Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | devengo | |
| tú | devienes | |
| él / ella / usted | deviene | |
| nosotros / nosotras | devenimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | devenís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | devienen |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | devine | |
| tú | deviniste | |
| él / ella / usted | devino | |
| nosotros / nosotras | devinimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | devinisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | devinieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | devenía | |
| tú | devenías | |
| él / ella / usted | devenía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | deveníamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | deveníais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | devenían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | devendré | |
| tú | devendrás | |
| él / ella / usted | devendrá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | devendremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | devendréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | devendrán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | devendría | |
| tú | devendrías | |
| él / ella / usted | devendría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | devendríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | devendríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | devendrían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | devenga | |
| tú | devengas | |
| él / ella / usted | devenga | |
| nosotros / nosotras | devengamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | devengáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | devengan |
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 become
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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