Verbs · C2
deletrear conjugation
deletrearto spell (out) a word; to sound out; to read haltingly
verb · -ar regularC2#9304 most commonAudio · coming soon
Meanings
- 1
to spell (out) a word
¿Podrías deletrear tu apellido para anotarlo bien? Could you spell your surname so I can write it down correctly?
La maestra nos pidió deletrear nuestros apellidos en voz alta. The teacher asked us to spell our surnames out loud.
- 2
to sound out; to read haltingly
El niño todavía deletrea las palabras cuando lee en voz alta. The boy still sounds out the words when he reads aloud.
Infinitive, gerund, participle
- Infinitive
- deletrear
- Gerund
- deletreando
- Participle
- deletreado
Indicative
| deletrear | PresentpresenteHow it works → | Preteritepretérito indefinidoHow it works → | Imperfectpretérito imperfectoHow it works → | Futurefuturo simpleHow it works → | Conditionalcondicional simpleHow it works → |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | deletreo | deletreé | deletreaba | deletrearé | deletrearía |
| tú | deletreas | deletreaste | deletreabas | deletrearás | deletrearías |
| vosArgentina, Uruguay… | deletreás | – | – | – | – |
| él · ella · usted | deletrea | deletreó | deletreaba | deletreará | deletrearía |
| nosotros | deletreamos | deletreamos | deletreábamos | deletrearemos | deletrearíamos |
| vosotrosSpain | deletreáis | deletreasteis | deletreabais | deletrearéis | deletrearíais |
| ellos · ustedes | deletrean | deletrearon | deletreaban | deletrearán | deletrearían |
Subjunctive
| deletrear | Present subjunctivepresente de subjuntivoHow it works → | Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra)How it works → | Imperfect subjunctive (-se)imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se)How it works → | Future subjunctivefuturo de subjuntivoHow it works → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | deletree | deletreara | deletrease | deletreare |
| tú | deletrees | deletrearas | deletreases | deletreares |
| él · ella · usted | deletree | deletreara | deletrease | deletreare |
| nosotros | deletreemos | deletreáramos | deletreásemos | deletreáremos |
| vosotrosSpain | deletreéis | deletrearais | deletreaseis | deletreareis |
| ellos · ustedes | deletreen | deletrearan | deletreasen | deletrearen |
Imperative
| deletrear | Imperativeimperativo afirmativoHow it works → | Negative imperativeimperativo negativoHow it works → |
|---|---|---|
| tú | deletrea | no deletrees |
| vosArgentina, Uruguay… | deletreá | – |
| él · ella · usted | deletree | no deletree |
| nosotros | deletreemos | no deletreemos |
| vosotrosSpain | deletread | no deletreéis |
| ellos · ustedes | deletreen | no deletreen |
Compound tenses
| deletrear | Present perfectpretérito perfectoHow it works → | Pluperfectpretérito pluscuamperfectoHow it works → | Future perfectfuturo perfectoHow it works → | Conditional perfectcondicional perfectoHow it works → | Perfect subjunctivepretérito perfecto de subjuntivoHow it works → | Pluperfect subjunctivepluscuamperfecto de subjuntivoHow it works → | Past anteriorpretérito anteriorHow it works → |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | he deletreado | había deletreado | habré deletreado | habría deletreado | haya deletreado | hubiera deletreado | hube deletreado |
| tú | has deletreado | habías deletreado | habrás deletreado | habrías deletreado | hayas deletreado | hubieras deletreado | hubiste deletreado |
| él · ella · usted | ha deletreado | había deletreado | habrá deletreado | habría deletreado | haya deletreado | hubiera deletreado | hubo deletreado |
| nosotros | hemos deletreado | habíamos deletreado | habremos deletreado | habríamos deletreado | hayamos deletreado | hubiéramos deletreado | hubimos deletreado |
| vosotrosSpain | habéis deletreado | habíais deletreado | habréis deletreado | habríais deletreado | hayáis deletreado | hubierais deletreado | hubisteis deletreado |
| ellos · ustedes | han deletreado | habían deletreado | habrán deletreado | habrían deletreado | hayan deletreado | hubieran deletreado | hubieron deletreado |
Irregular formEach tense name links to the lesson that teaches it.