develar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /debeˈlaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞eˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ve‧lar

Verb

develar (first-person singular present develo, first-person singular preterite develé, past participle develado)

1. (transitive) to unveil, to reveal

   Synonym: desvelar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of develar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			develar
gerund			develando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		develado		develada
		plural		develados		develadas
		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	develo	develastú develásvos	devela	develamos	develáis	develan
	imperfect	develaba	develabas	develaba	develábamos	develabais	develaban
	preterite	develé	develaste	develó	develamos	develasteis	develaron
	future	develaré	develarás	develará	develaremos	develaréis	develarán
	conditional	develaría	develarías	develaría	develaríamos	develaríais	develarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devele	develestú develésvos2	devele	develemos	develéis	develen
	imperfect (ra)	develara	develaras	develara	develáramos	develarais	develaran
	imperfect (se)	develase	develases	develase	develásemos	develaseis	develasen
	future1	develare	develares	develare	develáremos	develareis	develaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		develatú develávos	devele	develemos	develad	develen
	negative		no develes	no devele	no develemos	no develéis	no develen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of develar

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 develar
	dative	develarme	develarte	develarle, develarse	develarnos	develaros	develarles, develarse
	accusative	develarme	develarte	develarlo, develarla, develarse	develarnos	develaros	develarlos, develarlas, develarse
with gerund develando
	dative	develándome	develándote	develándole, develándose	develándonos	develándoos	develándoles, develándose
	accusative	develándome	develándote	develándolo, develándola, develándose	develándonos	develándoos	develándolos, develándolas, develándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative devela
	dative	devélame	devélate	devélale	devélanos	not used	devélales
	accusative	devélame	devélate	devélalo, devélala	devélanos	not used	devélalos, devélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative develá
	dative	develame	develate	develale	develanos	not used	develales
	accusative	develame	develate	develalo, develala	develanos	not used	develalos, develalas
with formal second-person singular imperative devele
	dative	devéleme	not used	devélele, devélese	devélenos	not used	devéleles
	accusative	devéleme	not used	devélelo, devélela, devélese	devélenos	not used	devélelos, devélelas
with first-person plural imperative develemos
	dative	not used	develémoste	develémosle	develémonos	develémoos	develémosles
	accusative	not used	develémoste	develémoslo, develémosla	develémonos	develémoos	develémoslos, develémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative develad
	dative	develadme	not used	develadle	develadnos	develaos	develadles
	accusative	develadme	not used	develadlo, develadla	develadnos	develaos	develadlos, develadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative develen
	dative	devélenme	not used	devélenle	devélennos	not used	devélenles, devélense
	accusative	devélenme	not used	devélenlo, devélenla	devélennos	not used	devélenlos, devélenlas, devélense

Derived terms

• develación
• develador

 

Further reading

• “develar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014