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declarar conjugation

to declare/give evidenceB1regular-ar

Declarar means ‘to declare/give evidence’. It is a regular -ar verb: declaro (present), declaré (preterite), declarado (past participle), declarando (gerund).

Declarar in use

  • ¿Tiene algo que declarar?Do you have anything to declare?
  • El testigo declaró ayer ante el juezThe witness gave evidence before the judge yesterday
  • Han declarado esta playa zona protegidaThis beach has been declared a protected area
On this pageIndicative

Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Present

yodeclaro
túdeclaras
él/ella/usteddeclara
nosotrosdeclaramos
vosotrosdeclaráis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclaran
Regular
-ar verb: take the stem declar- and add the -ar endings.

Preterite

yodeclaré
túdeclaraste
él/ella/usteddeclaró
nosotrosdeclaramos
vosotrosdeclarasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclararon

Imperfect

yodeclaraba
túdeclarabas
él/ella/usteddeclaraba
nosotrosdeclarábamos
vosotrosdeclarabais
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclaraban

Future

yodeclararé
túdeclararás
él/ella/usteddeclarará
nosotrosdeclararemos
vosotrosdeclararéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclararán

Conditional

yodeclararía
túdeclararías
él/ella/usteddeclararía
nosotrosdeclararíamos
vosotrosdeclararíais
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclararían
declarando
used in the present progressive
declarado
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

yohe declarado
túhas declarado
él/ella/ustedha declarado
nosotroshemos declarado
vosotroshabéis declarado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan declarado

Present subjunctive

yodeclare
túdeclares
él/ella/usteddeclare
nosotrosdeclaremos
vosotrosdeclaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclaren

Imperative

yo-
túdeclara
él/ella/usteddeclare
nosotrosdeclaremos
vosotrosdeclarad
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclaren

More tenses

The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.

Past perfect

yohabía declarado
túhabías declarado
él/ella/ustedhabía declarado
nosotroshabíamos declarado
vosotroshabíais declarado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían declarado

Future perfect

yohabré declarado
túhabrás declarado
él/ella/ustedhabrá declarado
nosotroshabremos declarado
vosotroshabréis declarado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán declarado

Conditional perfect

yohabría declarado
túhabrías declarado
él/ella/ustedhabría declarado
nosotroshabríamos declarado
vosotroshabríais declarado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían declarado

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

yodeclarara
túdeclararas
él/ella/usteddeclarara
nosotrosdeclaráramos
vosotrosdeclararais
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclararan

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
yodeclarase
túdeclarases
él/ella/usteddeclarase
nosotrosdeclarásemos
vosotrosdeclaraseis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeclarasen

Present perfect subjunctive

yohaya declarado
túhayas declarado
él/ella/ustedhaya declarado
nosotroshayamos declarado
vosotroshayáis declarado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan declarado

Pluperfect subjunctive

yohubiera declarado
túhubieras declarado
él/ella/ustedhubiera declarado
nosotroshubiéramos declarado
vosotroshubierais declarado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran declarado

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More examples with declarar

  • Declarar la guerraTo declare war
  • Declarar ante el juezTo give evidence before the judge
  • Declarar algo en la aduanaTo declare something at customs

Practice: declarar to declare/give evidence

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses
Imperative

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