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Depilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to depilate, remove hair”.
Below are all of the conjugations for depilar 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 depilate, remove hair |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | depilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está depilando) and past continuous (estaba depilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. depilating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he depilado and hubiera depilado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have depilated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | depilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | depilado |
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 depilate” or “they depilate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | depilo |
| Tú | depilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depila |
| Nosotros / as | depilamos |
| Vosotros / as | depiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilan |
| Vos | depilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I depilated” or “she depilated” 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 | depilé | I depilated |
| Tú | depilaste | You depilated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depiló | He / she / you depilated |
| Nosotros / as | depilamos | We depilated |
| Vosotros / as | depilasteis | You depilated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilaron | They / you depilated |
| Vos | depilaste | You depilated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was depilating” or “she was depilating” 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 | depilaba | I was depilating |
| Tú | depilabas | You were depilating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depilaba | He was / she was / you were depilating |
| Nosotros / as | depilábamos | We were depilating |
| Vosotros / as | depilabais | You were depilating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilaban | They / you were depilating |
| Vos | depilabas | You were depilating |
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 depilated” and “she has depilated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he depilado | I have depilated |
| Tú | has depilado | You have depilated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha depilado | He has / she has / you have depilated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos depilado | We have depilated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis depilado | You have depilated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han depilado | They / you have depilated |
| Vos | has depilado | You have depilated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would depilate” or “she would depilate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | depilaría | I would depilate |
| Tú | depilarías | You would depilate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depilaría | He / she / you would depilate |
| Nosotros / as | depilaríamos | We would depilate |
| Vosotros / as | depilaríais | You would depilate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilarían | They / you would depilate |
| Vos | depilarías | You would depilate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will depilate” or “they will depilate”.
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 depilar” means “They are going to depilate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | depilaré | I will depilate |
| Tú | depilarás | You will depilate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depilará | He / she / you will depilate |
| Nosotros / as | depilaremos | We will depilate |
| Vosotros / as | depilaréis | You will depilate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilarán | They / you will depilate |
| Vos | depilarás | You will depilate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | depile |
| Tú | depiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depile |
| Nosotros / as | depilemos |
| Vosotros / as | depiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilen |
| Vos | depiles |
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 | depilara | depilase |
| Tú | depilaras | depilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depilara | depilase |
| Nosotros / as | depiláramos | depilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | depilarais | depilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilaran | depilasen |
| Vos | depilaras | depilase |
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 | depilare |
| Tú | depilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depilare |
| Nosotros / as | depiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | depilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilaren |
| Vos | depilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “depilate!” and “don’t depilate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | depila | no depiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depile | no depile |
| Nosotros / as | depilemos | no depilemos |
| Vosotros / as | depilad | no depiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depilen | no depilen |
| Vos | depilá | no depiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya depilado |
| Tú | hayas depilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya depilado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos depilado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis depilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan depilado |
| Vos | hayas depilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera depilado / hubiese depilado |
| Tú | hubieras depilado / hubieses depilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera depilado / hubiese depilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos depilado / hubiésemos depilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais depilado / hubieseis depilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran depilado / hubiesen depilado |
| Vos | hubieras depilado / hubieses depilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere depilado |
| Tú | hubieres depilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere depilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos depilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis depilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren depilado |
| Vos | hubieres depilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté depilando |
| Tú | estés depilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté depilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos depilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis depilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén depilando |
| Vos | estés depilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera depilando / estuviese depilando |
| Tú | estuvieras depilando / estuvieses depilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera depilando / estuviese depilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos depilando / estuviésamos depilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais depilando / estuvieseis depilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera depilando / estuviese depilando |
| Vos | estuvieras depilando / estuvieses depilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere depilando |
| Tú | estuvieres depilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere depilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos depilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis depilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere depilando |
| Vos | estuvieres depilando |
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 depilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos depilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos depilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos depilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos depilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos depiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos depilaras / Vos depilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos depilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no depiles |