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Deponer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lay aside, put aside”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deponer 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 lay aside, put aside |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deponer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deponiendo) and past continuous (estaba deponiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. laying aside).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he depuesto and hubiera depuesto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have laid aside).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deponiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | depuesto |
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 lay aside” or “they lay aside”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | depongo |
| Tú | depones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depone |
| Nosotros / as | deponemos |
| Vosotros / as | deponéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deponen |
| Vos | deponés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I laid aside” or “she laid aside” 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 | depuse | I laid aside |
| Tú | depusiste | You laid aside |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depuso | He / she / you laid aside |
| Nosotros / as | depusimos | We laid aside |
| Vosotros / as | depusisteis | You laid aside |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depusieron | They / you laid aside |
| Vos | depusiste | You laid aside |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was laying aside” or “she was laying aside” 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 | deponía | I was laying aside |
| Tú | deponías | You were laying aside |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deponía | He was / she was / you were laying aside |
| Nosotros / as | deponíamos | We were laying aside |
| Vosotros / as | deponíais | You were laying aside |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deponían | They / you were laying aside |
| Vos | deponías | You were laying aside |
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 laid aside” and “she has laid aside”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he depuesto | I have laid aside |
| Tú | has depuesto | You have laid aside |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha depuesto | He has / she has / you have laid aside |
| Nosotros / as | hemos depuesto | We have laid aside |
| Vosotros / as | habéis depuesto | You have laid aside |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han depuesto | They / you have laid aside |
| Vos | has depuesto | You have laid aside |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lay aside” or “she would lay aside”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | depondría | I would lay aside |
| Tú | depondrías | You would lay aside |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depondría | He / she / you would lay aside |
| Nosotros / as | depondríamos | We would lay aside |
| Vosotros / as | depondríais | You would lay aside |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depondrían | They / you would lay aside |
| Vos | depondrías | You would lay aside |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lay aside” or “they will lay aside”.
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 deponer” means “They are going to lay aside”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | depondré | I will lay aside |
| Tú | depondrás | You will lay aside |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depondrá | He / she / you will lay aside |
| Nosotros / as | depondremos | We will lay aside |
| Vosotros / as | depondréis | You will lay aside |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depondrán | They / you will lay aside |
| Vos | depondrás | You will lay aside |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deponga |
| Tú | depongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deponga |
| Nosotros / as | depongamos |
| Vosotros / as | depongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depongan |
| Vos | depongas |
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 | depusiera | depusiese |
| Tú | depusieras | depusiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depusiera | depusiese |
| Nosotros / as | depusiéramos | depusiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | depusierais | depusieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depusieran | depusiesen |
| Vos | depusieras | depusiese |
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 | depusiere |
| Tú | depusieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depusiere |
| Nosotros / as | depusiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | depusiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depusieren |
| Vos | depusieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lay aside!” and “don’t lay aside!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | depón | no depongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deponga | no deponga |
| Nosotros / as | depongamos | no depongamos |
| Vosotros / as | deponed | no depongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depongan | no depongan |
| Vos | deponé | no depongas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya depuesto |
| Tú | hayas depuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya depuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos depuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis depuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan depuesto |
| Vos | hayas depuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera depuesto / hubiese depuesto |
| Tú | hubieras depuesto / hubieses depuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera depuesto / hubiese depuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos depuesto / hubiésemos depuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais depuesto / hubieseis depuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran depuesto / hubiesen depuesto |
| Vos | hubieras depuesto / hubieses depuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere depuesto |
| Tú | hubieres depuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere depuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos depuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis depuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren depuesto |
| Vos | hubieres depuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deponiendo |
| Tú | estés deponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deponiendo |
| Vos | estés deponiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deponiendo / estuviese deponiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras deponiendo / estuvieses deponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deponiendo / estuviese deponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deponiendo / estuviésamos deponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deponiendo / estuvieseis deponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deponiendo / estuviese deponiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras deponiendo / estuvieses deponiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deponiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres deponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deponiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres deponiendo |
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 deponés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos depusiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deponías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos depondrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos depondrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos depongas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos depusieras / Vos depusiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deponé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no depongas |