SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

revelar

to reveal

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

revelar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yorevelo
túrevelas
él / ella / ustedrevela
nosotros / nosotrasrevelamos
vosotros / vosotrasreveláis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrevelan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

revelar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yorevelé
túrevelaste
él / ella / ustedreveló
nosotros / nosotrasrevelamos
vosotros / vosotrasrevelasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrevelaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

revelar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yorevelaba
túrevelabas
él / ella / ustedrevelaba
nosotros / nosotrasrevelábamos
vosotros / vosotrasrevelabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesrevelaban

Future Futuro simple

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

revelar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yorevelaré
túrevelarás
él / ella / ustedrevelará
nosotros / nosotrasrevelaremos
vosotros / vosotrasrevelaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrevelarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

revelar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yorevelaría
túrevelarías
él / ella / ustedrevelaría
nosotros / nosotrasrevelaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasrevelaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesrevelarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

revelar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yorevele
túreveles
él / ella / ustedrevele
nosotros / nosotrasrevelemos
vosotros / vosotrasreveléis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrevelen

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 reveal
  • to develop (to bring out images latent in photographic film)

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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