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Detallar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to detail, specify in detail”.
Below are all of the conjugations for detallar 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 detail, specify in detail |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | detallar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está detallando) and past continuous (estaba detallando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. detailing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he detallado and hubiera detallado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have detailed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | detallando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | detallado |
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 detail” or “they detail”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | detallo |
| Tú | detallas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detalla |
| Nosotros / as | detallamos |
| Vosotros / as | detalláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallan |
| Vos | detallás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I detailed” or “she detailed” 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 | detallé | I detailed |
| Tú | detallaste | You detailed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detalló | He / she / you detailed |
| Nosotros / as | detallamos | We detailed |
| Vosotros / as | detallasteis | You detailed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallaron | They / you detailed |
| Vos | detallaste | You detailed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was detailing” or “she was detailing” 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 | detallaba | I was detailing |
| Tú | detallabas | You were detailing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detallaba | He was / she was / you were detailing |
| Nosotros / as | detallábamos | We were detailing |
| Vosotros / as | detallabais | You were detailing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallaban | They / you were detailing |
| Vos | detallabas | You were detailing |
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 detailed” and “she has detailed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he detallado | I have detailed |
| Tú | has detallado | You have detailed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha detallado | He has / she has / you have detailed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos detallado | We have detailed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis detallado | You have detailed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han detallado | They / you have detailed |
| Vos | has detallado | You have detailed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would detail” or “she would detail”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | detallaría | I would detail |
| Tú | detallarías | You would detail |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detallaría | He / she / you would detail |
| Nosotros / as | detallaríamos | We would detail |
| Vosotros / as | detallaríais | You would detail |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallarían | They / you would detail |
| Vos | detallarías | You would detail |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will detail” or “they will detail”.
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 detallar” means “They are going to detail”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | detallaré | I will detail |
| Tú | detallarás | You will detail |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detallará | He / she / you will detail |
| Nosotros / as | detallaremos | We will detail |
| Vosotros / as | detallaréis | You will detail |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallarán | They / you will detail |
| Vos | detallarás | You will detail |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | detalle |
| Tú | detalles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detalle |
| Nosotros / as | detallemos |
| Vosotros / as | detalléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallen |
| Vos | detalles |
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 | detallara | detallase |
| Tú | detallaras | detallase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detallara | detallase |
| Nosotros / as | detalláramos | detallásemos |
| Vosotros / as | detallarais | detallaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallaran | detallasen |
| Vos | detallaras | detallase |
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 | detallare |
| Tú | detallares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detallare |
| Nosotros / as | detalláremos |
| Vosotros / as | detallareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallaren |
| Vos | detallares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “detail!” and “don’t detail!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | detalla | no detalles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | detalle | no detalle |
| Nosotros / as | detallemos | no detallemos |
| Vosotros / as | detallad | no detalléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | detallen | no detallen |
| Vos | detallá | no detalles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya detallado |
| Tú | hayas detallado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya detallado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos detallado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis detallado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan detallado |
| Vos | hayas detallado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera detallado / hubiese detallado |
| Tú | hubieras detallado / hubieses detallado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera detallado / hubiese detallado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos detallado / hubiésemos detallado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais detallado / hubieseis detallado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran detallado / hubiesen detallado |
| Vos | hubieras detallado / hubieses detallado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere detallado |
| Tú | hubieres detallado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere detallado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos detallado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis detallado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren detallado |
| Vos | hubieres detallado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté detallando |
| Tú | estés detallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté detallando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos detallando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis detallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén detallando |
| Vos | estés detallando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera detallando / estuviese detallando |
| Tú | estuvieras detallando / estuvieses detallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera detallando / estuviese detallando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos detallando / estuviésamos detallando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais detallando / estuvieseis detallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera detallando / estuviese detallando |
| Vos | estuvieras detallando / estuvieses detallando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere detallando |
| Tú | estuvieres detallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere detallando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos detallando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis detallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere detallando |
| Vos | estuvieres detallando |
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 detallás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos detallaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos detallabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos detallarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos detallarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos detalles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos detallaras / Vos detallase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos detallá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no detalles |