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Detonar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to detonate, explode”.
Below are all of the conjugations for detonar 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 detonate, explode |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | detonar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está detonando) and past continuous (estaba detonando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. detonating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he detonado and hubiera detonado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have detonated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | detonando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | detonado |
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 detonate” or “they detonate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | detono |
| Tú | detonas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detona |
| Nosotros / as | detonamos |
| Vosotros / as | detonáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonan |
| Vos | detonás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I detonated” or “she detonated” 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 | detoné | I detonated |
| Tú | detonaste | You detonated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detonó | He / she / you detonated |
| Nosotros / as | detonamos | We detonated |
| Vosotros / as | detonasteis | You detonated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonaron | They / you detonated |
| Vos | detonaste | You detonated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was detonating” or “she was detonating” 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 | detonaba | I was detonating |
| Tú | detonabas | You were detonating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detonaba | He was / she was / you were detonating |
| Nosotros / as | detonábamos | We were detonating |
| Vosotros / as | detonabais | You were detonating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonaban | They / you were detonating |
| Vos | detonabas | You were detonating |
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 detonated” and “she has detonated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he detonado | I have detonated |
| Tú | has detonado | You have detonated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha detonado | He has / she has / you have detonated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos detonado | We have detonated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis detonado | You have detonated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han detonado | They / you have detonated |
| Vos | has detonado | You have detonated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would detonate” or “she would detonate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | detonaría | I would detonate |
| Tú | detonarías | You would detonate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detonaría | He / she / you would detonate |
| Nosotros / as | detonaríamos | We would detonate |
| Vosotros / as | detonaríais | You would detonate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonarían | They / you would detonate |
| Vos | detonarías | You would detonate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will detonate” or “they will detonate”.
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 detonar” means “They are going to detonate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | detonaré | I will detonate |
| Tú | detonarás | You will detonate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detonará | He / she / you will detonate |
| Nosotros / as | detonaremos | We will detonate |
| Vosotros / as | detonaréis | You will detonate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonarán | They / you will detonate |
| Vos | detonarás | You will detonate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | detone |
| Tú | detones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detone |
| Nosotros / as | detonemos |
| Vosotros / as | detonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonen |
| Vos | detones |
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 | detonara | detonase |
| Tú | detonaras | detonase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detonara | detonase |
| Nosotros / as | detonáramos | detonásemos |
| Vosotros / as | detonarais | detonaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonaran | detonasen |
| Vos | detonaras | detonase |
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 | detonare |
| Tú | detonares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detonare |
| Nosotros / as | detonáremos |
| Vosotros / as | detonareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonaren |
| Vos | detonares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “detonate!” and “don’t detonate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | detona | no detones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detone | no detone |
| Nosotros / as | detonemos | no detonemos |
| Vosotros / as | detonad | no detonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detonen | no detonen |
| Vos | detoná | no detones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya detonado |
| Tú | hayas detonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya detonado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos detonado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis detonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan detonado |
| Vos | hayas detonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera detonado / hubiese detonado |
| Tú | hubieras detonado / hubieses detonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera detonado / hubiese detonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos detonado / hubiésemos detonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais detonado / hubieseis detonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran detonado / hubiesen detonado |
| Vos | hubieras detonado / hubieses detonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere detonado |
| Tú | hubieres detonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere detonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos detonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis detonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren detonado |
| Vos | hubieres detonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté detonando |
| Tú | estés detonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté detonando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos detonando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis detonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén detonando |
| Vos | estés detonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera detonando / estuviese detonando |
| Tú | estuvieras detonando / estuvieses detonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera detonando / estuviese detonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos detonando / estuviésamos detonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais detonando / estuvieseis detonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera detonando / estuviese detonando |
| Vos | estuvieras detonando / estuvieses detonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere detonando |
| Tú | estuvieres detonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere detonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos detonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis detonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere detonando |
| Vos | estuvieres detonando |
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 detonás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos detonaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos detonabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos detonarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos detonarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos detones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos detonaras / Vos detonase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos detoná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no detones |