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Delatar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to denounce, inform”.
Below are all of the conjugations for delatar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to denounce, inform |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | delatar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está delatando) and past continuous (estaba delatando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. denouncing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he delatado and hubiera delatado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have denounced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | delatando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | delatado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I denounce” or “they denounce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delato |
| Tú | delatas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delata |
| Nosotros / as | delatamos |
| Vosotros / as | delatáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delatan |
| Vos | delatás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I denounced” or “she denounced” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delaté | I denounced |
| Tú | delataste | You denounced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delató | He / she / you denounced |
| Nosotros / as | delatamos | We denounced |
| Vosotros / as | delatasteis | You denounced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delataron | They / you denounced |
| Vos | delataste | You denounced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was denouncing” or “she was denouncing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delataba | I was denouncing |
| Tú | delatabas | You were denouncing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delataba | He was / she was / you were denouncing |
| Nosotros / as | delatábamos | We were denouncing |
| Vosotros / as | delatabais | You were denouncing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delataban | They / you were denouncing |
| Vos | delatabas | You were denouncing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have denounced” and “she has denounced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he delatado | I have denounced |
| Tú | has delatado | You have denounced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha delatado | He has / she has / you have denounced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos delatado | We have denounced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis delatado | You have denounced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han delatado | They / you have denounced |
| Vos | has delatado | You have denounced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would denounce” or “she would denounce”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delataría | I would denounce |
| Tú | delatarías | You would denounce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delataría | He / she / you would denounce |
| Nosotros / as | delataríamos | We would denounce |
| Vosotros / as | delataríais | You would denounce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delatarían | They / you would denounce |
| Vos | delatarías | You would denounce |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will denounce” or “they will denounce”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a delatar” means “They are going to denounce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delataré | I will denounce |
| Tú | delatarás | You will denounce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delatará | He / she / you will denounce |
| Nosotros / as | delataremos | We will denounce |
| Vosotros / as | delataréis | You will denounce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delatarán | They / you will denounce |
| Vos | delatarás | You will denounce |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delate |
| Tú | delates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delate |
| Nosotros / as | delatemos |
| Vosotros / as | delatéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delaten |
| Vos | delates |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delatara | delatase |
| Tú | delataras | delatase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delatara | delatase |
| Nosotros / as | delatáramos | delatásemos |
| Vosotros / as | delatarais | delataseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delataran | delatasen |
| Vos | delataras | delatase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delatare |
| Tú | delatares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delatare |
| Nosotros / as | delatáremos |
| Vosotros / as | delatareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delataren |
| Vos | delatares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “denounce!” and “don’t denounce!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | delata | no delates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delate | no delate |
| Nosotros / as | delatemos | no delatemos |
| Vosotros / as | delatad | no delatéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delaten | no delaten |
| Vos | delatá | no delates |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya delatado |
| Tú | hayas delatado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya delatado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos delatado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis delatado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan delatado |
| Vos | hayas delatado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera delatado / hubiese delatado |
| Tú | hubieras delatado / hubieses delatado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera delatado / hubiese delatado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos delatado / hubiésemos delatado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais delatado / hubieseis delatado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran delatado / hubiesen delatado |
| Vos | hubieras delatado / hubieses delatado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere delatado |
| Tú | hubieres delatado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere delatado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos delatado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis delatado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren delatado |
| Vos | hubieres delatado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté delatando |
| Tú | estés delatando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté delatando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos delatando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis delatando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén delatando |
| Vos | estés delatando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera delatando / estuviese delatando |
| Tú | estuvieras delatando / estuvieses delatando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera delatando / estuviese delatando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos delatando / estuviésamos delatando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais delatando / estuvieseis delatando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera delatando / estuviese delatando |
| Vos | estuvieras delatando / estuvieses delatando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere delatando |
| Tú | estuvieres delatando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere delatando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos delatando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis delatando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere delatando |
| Vos | estuvieres delatando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos delatás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos delataste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos delatabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos delatarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos delatarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos delates |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos delataras / Vos delatase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos delatá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no delates |