Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I depend
- tú you depend
- usted, él, ella he/she depends
- nosotros we depend
- vosotros Spain you all depend
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they depend
SPANISH VERB
depender
to depend
- #173 most used
- Regular -er verb
- Gerund: dependiendo
- Past participle: dependido
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I depended
- tú you depended
- usted, él, ella he/she depended
- nosotros we depended
- vosotros Spain you all depended
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they depended
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to depend
- tú you used to depend
- usted, él, ella he/she used to depend
- nosotros we used to depend
- vosotros Spain you all used to depend
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to depend
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will depend
- tú you will depend
- usted, él, ella he/she will depend
- nosotros we will depend
- vosotros Spain you all will depend
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will depend
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would depend
- tú you would depend
- usted, él, ella he/she would depend
- nosotros we would depend
- vosotros Spain you all would depend
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would depend
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I depend
- tú (that) you depend
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she depend
- nosotros (that) we depend
- vosotros Spain (that) you all depend
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they depend
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I depended
- tú (if) you depended
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she depended
- nosotros (if) we depended
- vosotros Spain (if) you all depended
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they depended
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú depend!
- usted depend! (formal)
- nosotros depend! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain depend! (all of you)
- ustedes depend! (all of you)
How to use depender
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Todo depende del precio del boleto.
It all depends on the ticket price.
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Past
La decisión dependió de mi jefe, no de mí.
The decision was up to my boss, not me.
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Imperfect
De estudiante dependía de mis papás para todo.
As a student I depended on my parents for everything.
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Future
El paseo dependerá del clima de mañana.
The outing will depend on tomorrow's weather.
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Conditional
Eso dependería de cuánta gente venga.
That would depend on how many people come.
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Present subjunctive
No quiero que dependas de nadie para viajar.
I don't want you to depend on anyone to travel.
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Past subjunctive
Si dependiera de mí, nos iríamos mañana mismo.
If it were up to me, we'd leave tomorrow.
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Imperative
¡No dependas tanto de tu celular!
Don't depend so much on your phone!
Good to know
- "Depender de" takes "de": "depende del clima"; alone, "depende" is "it depends".
Where you hear depender
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 2
- Depende. It depends.
- Dependió del tiempo. It depended on the weather.
- Va a depender de la lluvia. It's going to depend on the rain.
Spanish · Beginner Level 3
- Depende de muchas cosas. It depends on a lot of things.
- Dependió del tiempo. It depended on the weather.
- Va a depender del trabajo. It's going to depend on work.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.