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Devorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to devour, consume”.
Below are all of the conjugations for devorar 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 devour, consume |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | devorar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está devorando) and past continuous (estaba devorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. devouring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he devorado and hubiera devorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have devoured).
| Gerundio / Gerund | devorando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | devorado |
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 devour” or “they devour”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | devoro |
| Tú | devoras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devora |
| Nosotros / as | devoramos |
| Vosotros / as | devoráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoran |
| Vos | devorás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I devoured” or “she devoured” 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 | devoré | I devoured |
| Tú | devoraste | You devoured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devoró | He / she / you devoured |
| Nosotros / as | devoramos | We devoured |
| Vosotros / as | devorasteis | You devoured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoraron | They / you devoured |
| Vos | devoraste | You devoured |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was devouring” or “she was devouring” 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 | devoraba | I was devouring |
| Tú | devorabas | You were devouring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devoraba | He was / she was / you were devouring |
| Nosotros / as | devorábamos | We were devouring |
| Vosotros / as | devorabais | You were devouring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoraban | They / you were devouring |
| Vos | devorabas | You were devouring |
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 devoured” and “she has devoured”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he devorado | I have devoured |
| Tú | has devorado | You have devoured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha devorado | He has / she has / you have devoured |
| Nosotros / as | hemos devorado | We have devoured |
| Vosotros / as | habéis devorado | You have devoured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han devorado | They / you have devoured |
| Vos | has devorado | You have devoured |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would devour” or “she would devour”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | devoraría | I would devour |
| Tú | devorarías | You would devour |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devoraría | He / she / you would devour |
| Nosotros / as | devoraríamos | We would devour |
| Vosotros / as | devoraríais | You would devour |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devorarían | They / you would devour |
| Vos | devorarías | You would devour |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will devour” or “they will devour”.
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 devorar” means “They are going to devour”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | devoraré | I will devour |
| Tú | devorarás | You will devour |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devorará | He / she / you will devour |
| Nosotros / as | devoraremos | We will devour |
| Vosotros / as | devoraréis | You will devour |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devorarán | They / you will devour |
| Vos | devorarás | You will devour |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | devore |
| Tú | devores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devore |
| Nosotros / as | devoremos |
| Vosotros / as | devoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoren |
| Vos | devores |
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 | devorara | devorase |
| Tú | devoraras | devorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devorara | devorase |
| Nosotros / as | devoráramos | devorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | devorarais | devoraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoraran | devorasen |
| Vos | devoraras | devorase |
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 | devorare |
| Tú | devorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devorare |
| Nosotros / as | devoráremos |
| Vosotros / as | devorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoraren |
| Vos | devorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “devour!” and “don’t devour!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | devora | no devores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | devore | no devore |
| Nosotros / as | devoremos | no devoremos |
| Vosotros / as | devorad | no devoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | devoren | no devoren |
| Vos | devorá | no devores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya devorado |
| Tú | hayas devorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya devorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos devorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis devorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan devorado |
| Vos | hayas devorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera devorado / hubiese devorado |
| Tú | hubieras devorado / hubieses devorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera devorado / hubiese devorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos devorado / hubiésemos devorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais devorado / hubieseis devorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran devorado / hubiesen devorado |
| Vos | hubieras devorado / hubieses devorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere devorado |
| Tú | hubieres devorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere devorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos devorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis devorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren devorado |
| Vos | hubieres devorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté devorando |
| Tú | estés devorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté devorando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos devorando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis devorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén devorando |
| Vos | estés devorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera devorando / estuviese devorando |
| Tú | estuvieras devorando / estuvieses devorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera devorando / estuviese devorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos devorando / estuviésamos devorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais devorando / estuvieseis devorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera devorando / estuviese devorando |
| Vos | estuvieras devorando / estuvieses devorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere devorando |
| Tú | estuvieres devorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere devorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos devorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis devorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere devorando |
| Vos | estuvieres devorando |
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 devorás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos devoraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos devorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos devorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos devorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos devores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos devoraras / Vos devorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos devorá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no devores |