SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

declarar

to declare; to state

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

declarar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeclaro
túdeclaras
él / ella / usteddeclara
nosotros / nosotrasdeclaramos
vosotros / vosotrasdeclaráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeclaran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

declarar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeclaré
túdeclaraste
él / ella / usteddeclaró
nosotros / nosotrasdeclaramos
vosotros / vosotrasdeclarasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeclararon

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

declarar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeclaraba
túdeclarabas
él / ella / usteddeclaraba
nosotros / nosotrasdeclarábamos
vosotros / vosotrasdeclarabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeclaraban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

declarar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeclararé
túdeclararás
él / ella / usteddeclarará
nosotros / nosotrasdeclararemos
vosotros / vosotrasdeclararéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeclararán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

declarar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeclararía
túdeclararías
él / ella / usteddeclararía
nosotros / nosotrasdeclararíamos
vosotros / vosotrasdeclararíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeclararían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

declarar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeclare
túdeclares
él / ella / usteddeclare
nosotros / nosotrasdeclaremos
vosotros / vosotrasdeclaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeclaren

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to declare; to state
  • to declare
  • (reflexive) to declare one’s love for

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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