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Declarar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to declare, make known”.
Below are all of the conjugations for declarar 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 declare, make known |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | declarar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está declarando) and past continuous (estaba declarando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. declaring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he declarado and hubiera declarado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have declared).
| Gerundio / Gerund | declarando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | declarado |
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 declare” or “they declare”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | declaro |
| Tú | declaras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declara |
| Nosotros / as | declaramos |
| Vosotros / as | declaráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declaran |
| Vos | declarás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I declared” or “she declared” 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 | declaré | I declared |
| Tú | declaraste | You declared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declaró | He / she / you declared |
| Nosotros / as | declaramos | We declared |
| Vosotros / as | declarasteis | You declared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declararon | They / you declared |
| Vos | declaraste | You declared |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was declaring” or “she was declaring” 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 | declaraba | I was declaring |
| Tú | declarabas | You were declaring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declaraba | He was / she was / you were declaring |
| Nosotros / as | declarábamos | We were declaring |
| Vosotros / as | declarabais | You were declaring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declaraban | They / you were declaring |
| Vos | declarabas | You were declaring |
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 declared” and “she has declared”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he declarado | I have declared |
| Tú | has declarado | You have declared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha declarado | He has / she has / you have declared |
| Nosotros / as | hemos declarado | We have declared |
| Vosotros / as | habéis declarado | You have declared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han declarado | They / you have declared |
| Vos | has declarado | You have declared |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would declare” or “she would declare”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | declararía | I would declare |
| Tú | declararías | You would declare |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declararía | He / she / you would declare |
| Nosotros / as | declararíamos | We would declare |
| Vosotros / as | declararíais | You would declare |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declararían | They / you would declare |
| Vos | declararías | You would declare |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will declare” or “they will declare”.
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 declarar” means “They are going to declare”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | declararé | I will declare |
| Tú | declararás | You will declare |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declarará | He / she / you will declare |
| Nosotros / as | declararemos | We will declare |
| Vosotros / as | declararéis | You will declare |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declararán | They / you will declare |
| Vos | declararás | You will declare |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | declare |
| Tú | declares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declare |
| Nosotros / as | declaremos |
| Vosotros / as | declaréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declaren |
| Vos | declares |
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 | declarara | declarase |
| Tú | declararas | declarase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declarara | declarase |
| Nosotros / as | declaráramos | declarásemos |
| Vosotros / as | declararais | declaraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declararan | declarasen |
| Vos | declararas | declarase |
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 | declarare |
| Tú | declarares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declarare |
| Nosotros / as | declaráremos |
| Vosotros / as | declarareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declararen |
| Vos | declarares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “declare!” and “don’t declare!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | declara | no declares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | declare | no declare |
| Nosotros / as | declaremos | no declaremos |
| Vosotros / as | declarad | no declaréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | declaren | no declaren |
| Vos | declará | no declares |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya declarado |
| Tú | hayas declarado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya declarado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos declarado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis declarado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan declarado |
| Vos | hayas declarado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera declarado / hubiese declarado |
| Tú | hubieras declarado / hubieses declarado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera declarado / hubiese declarado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos declarado / hubiésemos declarado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais declarado / hubieseis declarado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran declarado / hubiesen declarado |
| Vos | hubieras declarado / hubieses declarado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere declarado |
| Tú | hubieres declarado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere declarado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos declarado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis declarado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren declarado |
| Vos | hubieres declarado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté declarando |
| Tú | estés declarando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté declarando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos declarando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis declarando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén declarando |
| Vos | estés declarando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera declarando / estuviese declarando |
| Tú | estuvieras declarando / estuvieses declarando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera declarando / estuviese declarando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos declarando / estuviésamos declarando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais declarando / estuvieseis declarando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera declarando / estuviese declarando |
| Vos | estuvieras declarando / estuvieses declarando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere declarando |
| Tú | estuvieres declarando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere declarando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos declarando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis declarando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere declarando |
| Vos | estuvieres declarando |
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 declarás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos declaraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos declarabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos declararías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos declararás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos declares |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos declararas / Vos declarase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos declará |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no declares |