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Devengar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to earn (salary), produce (interest)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for devengar 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 earn (salary), produce (interest) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | devengar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está devengando) and past continuous (estaba devengando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. earning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he devengado and hubiera devengado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have earned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | devengando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | devengado |
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 earn” or “they earn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | devengo |
| Tú | devengas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devenga |
| Nosotros / as | devengamos |
| Vosotros / as | devengáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengan |
| Vos | devengás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I earned” or “she earned” 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 | devengué | I earned |
| Tú | devengaste | You earned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengó | He / she / you earned |
| Nosotros / as | devengamos | We earned |
| Vosotros / as | devengasteis | You earned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengaron | They / you earned |
| Vos | devengaste | You earned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was earning” or “she was earning” 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 | devengaba | I was earning |
| Tú | devengabas | You were earning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengaba | He was / she was / you were earning |
| Nosotros / as | devengábamos | We were earning |
| Vosotros / as | devengabais | You were earning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengaban | They / you were earning |
| Vos | devengabas | You were earning |
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 earned” and “she has earned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he devengado | I have earned |
| Tú | has devengado | You have earned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha devengado | He has / she has / you have earned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos devengado | We have earned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis devengado | You have earned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han devengado | They / you have earned |
| Vos | has devengado | You have earned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would earn” or “she would earn”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | devengaría | I would earn |
| Tú | devengarías | You would earn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengaría | He / she / you would earn |
| Nosotros / as | devengaríamos | We would earn |
| Vosotros / as | devengaríais | You would earn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengarían | They / you would earn |
| Vos | devengarías | You would earn |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will earn” or “they will earn”.
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 devengar” means “They are going to earn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | devengaré | I will earn |
| Tú | devengarás | You will earn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengará | He / she / you will earn |
| Nosotros / as | devengaremos | We will earn |
| Vosotros / as | devengaréis | You will earn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengarán | They / you will earn |
| Vos | devengarás | You will earn |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | devengue |
| Tú | devengues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengue |
| Nosotros / as | devenguemos |
| Vosotros / as | devenguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devenguen |
| Vos | devengues |
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 | devengara | devengase |
| Tú | devengaras | devengase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengara | devengase |
| Nosotros / as | devengáramos | devengásemos |
| Vosotros / as | devengarais | devengaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengaran | devengasen |
| Vos | devengaras | devengase |
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 | devengare |
| Tú | devengares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengare |
| Nosotros / as | devengáremos |
| Vosotros / as | devengareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devengaren |
| Vos | devengares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “earn!” and “don’t earn!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | devenga | no devengues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devengue | no devengue |
| Nosotros / as | devenguemos | no devenguemos |
| Vosotros / as | devengad | no devenguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devenguen | no devenguen |
| Vos | devengá | no devengues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya devengado |
| Tú | hayas devengado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya devengado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos devengado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis devengado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan devengado |
| Vos | hayas devengado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera devengado / hubiese devengado |
| Tú | hubieras devengado / hubieses devengado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera devengado / hubiese devengado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos devengado / hubiésemos devengado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais devengado / hubieseis devengado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran devengado / hubiesen devengado |
| Vos | hubieras devengado / hubieses devengado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere devengado |
| Tú | hubieres devengado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere devengado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos devengado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis devengado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren devengado |
| Vos | hubieres devengado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté devengando |
| Tú | estés devengando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté devengando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos devengando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis devengando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén devengando |
| Vos | estés devengando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera devengando / estuviese devengando |
| Tú | estuvieras devengando / estuvieses devengando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera devengando / estuviese devengando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos devengando / estuviésamos devengando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais devengando / estuvieseis devengando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera devengando / estuviese devengando |
| Vos | estuvieras devengando / estuvieses devengando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere devengando |
| Tú | estuvieres devengando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere devengando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos devengando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis devengando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere devengando |
| Vos | estuvieres devengando |
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 devengás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos devengaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos devengabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos devengarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos devengarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos devengues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos devengaras / Vos devengase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos devengá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no devengues |