debatir

Ido

Verb

debatir

1. past infinitive of debatar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /debaˈtiɾ/ [d̪e.β̞aˈt̪iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ba‧tir

Verb

debatir (first-person singular present debato, first-person singular preterite debatí, past participle debatido)

1. (transitive) to debate
2. (reflexive) to struggle (in a decision)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debatir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			debatir
gerund			debatiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		debatido		debatida
		plural		debatidos		debatidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	debato	debatestú debatísvos	debate	debatimos	debatís	debaten
	imperfect	debatía	debatías	debatía	debatíamos	debatíais	debatían
	preterite	debatí	debatiste	debatió	debatimos	debatisteis	debatieron
	future	debatiré	debatirás	debatirá	debatiremos	debatiréis	debatirán
	conditional	debatiría	debatirías	debatiría	debatiríamos	debatiríais	debatirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	debata	debatastú debatásvos2	debata	debatamos	debatáis	debatan
	imperfect (ra)	debatiera	debatieras	debatiera	debatiéramos	debatierais	debatieran
	imperfect (se)	debatiese	debatieses	debatiese	debatiésemos	debatieseis	debatiesen
	future1	debatiere	debatieres	debatiere	debatiéremos	debatiereis	debatieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		debatetú debatívos	debata	debatamos	debatid	debatan
	negative		no debatas	no debata	no debatamos	no debatáis	no debatan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of debatir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive debatir	dative	debatirme	debatirte	debatirle, debatirse	debatirnos	debatiros	debatirles, debatirse
	accusative	debatirme	debatirte	debatirlo, debatirla, debatirse	debatirnos	debatiros	debatirlos, debatirlas, debatirse
with gerund debatiendo	dative	debatiéndome	debatiéndote	debatiéndole, debatiéndose	debatiéndonos	debatiéndoos	debatiéndoles, debatiéndose
	accusative	debatiéndome	debatiéndote	debatiéndolo, debatiéndola, debatiéndose	debatiéndonos	debatiéndoos	debatiéndolos, debatiéndolas, debatiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative debate	dative	debáteme	debátete	debátele	debátenos	not used	debáteles
	accusative	debáteme	debátete	debátelo, debátela	debátenos	not used	debátelos, debátelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative debatí	dative	debatime	debatite	debatile	debatinos	not used	debatiles
	accusative	debatime	debatite	debatilo, debatila	debatinos	not used	debatilos, debatilas
with formal second-person singular imperative debata	dative	debátame	not used	debátale, debátase	debátanos	not used	debátales
	accusative	debátame	not used	debátalo, debátala, debátase	debátanos	not used	debátalos, debátalas
with first-person plural imperative debatamos	dative	not used	debatámoste	debatámosle	debatámonos	debatámoos	debatámosles
	accusative	not used	debatámoste	debatámoslo, debatámosla	debatámonos	debatámoos	debatámoslos, debatámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative debatid	dative	debatidme	not used	debatidle	debatidnos	debatíos	debatidles
	accusative	debatidme	not used	debatidlo, debatidla	debatidnos	debatíos	debatidlos, debatidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative debatan	dative	debátanme	not used	debátanle	debátannos	not used	debátanles, debátanse
	accusative	debátanme	not used	debátanlo, debátanla	debátannos	not used	debátanlos, debátanlas, debátanse

Derived terms

• debate
• debatible

Further reading

• “debatir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025