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Deprimir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to depress”.
Below are all of the conjugations for deprimir 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 depress |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deprimir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deprimiendo) and past continuous (estaba deprimiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. depressing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deprimido and hubiera deprimido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have depressed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deprimiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deprimido |
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 depress” or “they depress”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deprimo |
| Tú | deprimes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprime |
| Nosotros / as | deprimimos |
| Vosotros / as | deprimís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimen |
| Vos | deprimís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I depressed” or “she depressed” 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 | deprimí | I depressed |
| Tú | deprimiste | You depressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprimió | He / she / you depressed |
| Nosotros / as | deprimimos | We depressed |
| Vosotros / as | deprimisteis | You depressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimieron | They / you depressed |
| Vos | deprimiste | You depressed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was depressing” or “she was depressing” 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 | deprimía | I was depressing |
| Tú | deprimías | You were depressing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprimía | He was / she was / you were depressing |
| Nosotros / as | deprimíamos | We were depressing |
| Vosotros / as | deprimíais | You were depressing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimían | They / you were depressing |
| Vos | deprimías | You were depressing |
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 depressed” and “she has depressed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he deprimido | I have depressed |
| Tú | has deprimido | You have depressed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha deprimido | He has / she has / you have depressed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos deprimido | We have depressed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis deprimido | You have depressed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han deprimido | They / you have depressed |
| Vos | has deprimido | You have depressed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would depress” or “she would depress”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deprimiría | I would depress |
| Tú | deprimirías | You would depress |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprimiría | He / she / you would depress |
| Nosotros / as | deprimiríamos | We would depress |
| Vosotros / as | deprimiríais | You would depress |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimirían | They / you would depress |
| Vos | deprimirías | You would depress |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will depress” or “they will depress”.
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 deprimir” means “They are going to depress”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deprimiré | I will depress |
| Tú | deprimirás | You will depress |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprimirá | He / she / you will depress |
| Nosotros / as | deprimiremos | We will depress |
| Vosotros / as | deprimiréis | You will depress |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimirán | They / you will depress |
| Vos | deprimirás | You will depress |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deprima |
| Tú | deprimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprima |
| Nosotros / as | deprimamos |
| Vosotros / as | deprimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depriman |
| Vos | deprimas |
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 | deprimiera | deprimiese |
| Tú | deprimieras | deprimiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprimiera | deprimiese |
| Nosotros / as | deprimiéramos | deprimiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | deprimierais | deprimieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimieran | deprimiesen |
| Vos | deprimieras | deprimiese |
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 | deprimiere |
| Tú | deprimieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprimiera |
| Nosotros / as | deprimiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | deprimiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deprimieren |
| Vos | deprimieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “depress!” and “don’t depress!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deprime | no deprimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deprima | no deprima |
| Nosotros / as | deprimamos | no deprimamos |
| Vosotros / as | deprimid | no deprimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | depriman | no depriman |
| Vos | deprimí | no deprimas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deprimido |
| Tú | hayas deprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deprimido |
| Vos | hayas deprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deprimido / hubiese deprimido |
| Tú | hubieras deprimido / hubieses deprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deprimido / hubiese deprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deprimido / hubiésemos deprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deprimido / hubieseis deprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deprimido / hubiesen deprimido |
| Vos | hubieras deprimido / hubieses deprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deprimido |
| Tú | hubieres deprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deprimido |
| Vos | hubieres deprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deprimiendo |
| Tú | estés deprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deprimiendo |
| Vos | estés deprimiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deprimiendo / estuviese deprimiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras deprimiendo / estuvieses deprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deprimiendo / estuviese deprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deprimiendo / estuviésamos deprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deprimiendo / estuvieseis deprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deprimiendo / estuviese deprimiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras deprimiendo / estuvieses deprimiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deprimiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres deprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deprimiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres deprimiendo |
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 deprimís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos deprimiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos deprimías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos deprimirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos deprimirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos deprimas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deprimieras / Vos deprimiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deprimí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no deprimas |