Demorar means to delay or postpone something. It is used when referring to the act of making something happen later than planned or expected.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demoro | Yo demoro en llegar a veces. I am sometimes late. | |
| Tú | demoras | Tú demoras mucho en decidir. You take a long time to decide. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demora | Ella demora en responder. She takes a while to respond. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoramos | Nosotros demoramos en terminar el trabajo. We take time to finish the work. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demoráis | Vosotros demoráis en salir. You all take a while to leave. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoran | Ellos demoran en llegar. They are late. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demoré | Ayer demoré mucho en terminar. Yesterday I took a long time to finish. | |
| Tú | demoraste | Tú demoraste en responderme. You took a long time to respond to me. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demoró | Él demoró en llegar a la reunión. He took a while to arrive at the meeting. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoramos | Nosotros demoramos en salir. We took a while to leave. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demorasteis | Vosotros demorasteis en responder. You all took a long time to respond. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoraron | Ellos demoraron en decidir. They took a while to decide. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demoraba | Yo demoraba mucho en terminar la tarea. I used to take a long time to finish the homework. | |
| Tú | demorabas | Tú demorabas en responder el correo. You used to take a while to reply to the email. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demoraba | Ella demoraba en llegar a la oficina. She used to be late to arrive at the office. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demorábamos | Nosotros demorábamos en salir de casa. We used to take time to leave the house. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demorabais | Vosotros demorabais en decidir qué hacer. You all used to take time to decide what to do. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoraban | Ellos demoraban en completar el proyecto. They used to take a long time to complete the project. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy demorando | Estoy demorando en decidir qué hacer. I am taking a long time to decide what to do. | |
| Tú | estás demorando | Estás demorando demasiado en responder. You are taking too long to respond. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | está demorando | Ella está demorando en llegar a la reunión. She is taking a long time to arrive at the meeting. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos demorando | Estamos demorando en terminar el proyecto. We are taking a while to finish the project. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis demorando | Vosotros estáis demorando en decidir. You all are taking a while to decide. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están demorando | Ellos están demorando en completar la tarea. They are taking a long time to complete the task. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a demorar | Voy a demorar en llegar a casa. I am going to take a while to arrive home. | |
| Tú | vas a demorar | Vas a demorar en terminar el trabajo. You are going to take a while to finish the work. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | va a demorar | Ella va a demorar en responder. She is going to take a while to respond. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a demorar | Vamos a demorar en salir. We are going to take a while to leave. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a demorar | Vosotros vais a demorar en llegar. You all are going to take a while to arrive. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a demorar | Ellos van a demorar en decidir. They are going to take a while to decide. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demoraré | Yo demoraré en llegar a la reunión. I will be late to the meeting. | |
| Tú | demorarás | Tú demorarás en terminar el proyecto. You will take a while to finish the project. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demorará | Ella demorará en responder la carta. She will take time to respond to the letter. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoraremos | Nosotros demoraremos en salir. We will take some time to leave. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demoraréis | Vosotros demoraréis en entender esto. You all will take time to understand this. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demorarán | Ellos demorarán en llegar. They will take a while to arrive. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demoraría | Yo demoraría la decisión si fuera necesario. I would delay the decision if necessary. | |
| Tú | demorarías | Tú demorarías el proyecto por eso. You would delay the project because of that. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demoraría | Él demoraría la entrega si hay problemas. He would delay the delivery if there are problems. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoraríamos | Nosotros demoraríamos la reunión si fuera necesario. We would delay the meeting if necessary. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demoraríais | Vosotros demoraríais la respuesta por ahora. You all would delay the response for now. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demorarían | Ellos demorarían la firma del contrato. They would delay signing the contract. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | he demorado | Yo he demorado en responderte. I have delayed in replying to you. | |
| Tú | has demorado | Tú has demorado mucho en decidir. You have delayed a lot in deciding. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha demorado | Él ha demorado en llegar. He has delayed in arriving. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos demorado | Nosotros hemos demorado en terminar. We have delayed in finishing. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis demorado | Vosotros habéis demorado mucho. You all have delayed a lot. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han demorado | Ellos han demorado en responder. They have delayed in responding. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | había demorado | Yo ya había demorado en llegar. I had already delayed in arriving. | |
| Tú | habías demorado | Tú habías demorado mucho en decidir. You had delayed a lot in deciding. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | había demorado | Ella había demorado en responder. She had delayed in responding. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos demorado | Nosotros habíamos demorado en terminar. We had delayed in finishing. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais demorado | Vosotros habíais demorado en salir. You all had delayed in leaving. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían demorado | Ellos habían demorado en llegar. They had delayed in arriving. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré demorado | Para entonces, habré demorado en llegar. By then, I will have delayed arriving. | |
| Tú | habrás demorado | Tú habrás demorado en responder. You will have delayed responding. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habrá demorado | Él habrá demorado en terminar. He will have delayed finishing. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos demorado | Nosotros habremos demorado en decidir. We will have delayed deciding. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis demorado | Vosotros habréis demorado en salir. You all will have delayed leaving. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán demorado | Ellos habrán demorado en llegar. They will have delayed arriving. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría demorado | Yo habría demorado en responderte. I would have delayed in responding to you. | |
