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    Definir conjugation in Spanish

    to define

    regular gerund definiendopast participle definido

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

    Definir conjugation chart

    Definir present tense

    presente · I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Definir preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Definir imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Definir future

    futuro · I will speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Definir conditional

    condicional · I would speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Definir present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Definir imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

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

    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 (definiese), more common in writing.

    Definir affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túdefine!
    vosdefine!
    usteddefine!
    nosotroslet's define!
    vosotrosdefine!
    ustedesdefine!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: define. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (defina, definamos, definan).

    Definir negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

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

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + definas, defina…

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

    Definir present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

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

    Definir pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

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

    Definir future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

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

    Definir conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

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

    Definir present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

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

    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 definir

    Regular -ir verbs (same endings as vivir). Same pattern:

    vivirpartirrecibircumplircompartirconstruirsubir