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Demarcar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to mark, delimit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for demarcar 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 mark, delimit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | demarcar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está demarcando) and past continuous (estaba demarcando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. marking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he demarcado and hubiera demarcado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have marked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | demarcando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | demarcado |
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 mark” or “they mark”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | demarco |
| Tú | demarcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarca |
| Nosotros / as | demarcamos |
| Vosotros / as | demarcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcan |
| Vos | demarcás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I marked” or “she marked” 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 | demarqué | I marked |
| Tú | demarcaste | You marked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarcó | He / she / you marked |
| Nosotros / as | demarcamos | We marked |
| Vosotros / as | demarcasteis | You marked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcaron | They / you marked |
| Vos | demarcaste | You marked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was marking” or “she was marking” 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 | demarcaba | I was marking |
| Tú | demarcabas | You were marking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarcaba | He was / she was / you were marking |
| Nosotros / as | demarcábamos | We were marking |
| Vosotros / as | demarcabais | You were marking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcaban | They / you were marking |
| Vos | demarcabas | You were marking |
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 marked” and “she has marked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he demarcado | I have marked |
| Tú | has demarcado | You have marked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha demarcado | He has / she has / you have marked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos demarcado | We have marked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis demarcado | You have marked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han demarcado | They / you have marked |
| Vos | has demarcado | You have marked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would mark” or “she would mark”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | demarcaría | I would mark |
| Tú | demarcarías | You would mark |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarcaría | He / she / you would mark |
| Nosotros / as | demarcaríamos | We would mark |
| Vosotros / as | demarcaríais | You would mark |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcarían | They / you would mark |
| Vos | demarcarías | You would mark |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will mark” or “they will mark”.
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 demarcar” means “They are going to mark”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | demarcaré | I will mark |
| Tú | demarcarás | You will mark |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarcará | He / she / you will mark |
| Nosotros / as | demarcaremos | We will mark |
| Vosotros / as | demarcaréis | You will mark |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcarán | They / you will mark |
| Vos | demarcarás | You will mark |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | demarque |
| Tú | demarques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarque |
| Nosotros / as | demarquemos |
| Vosotros / as | demarquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarquen |
| Vos | demarques |
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 | demarcara | demarcase |
| Tú | demarcaras | demarcase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarcara | demarcase |
| Nosotros / as | demarcáramos | demarcásemos |
| Vosotros / as | demarcarais | demarcaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcaran | demarcasen |
| Vos | demarcaras | demarcase |
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 | demarcare |
| Tú | demarcares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarcare |
| Nosotros / as | demarcáremos |
| Vosotros / as | demarcareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarcaren |
| Vos | demarcares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “mark!” and “don’t mark!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | demarca | no demarques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demarque | no demarque |
| Nosotros / as | demarquemos | no demarquemos |
| Vosotros / as | demarcad | no demarquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demarquen | no demarquen |
| Vos | demarcá | no demarques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya demarcado |
| Tú | hayas demarcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya demarcado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos demarcado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis demarcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan demarcado |
| Vos | hayas demarcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera demarcado / hubiese demarcado |
| Tú | hubieras demarcado / hubieses demarcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera demarcado / hubiese demarcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos demarcado / hubiésemos demarcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais demarcado / hubieseis demarcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran demarcado / hubiesen demarcado |
| Vos | hubieras demarcado / hubieses demarcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere demarcado |
| Tú | hubieres demarcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere demarcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos demarcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis demarcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren demarcado |
| Vos | hubieres demarcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté demarcando |
| Tú | estés demarcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté demarcando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos demarcando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis demarcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén demarcando |
| Vos | estés demarcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera demarcando / estuviese demarcando |
| Tú | estuvieras demarcando / estuvieses demarcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera demarcando / estuviese demarcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos demarcando / estuviésamos demarcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais demarcando / estuvieseis demarcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera demarcando / estuviese demarcando |
| Vos | estuvieras demarcando / estuvieses demarcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere demarcando |
| Tú | estuvieres demarcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere demarcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos demarcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis demarcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere demarcando |
| Vos | estuvieres demarcando |
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 demarcás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos demarcaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos demarcabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos demarcarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos demarcarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos demarques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos demarcaras / Vos demarcase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos demarcá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no demarques |