| Tú | habrías demorado | Tú habrías demorado en llegar. You would have delayed in arriving. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habría demorado | Él habría demorado en decidirse. He would have delayed in deciding. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos demorado | Nosotros habríamos demorado si hubiéramos sabido. We would have delayed if we had known. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais demorado | Vosotros habríais demorado en aceptar. You all would have delayed in accepting. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían demorado | Ellos habrían demorado en responder. They would have delayed in responding. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demore | Espero que yo demore en llegar. I hope I take a long time to arrive. | |
| Tú | demores | Es importante que tú demores en decidir. It's important that you take your time to decide. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demore | Es posible que él demore en responder. It's possible that he takes a while to respond. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoremos | Queremos que nosotros demoremos en terminar. We want us to take our time to finish. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demoréis | Es necesario que vosotros demoréis en decidir. It's necessary that you all take your time to decide. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoren | No creo que ellos demoren en llegar. I don't think they will take long to arrive. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demorara | Esperaba que él demorara en llegar. I hoped that he would arrive late. | |
| Tú | demoraras | No creía que tú demoraras tanto. I didn't believe that you would take so long. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demorara | Dudaba que ella demorara en contestar. I doubted that she would respond quickly. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoráramos | Si demoráramos más, perderíamos la oportunidad. If we delayed more, we would lose the opportunity. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demorarais | No pensaba que vosotros demorais en decidir. I didn't think that you all would take so long to decide. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoraran | Era posible que ellos demoraran en responder. It was possible that they would delay in responding. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demorare | Si llegara tarde, te demorare en la oficina. If I arrive late, I will delay you at the office. | |
| Tú | demorares | Cuando puedas, demorares en responder. When you can, you will delay in responding. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demorare | El profesor demorare en entregar los resultados. The teacher will delay in delivering the results. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoráremos | Nosotros demoráremos en decidir qué hacer. We will delay in deciding what to do. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demorareis | Vosotros demorareis en llegar si hay tráfico. You all will delay in arriving if there is traffic. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoraren | Ellos demoraren en responder a la invitación. They will delay in responding to the invitation. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya demorado | Espero que haya demorado en responder. I hope I have delayed in responding. | |
| Tú | hayas demorado | Es posible que hayas demorado en venir. It's possible that you have delayed in coming. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya demorado | Es importante que él haya demorado menos. It's important that he has delayed less. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos demorado | No creo que hayamos demorado tanto. I don't think we have delayed so much. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis demorado | Me alegra que hayáis demorado en decidir. I'm glad that you all have delayed in deciding. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan demorado | No creo que hayan demorado en responder. I don't think they have delayed in responding. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera demorado | Si hubiera demorado, habría llegado tarde. If I had delayed, I would have arrived late. | |
| Tú | hubieras demorado | Si hubieras demorado, no habrías visto la película. If you had delayed, you wouldn't have seen the movie. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera demorado | Si ella hubiera demorado, habría perdido el tren. If she had delayed, she would have missed the train. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos demorado | Si hubiéramos demorado, no habríamos llegado a tiempo. If we had delayed, we wouldn't have arrived on time. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais demorado | Si hubierais demorado, habríais perdido la oportunidad. If you all had delayed, you would have missed the opportunity. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran demorado | Si ellos hubieran demorado, no habrían terminado. If they had delayed, they wouldn't have finished. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere demorado | Para entonces, ya hubiere demorado mucho. By then, I will have already taken a long time. | |
| Tú | hubieres demorado | Es posible que tú hubieres demorado en llegar. It is possible that you will have arrived late. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere demorado | Es probable que él hubiere demorado en contestar. He probably will have taken a while to answer. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos demorado | Quizá nosotros hubiéremos demorado en decidir. Maybe we will have delayed in deciding. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis demorado | Para entonces, vosotros hubiereis demorado mucho. By then, you all will have taken a long time. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren demorado | Es posible que ellos hubieren demorado en terminar. It is possible that they will have delayed finishing. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | demore | No se usa la forma 'yo' en imperativo. The 'yo' form is not used in imperative. | |
| Tú | demora | ¡Demora el informe antes de la reunión! Delay the report before the meeting! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | demore | Por favor, demore la decisión hasta mañana. Please delay the decision until tomorrow. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | demoremos | Demoremos la presentación para tener más tiempo. Let's delay the presentation to have more time. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | demorad | ¡Demorad la entrega si es necesario! Delay the delivery if necessary! | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | demoren | Deben demoren el proceso para revisar todo. They should delay the process to review everything. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no demore | No demore en enviar el informe. Don't delay in sending the report. | |
| Tú | no demores | No demores en llamar a tu madre. Don't delay in calling your mother. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no demore | Por favor, no demore en responder. Please, don't delay in responding. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no demoremos | No demoremos en tomar una decisión. Let's not delay in making a decision. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no demoréis | No demoréis en llegar a la reunión. Don't delay in arriving at the meeting. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no demoren | No demoren en entregar los documentos. Don't delay in submitting the documents. |
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