Distinguir conjugation chart
Distinguir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I distinguish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you distinguish | |
| vos | you distinguish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she distinguishes | |
| nosotros | we distinguish | |
| vosotros | you all distinguish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they distinguish |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Distinguir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I distinguished | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you distinguished | |
| vos | you distinguished | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she distinguished | |
| nosotros | we distinguished | |
| vosotros | you all distinguished | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they distinguished |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Distinguir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to distinguish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to distinguish | |
| vos | you used to distinguish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to distinguish | |
| nosotros | we used to distinguish | |
| vosotros | you all used to distinguish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to distinguish |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Distinguir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will distinguish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will distinguish | |
| vos | you will distinguish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will distinguish | |
| nosotros | we will distinguish | |
| vosotros | you all will distinguish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will distinguish |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Distinguir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would distinguish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would distinguish | |
| vos | you would distinguish | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would distinguish | |
| nosotros | we would distinguish | |
| vosotros | you all would distinguish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would distinguish |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Distinguir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I distinguish | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you distinguish | |
| vos | that you distinguish | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she distinguish | |
| nosotros | that we distinguish | |
| vosotros | that you all distinguish | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they distinguish |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Distinguir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I distinguished | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you distinguished | |
| vos | if you distinguished | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she distinguished | |
| nosotros | if we distinguished | |
| vosotros | if you all distinguished | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they distinguished |
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 (distinguiese), more common in writing.
Distinguir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | distinguish! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | distinguish! | |
| usted | distinguish! | |
| nosotros | let's distinguish! | |
| vosotros | distinguish! | |
| ustedes | distinguish! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: distingue. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (distinga, distingamos, distingan).
Distinguir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't distinguish! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't distinguish! | |
| usted | don't distinguish! | |
| nosotros | let's not distinguish! | |
| vosotros | don't distinguish! | |
| ustedes | don't distinguish! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + distingas, distinga…
Always the verb haber + the past participle distinguido, which never changes.
Distinguir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he distinguido |
|---|---|
| tú | has distinguido |
| vos | has distinguido |
| él, ella, usted | ha distinguido |
| nosotros | hemos distinguido |
| vosotros | habéis distinguido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han distinguido |
Distinguir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había distinguido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías distinguido |
| vos | habías distinguido |
| él, ella, usted | había distinguido |
| nosotros | habíamos distinguido |
| vosotros | habíais distinguido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían distinguido |
Distinguir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré distinguido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás distinguido |
| vos | habrás distinguido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá distinguido |
| nosotros | habremos distinguido |
| vosotros | habréis distinguido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán distinguido |
Distinguir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría distinguido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías distinguido |
| vos | habrías distinguido |
| él, ella, usted | habría distinguido |
| nosotros | habríamos distinguido |
| vosotros | habríais distinguido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían distinguido |
Distinguir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya distinguido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas distinguido |
| vos | hayas distinguido |
| él, ella, usted | haya distinguido |
| nosotros | hayamos distinguido |
| vosotros | hayáis distinguido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan distinguido |
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.
Practice distinguir
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