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Devaluar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to devaluate (currency)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for devaluar 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 devaluate (currency) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | devaluar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está devaluando) and past continuous (estaba devaluando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. devaluating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he devaluado and hubiera devaluado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have devaluated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | devaluando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | devaluado |
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 devaluate” or “they devaluate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | devalúo |
| Tú | devalúas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devalúa |
| Nosotros / as | devaluamos |
| Vosotros / as | devaluáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devalúan |
| Vos | devaluás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I devaluated” or “she devaluated” 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 | devalué | I devaluated |
| Tú | devaluaste | You devaluated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devaluó | He / she / you devaluated |
| Nosotros / as | devaluamos | We devaluated |
| Vosotros / as | devaluasteis | You devaluated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devaluaron | They / you devaluated |
| Vos | devaluaste | You devaluated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was devaluating” or “she was devaluating” 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 | devaluaba | I was devaluating |
| Tú | devaluabas | You were devaluating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devaluaba | He was / she was / you were devaluating |
| Nosotros / as | devaluábamos | We were devaluating |
| Vosotros / as | devaluabais | You were devaluating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devaluaban | They / you were devaluating |
| Vos | devaluabas | You were devaluating |
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 devaluated” and “she has devaluated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he devaluado | I have devaluated |
| Tú | has devaluado | You have devaluated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha devaluado | He has / she has / you have devaluated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos devaluado | We have devaluated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis devaluado | You have devaluated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han devaluado | They / you have devaluated |
| Vos | has devaluado | You have devaluated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would devaluate” or “she would devaluate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | devaluaría | I would devaluate |
| Tú | devaluarías | You would devaluate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devaluaría | He / she / you would devaluate |
| Nosotros / as | devaluaríamos | We would devaluate |
| Vosotros / as | devaluaríais | You would devaluate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devaluarían | They / you would devaluate |
| Vos | devaluarías | You would devaluate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will devaluate” or “they will devaluate”.
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 devaluar” means “They are going to devaluate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | devaluaré | I will devaluate |
| Tú | devaluarás | You will devaluate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devaluará | He / she / you will devaluate |
| Nosotros / as | devaluaremos | We will devaluate |
| Vosotros / as | devaluaréis | You will devaluate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devaluarán | They / you will devaluate |
| Vos | devaluarás | You will devaluate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | devalúe |
| Tú | devalúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devalúe |
| Nosotros / as | devaluemos |
| Vosotros / as | devaluéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devalúen |
| Vos | devalúes |
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 | devaluara | devaluase |
| Tú | devaluaras | devaluase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devaluara | devaluase |
| Nosotros / as | devaluáramos | devaluásemos |
| Vosotros / as | devaluarais | devaluaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devaluaran | devaluasen |
| Vos | devaluaras | devaluase |
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 | devaluare |
| Tú | devaluares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devaluare |
| Nosotros / as | devaluáremos |
| Vosotros / as | devaluareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devaluaren |
| Vos | devaluares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “devaluate!” and “don’t devaluate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | devalúa | no devalúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devalúe | no devalúe |
| Nosotros / as | devaluemos | no devaluemos |
| Vosotros / as | devaluad | no devaluéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devalúen | no devalúen |
| Vos | devaluá | no devalúes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya devaluado |
| Tú | hayas devaluado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya devaluado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos devaluado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis devaluado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan devaluado |
| Vos | hayas devaluado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera devaluado / hubiese devaluado |
| Tú | hubieras devaluado / hubieses devaluado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera devaluado / hubiese devaluado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos devaluado / hubiésemos devaluado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais devaluado / hubieseis devaluado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran devaluado / hubiesen devaluado |
| Vos | hubieras devaluado / hubieses devaluado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere devaluado |
| Tú | hubieres devaluado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere devaluado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos devaluado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis devaluado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren devaluado |
| Vos | hubieres devaluado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté devaluando |
| Tú | estés devaluando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté devaluando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos devaluando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis devaluando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén devaluando |
| Vos | estés devaluando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera devaluando / estuviese devaluando |
| Tú | estuvieras devaluando / estuvieses devaluando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera devaluando / estuviese devaluando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos devaluando / estuviésamos devaluando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais devaluando / estuvieseis devaluando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera devaluando / estuviese devaluando |
| Vos | estuvieras devaluando / estuvieses devaluando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere devaluando |
| Tú | estuvieres devaluando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere devaluando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos devaluando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis devaluando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere devaluando |
| Vos | estuvieres devaluando |
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 devaluás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos devaluaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos devaluabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos devaluarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos devaluarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos devalúes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos devaluaras / Vos devaluase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos devaluá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no devalúes |