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Deliberar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to deliberate, ponder’ confer”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deliberar 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 deliberate, ponder’ confer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deliberar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deliberando) and past continuous (estaba deliberando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. deliberating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deliberado and hubiera deliberado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have deliberated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deliberando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deliberado |
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 deliberate” or “they deliberate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delibero |
| Tú | deliberas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delibera |
| Nosotros / as | deliberamos |
| Vosotros / as | deliberáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberan |
| Vos | deliberás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I deliberated” or “she deliberated” 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 | deliberé | I deliberated |
| Tú | deliberaste | You deliberated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliberó | He / she / you deliberated |
| Nosotros / as | deliberamos | We deliberated |
| Vosotros / as | deliberasteis | You deliberated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberaron | They / you deliberated |
| Vos | deliberaste | You deliberated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was deliberating” or “she was deliberating” 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 | deliberaba | I was deliberating |
| Tú | deliberabas | You were deliberating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliberaba | He was / she was / you were deliberating |
| Nosotros / as | deliberábamos | We were deliberating |
| Vosotros / as | deliberabais | You were deliberating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberaban | They / you were deliberating |
| Vos | deliberabas | You were deliberating |
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 deliberated” and “she has deliberated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he deliberado | I have deliberated |
| Tú | has deliberado | You have deliberated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha deliberado | He has / she has / you have deliberated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos deliberado | We have deliberated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis deliberado | You have deliberated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han deliberado | They / you have deliberated |
| Vos | has deliberado | You have deliberated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would deliberate” or “she would deliberate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deliberaría | I would deliberate |
| Tú | deliberarías | You would deliberate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliberaría | He / she / you would deliberate |
| Nosotros / as | deliberaríamos | We would deliberate |
| Vosotros / as | deliberaríais | You would deliberate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberarían | They / you would deliberate |
| Vos | deliberarías | You would deliberate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will deliberate” or “they will deliberate”.
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 deliberar” means “They are going to deliberate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deliberaré | I will deliberate |
| Tú | deliberarás | You will deliberate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliberará | He / she / you will deliberate |
| Nosotros / as | deliberaremos | We will deliberate |
| Vosotros / as | deliberaréis | You will deliberate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberarán | They / you will deliberate |
| Vos | deliberarás | You will deliberate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delibere |
| Tú | deliberes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delibere |
| Nosotros / as | deliberemos |
| Vosotros / as | deliberéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberen |
| Vos | deliberes |
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 | deliberara | deliberase |
| Tú | deliberaras | deliberase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliberara | deliberase |
| Nosotros / as | deliberáramos | deliberásemos |
| Vosotros / as | deliberarais | deliberaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberaran | deliberasen |
| Vos | deliberaras | deliberase |
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 | deliberare |
| Tú | deliberares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliberare |
| Nosotros / as | deliberáremos |
| Vosotros / as | deliberareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberaren |
| Vos | deliberares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “deliberate!” and “don’t deliberate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | delibera | no deliberes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delibere | no delibere |
| Nosotros / as | deliberemos | no deliberemos |
| Vosotros / as | deliberad | no deliberéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliberen | no deliberen |
| Vos | deliberá | no deliberes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deliberado |
| Tú | hayas deliberado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deliberado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deliberado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deliberado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deliberado |
| Vos | hayas deliberado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deliberado / hubiese deliberado |
| Tú | hubieras deliberado / hubieses deliberado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deliberado / hubiese deliberado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deliberado / hubiésemos deliberado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deliberado / hubieseis deliberado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deliberado / hubiesen deliberado |
| Vos | hubieras deliberado / hubieses deliberado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deliberado |
| Tú | hubieres deliberado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deliberado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deliberado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deliberado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deliberado |
| Vos | hubieres deliberado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deliberando |
| Tú | estés deliberando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deliberando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deliberando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deliberando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deliberando |
| Vos | estés deliberando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deliberando / estuviese deliberando |
| Tú | estuvieras deliberando / estuvieses deliberando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deliberando / estuviese deliberando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deliberando / estuviésamos deliberando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deliberando / estuvieseis deliberando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deliberando / estuviese deliberando |
| Vos | estuvieras deliberando / estuvieses deliberando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deliberando |
| Tú | estuvieres deliberando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deliberando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deliberando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deliberando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deliberando |
| Vos | estuvieres deliberando |
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 deliberás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos deliberaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deliberabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos deliberarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos deliberarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deliberes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deliberaras / Vos deliberase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deliberá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deliberes |