Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | designo | |
| tú | designas | |
| él / ella / usted | designa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | designamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | designáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | designan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | designé | |
| tú | designaste | |
| él / ella / usted | designó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | designamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | designasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | designaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | designaba | |
| tú | designabas | |
| él / ella / usted | designaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | designábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | designabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | designaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | designaré | |
| tú | designarás | |
| él / ella / usted | designará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | designaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | designaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | designarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | designaría | |
| tú | designarías | |
| él / ella / usted | designaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | designaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | designaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | designarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | designe | |
| tú | designes | |
| él / ella / usted | designe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | designemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | designéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | designen |
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 designate
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