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SPANISH VERB

documentar

to document

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: documentando
  • Past participle: documentado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I document
  2. tú you document
  3. usted, él, ella he/she documents
  4. nosotros we document
  5. vosotros Spain you all document
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they document

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I documented
  2. tú you documented
  3. usted, él, ella he/she documented
  4. nosotros we documented
  5. vosotros Spain you all documented
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they documented

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to document
  2. tú you used to document
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to document
  4. nosotros we used to document
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to document
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to document

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will document
  2. tú you will document
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will document
  4. nosotros we will document
  5. vosotros Spain you all will document
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will document

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would document
  2. tú you would document
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would document
  4. nosotros we would document
  5. vosotros Spain you all would document
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would document

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I document
  2. tú (that) you document
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she document
  4. nosotros (that) we document
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all document
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they document

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I documented
  2. tú (if) you documented
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she documented
  4. nosotros (if) we documented
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all documented
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they documented

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú document!
  2. usted document! (formal)
  3. nosotros document! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain document! (all of you)
  5. ustedes document! (all of you)

How to use documentar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    La matrona documenta cada parto en el historial de la madre.

    The midwife documents every birth in the mother's records.

  2. Past

    Me documenté durante meses antes de escribir la primera página.

    I researched for months before writing the first page.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuelo documentaba con fotos todos los viajes de la familia.

    My grandfather documented all the family trips with photos.

  4. Future

    ¿Documentarás el caso o lo dejamos sin escribir?

    Will you document the case or do we leave it unwritten?

  5. Conditional

    Yo documentaría todo por escrito, por si acaso.

    I'd document everything in writing, just in case.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es importante que documentes cada medicación que das.

    It's important that you document every medication you give.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El jefe nos exigió que documentáramos cada incidencia del turno.

    The boss demanded that we document every incident of the shift.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Documéntate bien antes de opinar de medicina!

    Read up properly before giving opinions on medicine!

Good to know

  • "Documentarse" is to read up on something before writing or talking about it: "me documenté mucho para la novela".

Where you hear documentar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • En el Archivo documentamos cada carta, con su fecha y su legajo. At the Archive we document every letter, with its date and its bundle.
  • Lo documenté todo, nota por nota, durante cuarenta años. I documented everything, note by note, for forty years.
  • Lo que encuentres en septiembre, lo documentarás tú. Whatever you find in September, you'll document it yourself.
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Questions from the Floor

Fluency Level 1 · documentado

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.