Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Present

deletrear: Present
yodeletreo
túdeletreas
él/ella/usteddeletrea
nosotrosdeletreamos
vosotrosdeletreáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletrean
Regular
-ar verb: take the stem deletre- and add the -ar endings.

Preterite

deletrear: Preterite
yodeletreé
túdeletreaste
él/ella/usteddeletreó
nosotrosdeletreamos
vosotrosdeletreasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletrearon

Imperfect

deletrear: Imperfect
yodeletreaba
túdeletreabas
él/ella/usteddeletreaba
nosotrosdeletreábamos
vosotrosdeletreabais
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletreaban

Future

deletrear: Future
yodeletrearé
túdeletrearás
él/ella/usteddeletreará
nosotrosdeletrearemos
vosotrosdeletrearéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletrearán

Conditional

deletrear: Conditional
yodeletrearía
túdeletrearías
él/ella/usteddeletrearía
nosotrosdeletrearíamos
vosotrosdeletrearíais
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletrearían

Gerund and past participle

deletreando
used in the present progressive
deletreado
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

deletrear: Present perfect
yohe deletreado
túhas deletreado
él/ella/ustedha deletreado
nosotroshemos deletreado
vosotroshabéis deletreado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan deletreado
deletrear: Present subjunctive
yodeletree
túdeletrees
él/ella/usteddeletree
nosotrosdeletreemos
vosotrosdeletreéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletreen

Imperative

deletrear: Imperative
yo-
túdeletrea
él/ella/usteddeletree
nosotrosdeletreemos
vosotrosdeletread
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletreen

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

deletrear: Past perfect
yohabía deletreado
túhabías deletreado
él/ella/ustedhabía deletreado
nosotroshabíamos deletreado
vosotroshabíais deletreado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían deletreado

Future perfect

deletrear: Future perfect
yohabré deletreado
túhabrás deletreado
él/ella/ustedhabrá deletreado
nosotroshabremos deletreado
vosotroshabréis deletreado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán deletreado
deletrear: Conditional perfect
yohabría deletreado
túhabrías deletreado
él/ella/ustedhabría deletreado
nosotroshabríamos deletreado
vosotroshabríais deletreado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían deletreado
deletrear: Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
yodeletreara
túdeletrearas
él/ella/usteddeletreara
nosotrosdeletreáramos
vosotrosdeletrearais
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletrearan

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
deletrear: Imperfect subjunctive (-se)
yodeletrease
túdeletreases
él/ella/usteddeletrease
nosotrosdeletreásemos
vosotrosdeletreaseis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdeletreasen
deletrear: Present perfect subjunctive
yohaya deletreado
túhayas deletreado
él/ella/ustedhaya deletreado
nosotroshayamos deletreado
vosotroshayáis deletreado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan deletreado
deletrear: Pluperfect subjunctive
yohubiera deletreado
túhubieras deletreado
él/ella/ustedhubiera deletreado
nosotroshubiéramos deletreado
vosotroshubierais deletreado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran deletreado

Practise deletrear

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More examples with deletrear

  • Deletrear una palabraTo spell a word
  • Deletrear tu nombreTo spell your name
  • Deletrear el apellidoTo spell the surname

Practice: deletrear to spell

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses
Imperative