Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | derroto | |
| tú | derrotas | |
| él / ella / usted | derrota | |
| nosotros / nosotras | derrotamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | derrotáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | derrotan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | derroté | |
| tú | derrotaste | |
| él / ella / usted | derrotó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | derrotamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | derrotasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | derrotaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | derrotaba | |
| tú | derrotabas | |
| él / ella / usted | derrotaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | derrotábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | derrotabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | derrotaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | derrotaré | |
| tú | derrotarás | |
| él / ella / usted | derrotará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | derrotaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | derrotaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | derrotarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | derrotaría | |
| tú | derrotarías | |
| él / ella / usted | derrotaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | derrotaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | derrotaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | derrotarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | derrote | |
| tú | derrotes | |
| él / ella / usted | derrote | |
| nosotros / nosotras | derrotemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | derrotéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | derroten |
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 defeat
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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