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Degradar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to demote, degrade, reduce in rank”.
Below are all of the conjugations for degradar 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 demote, degrade, reduce in rank |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | degradar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está degradando) and past continuous (estaba degradando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. demoting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he degradado and hubiera degradado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have demoted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | degradando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | degradado |
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 demote” or “they demote”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | degrado |
| Tú | degradas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degrada |
| Nosotros / as | degradamos |
| Vosotros / as | degradáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradan |
| Vos | degradás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I demoted” or “she demoted” 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 | degradé | I demoted |
| Tú | degradaste | You demoted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degradó | He / she / you demoted |
| Nosotros / as | degradamos | We demoted |
| Vosotros / as | degradasteis | You demoted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradaron | They / you demoted |
| Vos | degradaste | You demoted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was demoting” or “she was demoting” 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 | degradaba | I was demoting |
| Tú | degradabas | You were demoting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degradaba | He was / she was / you were demoting |
| Nosotros / as | degradábamos | We were demoting |
| Vosotros / as | degradabais | You were demoting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradaban | They / you were demoting |
| Vos | degradabas | You were demoting |
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 demoted” and “she has demoted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he degradado | I have demoted |
| Tú | has degradado | You have demoted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha degradado | He has / she has / you have demoted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos degradado | We have demoted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis degradado | You have demoted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han degradado | They / you have demoted |
| Vos | has degradado | You have demoted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would demote” or “she would demote”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | degradaría | I would demote |
| Tú | degradarías | You would demote |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degradaría | He / she / you would demote |
| Nosotros / as | degradaríamos | We would demote |
| Vosotros / as | degradaríais | You would demote |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradarían | They / you would demote |
| Vos | degradarías | You would demote |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will demote” or “they will demote”.
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 degradar” means “They are going to demote”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | degradaré | I will demote |
| Tú | degradarás | You will demote |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degradará | He / she / you will demote |
| Nosotros / as | degradaremos | We will demote |
| Vosotros / as | degradaréis | You will demote |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradarán | They / you will demote |
| Vos | degradarás | You will demote |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | degrade |
| Tú | degrades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degrade |
| Nosotros / as | degrademos |
| Vosotros / as | degradéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degraden |
| Vos | degrades |
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 | degradara | degradase |
| Tú | degradaras | degradase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degradara | degradase |
| Nosotros / as | degradáramos | degradásemos |
| Vosotros / as | degradarais | degradaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradaran | degradasen |
| Vos | degradaras | degradase |
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 | degradare |
| Tú | degradares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degradare |
| Nosotros / as | degradáremos |
| Vosotros / as | degradareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degradaren |
| Vos | degradares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “demote!” and “don’t demote!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | degrada | no degrades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | degrade | no degrade |
| Nosotros / as | degrademos | no degrademos |
| Vosotros / as | degradad | no degradéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | degraden | no degraden |
| Vos | degradá | no degrades |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya degradado |
| Tú | hayas degradado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya degradado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos degradado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis degradado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan degradado |
| Vos | hayas degradado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera degradado / hubiese degradado |
| Tú | hubieras degradado / hubieses degradado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera degradado / hubiese degradado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos degradado / hubiésemos degradado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais degradado / hubieseis degradado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran degradado / hubiesen degradado |
| Vos | hubieras degradado / hubieses degradado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere degradado |
| Tú | hubieres degradado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere degradado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos degradado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis degradado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren degradado |
| Vos | hubieres degradado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté degradando |
| Tú | estés degradando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté degradando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos degradando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis degradando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén degradando |
| Vos | estés degradando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera degradando / estuviese degradando |
| Tú | estuvieras degradando / estuvieses degradando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera degradando / estuviese degradando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos degradando / estuviésamos degradando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais degradando / estuvieseis degradando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera degradando / estuviese degradando |
| Vos | estuvieras degradando / estuvieses degradando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere degradando |
| Tú | estuvieres degradando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere degradando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos degradando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis degradando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere degradando |
| Vos | estuvieres degradando |
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 degradás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos degradaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos degradabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos degradarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos degradarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos degrades |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos degradaras / Vos degradase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos degradá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no degrades |