Spanish Verb DESCRIBIR - to describe. Regular IR family

Spanish Verb DESCRIBIR: to describe

The Spanish verb describir means 'to describe' and is a regular Spanish IR verb.

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Read on, below the DESCRIBIR verb table...(Note the two irregular past participles).

to describe: describir
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VERB CONJUGATION TABLE DESCRIBIR - to describe
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb describir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente describe	describo	describes	describe	describimos	describís	describen
Imperfect Imperfecto described	describía	describías	describía	describíamos	describíais	describían
Preterit Pretérito described	describí	describiste	describió	describimos	describisteis	describieron
Future Futuro will describe	describiré	describirás	describirá	describiremos	describiréis	describirán
Conditional Condicional would describe	describiría	describirías	describiría	describiríamos	describiríais	describirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may describe	describa	describas	describa	describamos	describáis	describan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might describe	describiera	describieras	describiera	describiéramos	describierais	describieran
	describiese	describieses	describiese	describiésemos	describieseis	describiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb describir - to describe
Imperative Imperativo describe!		describe!	describa!	describamos!	describid!	describan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't describe!		no describas!	no describa!	no describamos!	no describáis!	no describan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb DESCRIBIR Past Participle: descrito or descripto - described
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have described	he descrito	has descrito	ha descrito	hemos descrito	habéis descrito	han descrito
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had described	hube descrito	hubiste descrito	hubo descrito	hubimos descrito	hubisteis descrito	hubieron descrito
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had described	había descrito	habías descrito	había descrito	habíamos descrito	habíais descrito	habían descrito
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have described	haya descrito	hayas descrito	haya descrito	hayamos descrito	hayáis descrito	hayan descrito
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have described	habré descrito	habrás descrito	habrá descrito	habremos descrito	habréis descrito	habrán descrito
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have described	habría descrito	habrías descrito	habría descrito	habríamos descrito	habríais descrito	habrían descrito
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have described	hubiera descrito	hubieras descrito	hubiera descrito	hubiéramos descrito	hubierais descrito	hubieran descrito
	hubiese descrito	hubieses descrito	hubiese descrito	hubiésemos descrito	hubieseis descrito	hubiesen descrito
Progressive Tenses DESCRIBIR Present Participle: describiendo - describing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am describing	estoy describiendo	estás describiendo	está describiendo	estamos describiendo	está describiendo	están describiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was describing	estuve describiendo	estuviste describiendo	estuvo describiendo	estuvimos describiendo	estuvisteis describiendo	estuvieron describiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been describing	estaba describiendo	estabas describiendo	estaba describiendo	estábamos describiendo	estabais describiendo	estaban describiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be describing	estaré describiendo	estarás describiendo	estará describiendo	estaremos describiendo	estaréis describiendo	estarán describiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría describiendo	estarías describiendo	estabría describiendo	estaríamos describiendo	estaríais describiendo	estarían describiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been describing	que ~ describiendo	que ~ describiendo	que ~ describiendo	que ~ describiendo	que ~ describiendo	que ~ describiendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB DESCRIBIR

USING the SPANISH VERB DESCRIBIR

Describir can also mean: to portray, to trace.

la descripción (nf): description.
descriptivo/a (adj m/f): descriptive.

Es muy dificíl describirla: It's very difficult to describe her.
¿Cómo describirás tu experiencia? How will you describe your experience?

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In regular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos describís
Imperativo: ¡describí!

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