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    Debatir conjugation in Spanish

    to debate, to discuss

    regular gerund debatiendopast participle debatido

    Here is the full debatir conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -ir verb, with the same endings as vivir in every tense.

    Debatir conjugation chart

    Debatir present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI debate
    túyou debate
    vosyou debate
    él, ella, ustedhe/she debates
    nosotroswe debate
    vosotrosyou all debate
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey debate

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Debatir preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI debated
    túyou debated
    vosyou debated
    él, ella, ustedhe/she debated
    nosotroswe debated
    vosotrosyou all debated
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey debated

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Debatir imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to debate
    túyou used to debate
    vosyou used to debate
    él, ella, ustedhe/she used to debate
    nosotroswe used to debate
    vosotrosyou all used to debate
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to debate

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Debatir future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will debate
    túyou will debate
    vosyou will debate
    él, ella, ustedhe/she will debate
    nosotroswe will debate
    vosotrosyou all will debate
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will debate

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Debatir conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would debate
    túyou would debate
    vosyou would debate
    él, ella, ustedhe/she would debate
    nosotroswe would debate
    vosotrosyou all would debate
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would debate

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Debatir present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I debate
    túthat you debate
    vosthat you debate
    él, ella, ustedthat he/she debate
    nosotrosthat we debate
    vosotrosthat you all debate
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they debate

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Debatir imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I debated
    túif you debated
    vosif you debated
    él, ella, ustedif he/she debated
    nosotrosif we debated
    vosotrosif you all debated
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they debated

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (debatiese), more common in writing.

    Debatir affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túdebate!
    vosdebate!
    usteddebate!
    nosotroslet's debate!
    vosotrosdebate!
    ustedesdebate!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: debate. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (debata, debatamos, debatan).

    Debatir negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't debate!
    vosdon't debate!
    usteddon't debate!
    nosotroslet's not debate!
    vosotrosdon't debate!
    ustedesdon't debate!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + debatas, debata…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle debatido, which never changes.

    Debatir present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe debatido
    túhas debatido
    voshas debatido
    él, ella, ustedha debatido
    nosotroshemos debatido
    vosotroshabéis debatido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan debatido

    Debatir pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía debatido
    túhabías debatido
    voshabías debatido
    él, ella, ustedhabía debatido
    nosotroshabíamos debatido
    vosotroshabíais debatido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían debatido

    Debatir future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré debatido
    túhabrás debatido
    voshabrás debatido
    él, ella, ustedhabrá debatido
    nosotroshabremos debatido
    vosotroshabréis debatido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán debatido

    Debatir conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría debatido
    túhabrías debatido
    voshabrías debatido
    él, ella, ustedhabría debatido
    nosotroshabríamos debatido
    vosotroshabríais debatido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían debatido

    Debatir present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya debatido
    túhayas debatido
    voshayas debatido
    él, ella, ustedhaya debatido
    nosotroshayamos debatido
    vosotroshayáis debatido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan debatido

    In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.

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    Verbs like debatir

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