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Depositar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to deposit, place, entrust”.
Below are all of the conjugations for depositar 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 deposit, place, entrust |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | depositar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está depositando) and past continuous (estaba depositando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. depositing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he depositado and hubiera depositado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have deposited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | depositando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | depositado |
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 deposit” or “they deposit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deposito |
| Tú | depositas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deposita |
| Nosotros / as | depositamos |
| Vosotros / as | depositáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositan |
| Vos | depositás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I deposited” or “she deposited” 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 | deposité | I deposited |
| Tú | depositaste | You deposited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depositó | He / she / you deposited |
| Nosotros / as | depositamos | We deposited |
| Vosotros / as | depositasteis | You deposited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositaron | They / you deposited |
| Vos | depositaste | You deposited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was depositing” or “she was depositing” 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 | depositaba | I was depositing |
| Tú | depositabas | You were depositing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depositaba | He was / she was / you were depositing |
| Nosotros / as | depositábamos | We were depositing |
| Vosotros / as | depositabais | You were depositing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositaban | They / you were depositing |
| Vos | depositabas | You were depositing |
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 deposited” and “she has deposited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he depositado | I have deposited |
| Tú | has depositado | You have deposited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha depositado | He has / she has / you have deposited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos depositado | We have deposited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis depositado | You have deposited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han depositado | They / you have deposited |
| Vos | has depositado | You have deposited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would deposit” or “she would deposit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | depositaría | I would deposit |
| Tú | depositarías | You would deposit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depositaría | He / she / you would deposit |
| Nosotros / as | depositaríamos | We would deposit |
| Vosotros / as | depositaríais | You would deposit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositarían | They / you would deposit |
| Vos | depositarías | You would deposit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will deposit” or “they will deposit”.
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 depositar” means “They are going to deposit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | depositaré | I will deposit |
| Tú | depositarás | You will deposit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depositará | He / she / you will deposit |
| Nosotros / as | depositaremos | We will deposit |
| Vosotros / as | depositaréis | You will deposit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositarán | They / you will deposit |
| Vos | depositarás | You will deposit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deposite |
| Tú | deposites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deposite |
| Nosotros / as | depositemos |
| Vosotros / as | depositéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositen |
| Vos | deposites |
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 | depositara | depositase |
| Tú | depositaras | depositase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depositara | depositase |
| Nosotros / as | depositáramos | depositásemos |
| Vosotros / as | depositarais | depositaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositaran | depositasen |
| Vos | depositaras | depositase |
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 | depositare |
| Tú | depositares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | depositare |
| Nosotros / as | depositáremos |
| Vosotros / as | depositareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositaren |
| Vos | depositares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “deposit!” and “don’t deposit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deposita | no deposites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deposite | no deposite |
| Nosotros / as | depositemos | no depositemos |
| Vosotros / as | depositad | no depositéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depositen | no depositen |
| Vos | depositá | no deposites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya depositado |
| Tú | hayas depositado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya depositado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos depositado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis depositado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan depositado |
| Vos | hayas depositado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera depositado / hubiese depositado |
| Tú | hubieras depositado / hubieses depositado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera depositado / hubiese depositado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos depositado / hubiésemos depositado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais depositado / hubieseis depositado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran depositado / hubiesen depositado |
| Vos | hubieras depositado / hubieses depositado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere depositado |
| Tú | hubieres depositado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere depositado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos depositado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis depositado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren depositado |
| Vos | hubieres depositado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté depositando |
| Tú | estés depositando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté depositando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos depositando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis depositando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén depositando |
| Vos | estés depositando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera depositando / estuviese depositando |
| Tú | estuvieras depositando / estuvieses depositando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera depositando / estuviese depositando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos depositando / estuviésamos depositando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais depositando / estuvieseis depositando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera depositando / estuviese depositando |
| Vos | estuvieras depositando / estuvieses depositando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere depositando |
| Tú | estuvieres depositando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere depositando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos depositando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis depositando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere depositando |
| Vos | estuvieres depositando |
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 depositás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos depositaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos depositabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos depositarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos depositarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deposites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos depositaras / Vos depositase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos depositá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deposites |