Difamar conjugation
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Difamar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to defame, slander”.
Below are all of the conjugations for difamar 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.
Difamar Infinitive
| English Infinitive | to defame, slander |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | difamar |
Difamar Gerund and Past Participle
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está difamando) and past continuous (estaba difamando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. defaming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he difamado and hubiera difamado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have defamed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | difamando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | difamado |
Difamar Indicative Conjugations
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
Difamar Presente / Present
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 defame” or “they defame”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | difamo |
| Tú | difamas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difama |
| Nosotros / as | difamamos |
| Vosotros / as | difamáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difaman |
| Vos | difamás |
Difamar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I defamed” or “she defamed” 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 | difamé | I defamed |
| Tú | difamaste | You defamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difamó | He / she / you defamed |
| Nosotros / as | difamamos | We defamed |
| Vosotros / as | difamasteis | You defamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamaron | They / you defamed |
| Vos | difamaste | You defamed |
Difamar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was defaming” or “she was defaming” 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 | difamaba | I was defaming |
| Tú | difamabas | You were defaming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difamaba | He was / she was / you were defaming |
| Nosotros / as | difamábamos | We were defaming |
| Vosotros / as | difamabais | You were defaming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamaban | They / you were defaming |
| Vos | difamabas | You were defaming |
Difamar Perfect / Perfecto
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 defamed” and “she has defamed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he difamado | I have defamed |
| Tú | has difamado | You have defamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha difamado | He has / she has / you have defamed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos difamado | We have defamed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis difamado | You have defamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han difamado | They / you have defamed |
| Vos | has difamado | You have defamed |
Difamar Conditional / Condicional
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would defame” or “she would defame”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | difamaría | I would defame |
| Tú | difamarías | You would defame |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difamaría | He / she / you would defame |
| Nosotros / as | difamaríamos | We would defame |
| Vosotros / as | difamaríais | You would defame |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamarían | They / you would defame |
| Vos | difamarías | You would defame |
Difamar Future / Futuro
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will defame” or “they will defame”.
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 difamar” means “They are going to defame”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | difamaré | I will defame |
| Tú | difamarás | You will defame |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difamará | He / she / you will defame |
| Nosotros / as | difamaremos | We will defame |
| Vosotros / as | difamaréis | You will defame |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamarán | They / you will defame |
| Vos | difamarás | You will defame |
Difamar Subjunctive Conjugations
Difamar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | difame |
| Tú | difames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difame |
| Nosotros / as | difamemos |
| Vosotros / as | difaméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamen |
| Vos | difames |
Difamar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
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 | difamara | difamase |
| Tú | difamaras | difamase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difamara | difamase |
| Nosotros / as | difamáramos | difamásemos |
| Vosotros / as | difamarais | difamaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamaran | difamasen |
| Vos | difamaras | difamase |
Difamar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo
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 | difamare |
| Tú | difamares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difamare |
| Nosotros / as | difamáremos |
| Vosotros / as | difamareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamaren |
| Vos | difamares |
Difamar Imperative Conjugations
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “defame!” and “don’t defame!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | difama | no difames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | difame | no difame |
| Nosotros / as | difamemos | no difamemos |
| Vosotros / as | difamad | no difaméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | difamen | no difamen |
| Vos | difamá | no difames |
Difamar Compound Subjunctive Tenses
Difamar Subjunctive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya difamado |
| Tú | hayas difamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya difamado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos difamado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis difamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan difamado |
| Vos | hayas difamado |
Difamar Subjunctive Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera difamado / hubiese difamado |
| Tú | hubieras difamado / hubieses difamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera difamado / hubiese difamado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos difamado / hubiésemos difamado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais difamado / hubieseis difamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran difamado / hubiesen difamado |
| Vos | hubieras difamado / hubieses difamado |
Difamar Subjunctive Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere difamado |
| Tú | hubieres difamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere difamado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos difamado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis difamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren difamado |
| Vos | hubieres difamado |
Difamar Subjective Progressive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté difamando |
| Tú | estés difamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté difamando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos difamando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis difamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén difamando |
| Vos | estés difamando |
Difamar Subjunctive Past Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera difamando / estuviese difamando |
| Tú | estuvieras difamando / estuvieses difamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera difamando / estuviese difamando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos difamando / estuviésamos difamando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais difamando / estuvieseis difamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera difamando / estuviese difamando |
| Vos | estuvieras difamando / estuvieses difamando |
Difamar Subjunctive Future Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere difamando |
| Tú | estuvieres difamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere difamando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos difamando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis difamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere difamando |
| Vos | estuvieres difamando |
Difamar Vos Conjugation
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 difamás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos difamaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos difamabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos difamarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos difamarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos difames |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos difamaras / Vos difamase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos difamá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no difames |