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Destinar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to designate, assign to”.
Below are all of the conjugations for destinar 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 designate, assign to |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | destinar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está destinando) and past continuous (estaba destinando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. designating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he destinado and hubiera destinado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have designated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | destinando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | destinado |
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 designate” or “they designate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | destino |
| Tú | destinas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destina |
| Nosotros / as | destinamos |
| Vosotros / as | destináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinan |
| Vos | destinás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I designated” or “she designated” 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 | destiné | I designated |
| Tú | destinaste | You designated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destinó | He / she / you designated |
| Nosotros / as | destinamos | We designated |
| Vosotros / as | destinasteis | You designated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinaron | They / you designated |
| Vos | destinaste | You designated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was designating” or “she was designating” 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 | destinaba | I was designating |
| Tú | destinabas | You were designating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destinaba | He was / she was / you were designating |
| Nosotros / as | destinábamos | We were designating |
| Vosotros / as | destinabais | You were designating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinaban | They / you were designating |
| Vos | destinabas | You were designating |
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 designated” and “she has designated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he destinado | I have designated |
| Tú | has destinado | You have designated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha destinado | He has / she has / you have designated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos destinado | We have designated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis destinado | You have designated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han destinado | They / you have designated |
| Vos | has destinado | You have designated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would designate” or “she would designate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | destinaría | I would designate |
| Tú | destinarías | You would designate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destinaría | He / she / you would designate |
| Nosotros / as | destinaríamos | We would designate |
| Vosotros / as | destinaríais | You would designate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinarían | They / you would designate |
| Vos | destinarías | You would designate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will designate” or “they will designate”.
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 destinar” means “They are going to designate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | destinaré | I will designate |
| Tú | destinarás | You will designate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destinará | He / she / you will designate |
| Nosotros / as | destinaremos | We will designate |
| Vosotros / as | destinaréis | You will designate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinarán | They / you will designate |
| Vos | destinarás | You will designate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | destine |
| Tú | destines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destine |
| Nosotros / as | destinemos |
| Vosotros / as | destinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinen |
| Vos | destines |
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 | destinara | destinase |
| Tú | destinaras | destinase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destinara | destinase |
| Nosotros / as | destináramos | destinásemos |
| Vosotros / as | destinarais | destinaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinaran | destinasen |
| Vos | destinaras | destinase |
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 | destinare |
| Tú | destinares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destinare |
| Nosotros / as | destináremos |
| Vosotros / as | destinareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinaren |
| Vos | destinares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “designate!” and “don’t designate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | destina | no destines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | destine | no destine |
| Nosotros / as | destinemos | no destinemos |
| Vosotros / as | destinad | no destinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | destinen | no destinen |
| Vos | destiná | no destines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya destinado |
| Tú | hayas destinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya destinado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos destinado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis destinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan destinado |
| Vos | hayas destinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera destinado / hubiese destinado |
| Tú | hubieras destinado / hubieses destinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera destinado / hubiese destinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos destinado / hubiésemos destinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais destinado / hubieseis destinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran destinado / hubiesen destinado |
| Vos | hubieras destinado / hubieses destinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere destinado |
| Tú | hubieres destinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere destinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos destinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis destinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren destinado |
| Vos | hubieres destinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté destinando |
| Tú | estés destinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté destinando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos destinando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis destinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén destinando |
| Vos | estés destinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera destinando / estuviese destinando |
| Tú | estuvieras destinando / estuvieses destinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera destinando / estuviese destinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos destinando / estuviésamos destinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais destinando / estuvieseis destinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera destinando / estuviese destinando |
| Vos | estuvieras destinando / estuvieses destinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere destinando |
| Tú | estuvieres destinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere destinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos destinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis destinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere destinando |
| Vos | estuvieres destinando |
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 destinás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos destinaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos destinabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos destinarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos destinarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos destines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos destinaras / Vos destinase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos destiná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no destines |