SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

determinar

to determine

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

determinar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yodetermino
túdeterminas
él / ella / usteddetermina
nosotros / nosotrasdeterminamos
vosotros / vosotrasdetermináis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeterminan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

determinar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeterminé
túdeterminaste
él / ella / usteddeterminó
nosotros / nosotrasdeterminamos
vosotros / vosotrasdeterminasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeterminaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

determinar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeterminaba
túdeterminabas
él / ella / usteddeterminaba
nosotros / nosotrasdeterminábamos
vosotros / vosotrasdeterminabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeterminaban

Future Futuro simple

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

determinar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeterminaré
túdeterminarás
él / ella / usteddeterminará
nosotros / nosotrasdeterminaremos
vosotros / vosotrasdeterminaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeterminarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

determinar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodeterminaría
túdeterminarías
él / ella / usteddeterminaría
nosotros / nosotrasdeterminaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasdeterminaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeterminarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

determinar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yodetermine
túdetermines
él / ella / usteddetermine
nosotros / nosotrasdeterminemos
vosotros / vosotrasdeterminéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdeterminen

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 determine

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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