Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | diferencio | |
| tú | diferencias | |
| él / ella / usted | diferencia | |
| nosotros / nosotras | diferenciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | diferenciáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | diferencian |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | diferencié | |
| tú | diferenciaste | |
| él / ella / usted | diferenció | |
| nosotros / nosotras | diferenciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | diferenciasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | diferenciaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | diferenciaba | |
| tú | diferenciabas | |
| él / ella / usted | diferenciaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | diferenciábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | diferenciabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | diferenciaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | diferenciaré | |
| tú | diferenciarás | |
| él / ella / usted | diferenciará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | diferenciaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | diferenciaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | diferenciarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | diferenciaría | |
| tú | diferenciarías | |
| él / ella / usted | diferenciaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | diferenciaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | diferenciaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | diferenciarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | diferencie | |
| tú | diferencies | |
| él / ella / usted | diferencie | |
| nosotros / nosotras | diferenciemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | diferenciéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | diferencien |
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 differentiate (to show the difference between two things)
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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