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How to conjugate Distribuir in Spanish

distribuir to distribute, to allocate, to give out Irregular Verb

At a glance: Distribuir (to distribute, to allocate, to give out) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: distribuyo, distribuyes, distribuye, distribuimos, distribuís, distribuyen. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos add a y (distribuyo, distribuyes, distribuye, distribuyen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (distribuyó), subjunctive and gerund (distribuyendo).

Past participle
distribuido distributed
Gerund
distribuyendo distributing
Similar
asignar, destinar, repartir

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Indicative tenses of Distribuir

Distribuir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of distribuir is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “distribuyo”, meaning “I distribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuyoI distribute
Túdistribuyesyou distribute
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuyes/he distributes
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuimoswe distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuísyou (plural) distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuyenthey distribute

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos add a y (distribuyo, distribuyes, distribuye, distribuyen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of distribuir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “distribuí”, meaning “I distributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuíI distributed
Túdistribuisteyou distributed
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuyós/he distributed
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuimoswe distributed
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuisteisyou (plural) distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuyeronthey distributed

How it’s built: Ella/Él and ellas/ellos change i to y (distribuyó, distribuyeron); the other forms are regular.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of distribuir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “distribuía”, meaning “I used to distribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuíaI used to distribute
Túdistribuíasyou used to distribute
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuías/he used to distribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuíamoswe used to distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuíaisyou (plural) used to distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuíanthey used to distribute

How it’s built: Regular: stem distribu- plus the -ir endings.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of distribuir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy distribuyendo”, meaning “I am distributing”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy distribuyendoI am distributing
Túestás distribuyendoyou are distributing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá distribuyendos/he is distributing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos distribuyendowe are distributing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis distribuyendoyou (plural) are distributing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán distribuyendothey are distributing

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund distribuyendo.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of distribuir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a distribuir”, meaning “I am going to distribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a distribuirI am going to distribute
Túvas a distribuiryou are going to distribute
Ella / Él / Ustedva a distribuirs/he is going to distribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a distribuirwe are going to distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a distribuiryou (plural) are going to distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a distribuirthey are going to distribute

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive distribuir.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of distribuir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “distribuiré”, meaning “I will distribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuiréI will distribute
Túdistribuirásyou will distribute
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuirás/he will distribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuiremoswe will distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuiréisyou (plural) will distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuiránthey will distribute

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive distribuir plus the future endings.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of distribuir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “distribuiría”, meaning “I would distribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuiríaI would distribute
Túdistribuiríasyou would distribute
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuirías/he would distribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuiríamoswe would distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuiríaisyou (plural) would distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuiríanthey would distribute

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive distribuir plus the conditional endings.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of distribuir is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he distribuido”, meaning “I have distributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe distribuidoI have distributed
Túhas distribuidoyou have distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedha distribuidos/he has distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos distribuidowe have distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis distribuidoyou (plural) have distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan distribuidothey have distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of distribuir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había distribuido”, meaning “I had distributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía distribuidoI had distributed
Túhabías distribuidoyou had distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía distribuidos/he had distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos distribuidowe had distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais distribuidoyou (plural) had distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían distribuidothey had distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of distribuir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré distribuido”, meaning “I will have distributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré distribuidoI will have distributed
Túhabrás distribuidoyou will have distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá distribuidos/he will have distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos distribuidowe will have distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis distribuidoyou (plural) will have distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán distribuidothey will have distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Distribuir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of distribuir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría distribuido”, meaning “I would have distributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría distribuidoI would have distributed
Túhabrías distribuidoyou would have distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría distribuidos/he would have distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos distribuidowe would have distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais distribuidoyou (plural) would have distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían distribuidothey would have distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Subjunctive tenses of Distribuir

Distribuir in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “distribuya”, meaning “I distribute”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuyaI distribute
Túdistribuyasyou distribute
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuyas/he distributes
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuyamoswe distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuyáisyou (plural) distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuyanthey distribute

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, distribuyo (distribuya, distribuyas, distribuya, distribuyamos, distribuyáis, distribuyan).

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Distribuir in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “distribuyera”, meaning “I distributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuyeraI distributed
Túdistribuyerasyou distributed
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuyeras/he distributed
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuyéramoswe distributed
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuyeraisyou (plural) distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuyeranthey distributed

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, distribuyeron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (distribuyéramos).

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Distribuir in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “distribuyere”, meaning “I will distribute”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistribuyereI will distribute
Túdistribuyeresyou will distribute
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuyeres/he will distribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuyéremoswe will distribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuyereisyou (plural) will distribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuyerenthey will distribute

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, distribuyeron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (distribuyéremos).

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Distribuir in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya distribuido”, meaning “I have distributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya distribuidoI have distributed
Túhayas distribuidoyou have distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya distribuidos/he has distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos distribuidowe have distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis distribuidoyou (plural) have distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan distribuidothey have distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Distribuir in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera distribuido”, meaning “I had distributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera distribuidoI had distributed
Túhubieras distribuidoyou had distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera distribuidos/he had distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos distribuidowe had distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais distribuidoyou (plural) had distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran distribuidothey had distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Distribuir in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere distribuido”, meaning “I will have distributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere distribuidoI will have distributed
Túhubieres distribuidoyou will have distributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere distribuidos/he will have distributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos distribuidowe will have distributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis distribuidoyou (plural) will have distributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren distribuidothey will have distributed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle distribuido.

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Imperative tenses of Distribuir

Distribuir in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “distribuya”, meaning “(to you formal) distribute!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túdistribuye(to you) distribute!
Ella / Él / Usteddistribuya(to you formal) distribute!
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistribuyamoslet's distribute!
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistribuid(to you plural) distribute!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistribuyan(to you plural formal) distribute!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (distribuye); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (distribuya, distribuyamos, distribuyan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (distribuid).

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Distribuir in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no distribuya”, meaning “(to you formal) don't distribute!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno distribuyas(to you) don't distribute!
Ella / Él / Ustedno distribuya(to you formal) don't distribute!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno distribuyamoslet's not distribute!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno distribuyáis(to you plural) don't distribute!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno distribuyan(to you plural formal) don't distribute!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no distribuyas, no distribuya, no distribuyamos, no distribuyáis, no distribuyan.

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Frequently asked questions about Distribuir

Is distribuir a regular or irregular verb?

Distribuir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos add a y (distribuyo, distribuyes, distribuye, distribuyen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (distribuyó), subjunctive and gerund (distribuyendo).

How do you conjugate distribuir in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), distribuir is conjugated as: yo distribuyo, tú distribuyes, él/ella/usted distribuye, nosotros distribuimos, vosotros distribuís, ellos/ellas/ustedes distribuyen. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate distribuir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), distribuir is conjugated as: yo distribuí, tú distribuiste, él/ella/usted distribuyó, nosotros distribuimos, vosotros distribuisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distribuyeron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate distribuir in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), distribuir is conjugated as: yo distribuía, tú distribuías, él/ella/usted distribuía, nosotros distribuíamos, vosotros distribuíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes distribuían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate distribuir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), distribuir is conjugated as: yo distribuiré, tú distribuirás, él/ella/usted distribuirá, nosotros distribuiremos, vosotros distribuiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distribuirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate distribuir in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), distribuir is conjugated as: yo distribuya, tú distribuyas, él/ella/usted distribuya, nosotros distribuyamos, vosotros distribuyáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distribuyan. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.


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