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Denominar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to denominate, name”.
Below are all of the conjugations for denominar 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 denominate, name |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | denominar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está denominando) and past continuous (estaba denominando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. denominating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he denominado and hubiera denominado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have denominated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | denominando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | denominado |
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 denominate” or “they denominate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | denomino |
| Tú | denominas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denomina |
| Nosotros / as | denominamos |
| Vosotros / as | denomináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominan |
| Vos | denominás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I denominated” or “she denominated” 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 | denominé | I denominated |
| Tú | denominaste | You denominated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denominó | He / she / you denominated |
| Nosotros / as | denominamos | We denominated |
| Vosotros / as | denominasteis | You denominated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominaron | They / you denominated |
| Vos | denominaste | You denominated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was denominating” or “she was denominating” 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 | denominaba | I was denominating |
| Tú | denominabas | You were denominating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denominaba | He was / she was / you were denominating |
| Nosotros / as | denominábamos | We were denominating |
| Vosotros / as | denominabais | You were denominating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominaban | They / you were denominating |
| Vos | denominabas | You were denominating |
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 denominated” and “she has denominated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he denominado | I have denominated |
| Tú | has denominado | You have denominated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha denominado | He has / she has / you have denominated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos denominado | We have denominated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis denominado | You have denominated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han denominado | They / you have denominated |
| Vos | has denominado | You have denominated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would denominate” or “she would denominate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | denominaría | I would denominate |
| Tú | denominarías | You would denominate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denominaría | He / she / you would denominate |
| Nosotros / as | denominaríamos | We would denominate |
| Vosotros / as | denominaríais | You would denominate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominarían | They / you would denominate |
| Vos | denominarías | You would denominate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will denominate” or “they will denominate”.
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 denominar” means “They are going to denominate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | denominaré | I will denominate |
| Tú | denominarás | You will denominate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denominará | He / she / you will denominate |
| Nosotros / as | denominaremos | We will denominate |
| Vosotros / as | denominaréis | You will denominate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominarán | They / you will denominate |
| Vos | denominarás | You will denominate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | denomine |
| Tú | denomines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denomine |
| Nosotros / as | denominemos |
| Vosotros / as | denominéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominen |
| Vos | denomines |
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 | denominara | denominase |
| Tú | denominaras | denominase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denominara | denominase |
| Nosotros / as | denomináramos | denominásemos |
| Vosotros / as | denominarais | denominaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominaran | denominasen |
| Vos | denominaras | denominase |
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 | denominare |
| Tú | denominares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denominare |
| Nosotros / as | denomináremos |
| Vosotros / as | denominareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominaren |
| Vos | denominares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “denominate!” and “don’t denominate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | denomina | no denomines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | denomine | no denomine |
| Nosotros / as | denominemos | no denominemos |
| Vosotros / as | denominad | no denominéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | denominen | no denominen |
| Vos | denominá | no denomines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya denominado |
| Tú | hayas denominado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya denominado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos denominado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis denominado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan denominado |
| Vos | hayas denominado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera denominado / hubiese denominado |
| Tú | hubieras denominado / hubieses denominado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera denominado / hubiese denominado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos denominado / hubiésemos denominado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais denominado / hubieseis denominado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran denominado / hubiesen denominado |
| Vos | hubieras denominado / hubieses denominado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere denominado |
| Tú | hubieres denominado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere denominado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos denominado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis denominado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren denominado |
| Vos | hubieres denominado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté denominando |
| Tú | estés denominando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté denominando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos denominando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis denominando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén denominando |
| Vos | estés denominando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera denominando / estuviese denominando |
| Tú | estuvieras denominando / estuvieses denominando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera denominando / estuviese denominando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos denominando / estuviésamos denominando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais denominando / estuvieseis denominando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera denominando / estuviese denominando |
| Vos | estuvieras denominando / estuvieses denominando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere denominando |
| Tú | estuvieres denominando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere denominando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos denominando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis denominando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere denominando |
| Vos | estuvieres denominando |
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 denominás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos denominaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos denominabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos denominarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos denominarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos denomines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos denominaras / Vos denominase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos denominá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no denomines |