SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

destinar

to appoint

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

destinar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yodestino
túdestinas
él / ella / usteddestina
nosotros / nosotrasdestinamos
vosotros / vosotrasdestináis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdestinan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

destinar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodestiné
túdestinaste
él / ella / usteddestinó
nosotros / nosotrasdestinamos
vosotros / vosotrasdestinasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdestinaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

destinar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodestinaba
túdestinabas
él / ella / usteddestinaba
nosotros / nosotrasdestinábamos
vosotros / vosotrasdestinabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdestinaban

Future Futuro simple

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

destinar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodestinaré
túdestinarás
él / ella / usteddestinará
nosotros / nosotrasdestinaremos
vosotros / vosotrasdestinaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdestinarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

destinar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodestinaría
túdestinarías
él / ella / usteddestinaría
nosotros / nosotrasdestinaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasdestinaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdestinarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

destinar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yodestine
túdestines
él / ella / usteddestine
nosotros / nosotrasdestinemos
vosotros / vosotrasdestinéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdestinen

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 appoint
  • to set aside

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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