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    Descubrir conjugation in Spanish

    to discover, to find out

    irregular gerund descubriendopast participle descubierto

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

    Descubrir conjugation chart

    Descubrir present tense

    presente · I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Descubrir preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Descubrir imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Descubrir future

    futuro · I will speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Descubrir conditional

    condicional · I would speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Descubrir present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Descubrir imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

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

    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 (descubriese), more common in writing.

    Descubrir affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túdiscover!
    vosdiscover!
    usteddiscover!
    nosotroslet's discover!
    vosotrosdiscover!
    ustedesdiscover!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: descubre. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (descubra, descubramos, descubran).

    Descubrir negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

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

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + descubras, descubra…

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

    Descubrir present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

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

    Descubrir pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

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

    Descubrir future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

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

    Descubrir conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

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

    Descubrir present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

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

    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 descubrir

    Other irregular verbs. Also irregular in the preterite:

    escribirabrir