detener
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Tener means 'to have' or 'to hold.' The stem changes e→ie in stressed forms (tienes, tiene, tienen), and the yo form adds -g- (tengo). Compounds like mantener and contener follow the same pattern.
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicative
Tiempo
Presente
Present Indicative
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Indicativo — Indicative
Subjuntivo — Subjunctive
Imperativo — Imperative
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — detener
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber detenido
- Gerundio — deteniendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo detenido
- Participio — detenido
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Key forms
yo
detengo
tú
detienes
él/ella
detiene
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he detenido
tú
has detenido
él/ella
ha detenido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
detuve
tú
detuviste
él/ella
detuvo
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
detenía
tú
detenías
él/ella
detenía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había detenido
tú
habías detenido
él/ella
había detenido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube detenido
tú
hubiste detenido
él/ella
hubo detenido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
detendré
tú
detendrás
él/ella
detendrá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
detendría
tú
detendrías
él/ella
detendría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré detenido
tú
habrás detenido
él/ella
habrá detenido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría detenido
tú
habrías detenido
él/ella
habría detenido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
detenga
tú
detengas
él/ella
detenga
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya detenido
tú
hayas detenido
él/ella
haya detenido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
detuviera (detuviese)
tú
detuvieras (detuvieses)
él/ella
detuviera (detuviese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera detenido (hubiese detenido)
tú
hubieras detenido (hubieses detenido)
él/ella
hubiera detenido (hubiese detenido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
detuviere
tú
detuvieres
él/ella
detuviere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere detenido
tú
hubieres detenido
él/ella
hubiere detenido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
detén
él/ella
detenga
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
detengas
él/ella
detenga
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