first-person singular present disuelvo, first-person singular preterite disolví, past participle disuelto)

1. to dissolve
2. to break up
3. (obsolete) to solve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of disolver (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			disolver
gerund			disolviendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		disuelto		disuelta
		plural		disueltos		disueltas
		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	disuelvo	disuelvestú disolvésvos	disuelve	disolvemos	disolvéis	disuelven
	imperfect	disolvía	disolvías	disolvía	disolvíamos	disolvíais	disolvían
	preterite	disolví	disolviste	disolvió	disolvimos	disolvisteis	disolvieron
	future	disolveré	disolverás	disolverá	disolveremos	disolveréis	disolverán
	conditional	disolvería	disolverías	disolvería	disolveríamos	disolveríais	disolverían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	disuelva	disuelvastú disolvásvos2	disuelva	disolvamos	disolváis	disuelvan
	imperfect (ra)	disolviera	disolvieras	disolviera	disolviéramos	disolvierais	disolvieran
	imperfect (se)	disolviese	disolvieses	disolviese	disolviésemos	disolvieseis	disolviesen
	future1	disolviere	disolvieres	disolviere	disolviéremos	disolviereis	disolvieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		disuelvetú disolvévos	disuelva	disolvamos	disolved	disuelvan
	negative		no disuelvas	no disuelva	no disolvamos	no disolváis	no disuelvan

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

    Selected combined forms of disolver (irregular; o-ue 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 disolver	dative	disolverme	disolverte	disolverle, disolverse	disolvernos	disolveros	disolverles, disolverse
	accusative	disolverme	disolverte	disolverlo, disolverla, disolverse	disolvernos	disolveros	disolverlos, disolverlas, disolverse
with gerund disolviendo	dative	disolviéndome	disolviéndote	disolviéndole, disolviéndose	disolviéndonos	disolviéndoos	disolviéndoles, disolviéndose
	accusative	disolviéndome	disolviéndote	disolviéndolo, disolviéndola, disolviéndose	disolviéndonos	disolviéndoos	disolviéndolos, disolviéndolas, disolviéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative disuelve	dative	disuélveme	disuélvete	disuélvele	disuélvenos	not used	disuélveles
	accusative	disuélveme	disuélvete	disuélvelo, disuélvela	disuélvenos	not used	disuélvelos, disuélvelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative disolvé	dative	disolveme	disolvete	disolvele	disolvenos	not used	disolveles
	accusative	disolveme	disolvete	disolvelo, disolvela	disolvenos	not used	disolvelos, disolvelas
with formal second-person singular imperative disuelva	dative	disuélvame	not used	disuélvale, disuélvase	disuélvanos	not used	disuélvales
	accusative	disuélvame	not used	disuélvalo, disuélvala, disuélvase	disuélvanos	not used	disuélvalos, disuélvalas
with first-person plural imperative disolvamos	dative	not used	disolvámoste	disolvámosle	disolvámonos	disolvámoos	disolvámosles
	accusative	not used	disolvámoste	disolvámoslo, disolvámosla	disolvámonos	disolvámoos	disolvámoslos, disolvámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative disolved	dative	disolvedme	not used	disolvedle	disolvednos	disolveos	disolvedles
	accusative	disolvedme	not used	disolvedlo, disolvedla	disolvednos	disolveos	disolvedlos, disolvedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative disuelvan	dative	disuélvanme	not used	disuélvanle	disuélvannos	not used	disuélvanles, disuélvanse
	accusative	disuélvanme	not used	disuélvanlo, disuélvanla	disuélvannos	not used	disuélvanlos, disuélvanlas, disuélvanse

Related terms

• disolvente

Further reading

• “disolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026