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Delinear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to draw, delineate, design”.
Below are all of the conjugations for delinear 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 draw, delineate, design |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | delinear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está delineando) and past continuous (estaba delineando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. drawing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he delineado and hubiera delineado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have drawn).
| Gerundio / Gerund | delineando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | delineado |
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 draw” or “they draw”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delineo |
| Tú | delineas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delinea |
| Nosotros / as | delineamos |
| Vosotros / as | delineáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delinean |
| Vos | delineás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I drew” or “she drew” 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 | delineé | I drew |
| Tú | delineaste | You drew |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delineó | He / she / you drew |
| Nosotros / as | delineamos | We drew |
| Vosotros / as | delineasteis | You drew |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delinearon | They / you drew |
| Vos | delineaste | You drew |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was drawing” or “she was drawing” 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 | delineaba | I was drawing |
| Tú | delineabas | You were drawing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delineaba | He was / she was / you were drawing |
| Nosotros / as | delineábamos | We were drawing |
| Vosotros / as | delineabais | You were drawing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delineaban | They / you were drawing |
| Vos | delineabas | You were drawing |
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 drawn” and “she has drawn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he delineado | I have drawn |
| Tú | has delineado | You have drawn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha delineado | He has / she has / you have drawn |
| Nosotros / as | hemos delineado | We have drawn |
| Vosotros / as | habéis delineado | You have drawn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han delineado | They / you have drawn |
| Vos | has delineado | You have drawn |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would draw” or “she would draw”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delinearía | I would draw |
| Tú | delinearías | You would draw |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delinearía | He / she / you would draw |
| Nosotros / as | delinearíamos | We would draw |
| Vosotros / as | delinearíais | You would draw |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delinearían | They / you would draw |
| Vos | delinearías | You would draw |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will draw” or “they will draw”.
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 delinear” means “They are going to draw”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | delinearé | I will draw |
| Tú | delinearás | You will draw |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delineará | He / she / you will draw |
| Nosotros / as | delinearemos | We will draw |
| Vosotros / as | delinearéis | You will draw |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delinearán | They / you will draw |
| Vos | delinearás | You will draw |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delinee |
| Tú | delinees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delinee |
| Nosotros / as | delineemos |
| Vosotros / as | delineéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delineen |
| Vos | delinees |
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 | delineara | delinease |
| Tú | delinearas | delinease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delineara | delinease |
| Nosotros / as | delineáramos | delineásemos |
| Vosotros / as | delinearais | delineaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delinearan | delineasen |
| Vos | delinearas | delinease |
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 | delineare |
| Tú | delineares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delineare |
| Nosotros / as | delineáremos |
| Vosotros / as | delineareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delinearen |
| Vos | delineares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “draw!” and “don’t draw!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | delinea | no delinees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delinee | no delinee |
| Nosotros / as | delineemos | no delineemos |
| Vosotros / as | delinead | no delineéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delineen | no delineen |
| Vos | delineá | no delinees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya delineado |
| Tú | hayas delineado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya delineado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos delineado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis delineado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan delineado |
| Vos | hayas delineado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera delineado / hubiese delineado |
| Tú | hubieras delineado / hubieses delineado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera delineado / hubiese delineado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos delineado / hubiésemos delineado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais delineado / hubieseis delineado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran delineado / hubiesen delineado |
| Vos | hubieras delineado / hubieses delineado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere delineado |
| Tú | hubieres delineado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere delineado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos delineado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis delineado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren delineado |
| Vos | hubieres delineado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté delineando |
| Tú | estés delineando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté delineando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos delineando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis delineando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén delineando |
| Vos | estés delineando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera delineando / estuviese delineando |
| Tú | estuvieras delineando / estuvieses delineando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera delineando / estuviese delineando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos delineando / estuviésamos delineando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais delineando / estuvieseis delineando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera delineando / estuviese delineando |
| Vos | estuvieras delineando / estuvieses delineando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere delineando |
| Tú | estuvieres delineando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere delineando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos delineando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis delineando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere delineando |
| Vos | estuvieres delineando |
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 delineás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos delineaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos delineabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos delinearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos delinearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos delinees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos delinearas / Vos delinease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos delineá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no delinees |