SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

derivar

to derive

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

derivar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoderivo
túderivas
él / ella / ustedderiva
nosotros / nosotrasderivamos
vosotros / vosotrasderiváis
ellos / ellas / ustedesderivan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

derivar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoderivé
túderivaste
él / ella / ustedderivó
nosotros / nosotrasderivamos
vosotros / vosotrasderivasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesderivaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

derivar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoderivaba
túderivabas
él / ella / ustedderivaba
nosotros / nosotrasderivábamos
vosotros / vosotrasderivabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesderivaban

Future Futuro simple

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

derivar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoderivaré
túderivarás
él / ella / ustedderivará
nosotros / nosotrasderivaremos
vosotros / vosotrasderivaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesderivarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

derivar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoderivaría
túderivarías
él / ella / ustedderivaría
nosotros / nosotrasderivaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasderivaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesderivarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

derivar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoderive
túderives
él / ella / ustedderive
nosotros / nosotrasderivemos
vosotros / vosotrasderivéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesderiven

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 derive

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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