Detectar

to detect

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

detectar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

detectando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

detectado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detecto I detect	I detect
tú	detectas you detect	you detect
él/ella/usted	detecta he/she/you detects	he/she/you detects
nosotros	detectamos we detect	we detect
vosotros	detectáis you all detect	you all detect
ellos/ustedes	detectan they/you all detect	they/you all detect

🕰️

Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detectaba I used to detect	I used to detect
tú	detectabas you used to detect	you used to detect
él/ella/usted	detectaba he/she/you used to detect	he/she/you used to detect
nosotros	detectábamos we used to detect	we used to detect
vosotros	detectabais you all used to detect	you all used to detect
ellos/ustedes	detectaban they/you all used to detect	they/you all used to detect

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detecté I detected	I detected
tú	detectaste you detected	you detected
él/ella/usted	detectó he/she/you detected	he/she/you detected
nosotros	detectamos we detected	we detected
vosotros	detectasteis you all detected	you all detected
ellos/ustedes	detectaron they/you all detected	they/you all detected

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detectaré I will detect	I will detect
tú	detectarás you will detect	you will detect
él/ella/usted	detectará he/she/you will detect	he/she/you will detect
nosotros	detectaremos we will detect	we will detect
vosotros	detectaréis you all will detect	you all will detect
ellos/ustedes	detectarán they/you all will detect	they/you all will detect

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detectaría I would detect	I would detect
tú	detectarías you would detect	you would detect
él/ella/usted	detectaría he/she/you would detect	he/she/you would detect
nosotros	detectaríamos we would detect	we would detect
vosotros	detectaríais you all would detect	you all would detect
ellos/ustedes	detectarían they/you all would detect	they/you all would detect

💭

Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detecte that I detect	that I detect
tú	detectes that you detect	that you detect
él/ella/usted	detecte that he/she/you detect	that he/she/you detect
nosotros	detectemos that we detect	that we detect
vosotros	detectéis that you all detect	that you all detect
ellos/ustedes	detecten that they/you all detect	that they/you all detect

🌙

Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	detectara or detectase that I detected	that I detected
tú	detectaras or detectases that you detected	that you detected
él/ella/usted	detectara or detectase that he/she/you detected	that he/she/you detected
nosotros	detectáramos or detectásemos that we detected	that we detected
vosotros	detectarais or detectaseis that you all detected	that you all detected
ellos/ustedes	detectaran or detectasen that they/you all detected	that they/you all detected

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he detectado I have detected	I have detected
tú	has detectado you have detected	you have detected
él/ella/usted	ha detectado he/she/you have detected	he/she/you have detected
nosotros	hemos detectado we have detected	we have detected
vosotros	habéis detectado you all have detected	you all have detected
ellos/ustedes	han detectado they/you all have detected	they/you all have detected

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había detectado I had detected	I had detected
tú	habías detectado you had detected	you had detected
él/ella/usted	había detectado he/she/you had detected	he/she/you had detected
nosotros	habíamos detectado we had detected	we had detected
vosotros	habíais detectado you all had detected	you all had detected
ellos/ustedes	habían detectado they/you all had detected	they/you all had detected

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube detectado I had detected	I had detected
tú	hubiste detectado you had detected	you had detected
él/ella/usted	hubo detectado he/she/you had detected	he/she/you had detected
nosotros	hubimos detectado we had detected	we had detected
vosotros	hubisteis detectado you all had detected	you all had detected
ellos/ustedes	hubieron detectado they/you all had detected	they/you all had detected

🎊

Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré detectado I will have detected	I will have detected
tú	habrás detectado you will have detected	you will have detected
él/ella/usted	habrá detectado he/she/you will have detected	he/she/you will have detected
nosotros	habremos detectado we will have detected	we will have detected
vosotros	habréis detectado you all will have detected	you all will have detected
ellos/ustedes	habrán detectado they/you all will have detected	they/you all will have detected

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría detectado I would have detected	I would have detected
tú	habrías detectado you would have detected	you would have detected
él/ella/usted	habría detectado he/she/you would have detected	he/she/you would have detected
nosotros	habríamos detectado we would have detected	we would have detected
vosotros	habríais detectado you all would have detected	you all would have detected
ellos/ustedes	habrían detectado they/you all would have detected	they/you all would have detected

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya detectado that I have detected	that I have detected
tú	hayas detectado that you have detected	that you have detected
él/ella/usted	haya detectado that he/she/you have detected	that he/she/you have detected
nosotros	hayamos detectado that we have detected	that we have detected
vosotros	hayáis detectado that you all have detected	that you all have detected
ellos/ustedes	hayan detectado that they/you all have detected	that they/you all have detected

🌌

Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera detectado that I had detected	that I had detected
tú	hubieras detectado that you had detected	that you had detected
él/ella/usted	hubiera detectado that he/she/you had detected	that he/she/you had detected
nosotros	hubiéramos detectado that we had detected	that we had detected
vosotros	hubierais detectado that you all had detected	that you all had detected
ellos/ustedes	hubieran detectado that they/you all had detected	that they/you all had detected

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	detecta	detect! (you)
usted	detecte	detect! (you formal)
nosotros	detectemos	let's detect!
vosotros	detectad	detect! (you all)
ustedes	detecten	detect! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no detectes	don't detect! (you)
usted	no detecte	don't detect! (you formal)
nosotros	no detectemos	let's not detect!
vosotros	no detectéis	don't detect! (you all)
ustedes	no detecten	don't detect! (you all)

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