Depositar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb depositar means to deposit, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. It is a regular -ar verb verb: the stem is deposit and the endings follow the -ar pattern, with the exceptions noted in the tables below. This page gives you the complete picture — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say «Yo deposito todos los días», which means «I deposit every day». Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: depositar
  • English: to deposit
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: depositando
  • Past participle: depositado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + depositado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for depositar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for depositar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem.

Gerund: depositando · Past participle: depositado

Present Indicative

Person Form
yo deposito
tú depositas
él/ella/Ud. deposita
nosotros/as depositamos
vosotros/as depositáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositan

The present is the tense you will use most with depositar. It covers daily routines, permanent facts and actions in progress. Learn the yo form deposito first, then the tú and él forms, which are the ones that change the stem in stem-changing verbs.

Preterite

Person Form
yo deposité
tú depositaste
él/ella/Ud. depositó
nosotros/as depositamos
vosotros/as depositasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositaron

The preterite of depositar reports what happened. «Ayer yo deposité por la tarde» places the action firmly in finished time. It is the tense of stories and reports, not of background description.

Imperfect

Person Form
yo depositaba
tú depositabas
él/ella/Ud. depositaba
nosotros/as depositábamos
vosotros/as depositabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositaban

The imperfect of depositar paints the background of a past scene: repeated actions, states and descriptions. «Antes, yo depositaba todos los días» is the pattern. Pair it with the preterite when one event interrupts another.

Future

Person Form
yo depositaré
tú depositarás
él/ella/Ud. depositará
nosotros/as depositaremos
vosotros/as depositaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositarán

The future of depositar looks forward: what will happen tomorrow, next week or next year. «Mañana yo depositaré sin falta» is the pattern. Remember that the future can also express probability about the present in Spanish.

Conditional

Person Form
yo depositaría
tú depositarías
él/ella/Ud. depositaría
nosotros/as depositaríamos
vosotros/as depositaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositarían

The conditional of depositar is the tense of «would»: what you would do, what would happen, what you would like. «Si pudiera, yo depositaría sin dudarlo» shows the pattern. It is built on the infinitive, just like the future.

Present Perfect

Person Form
yo he depositado
tú has depositado
él/ella/Ud. ha depositado
nosotros/as hemos depositado
vosotros/as habéis depositado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han depositado

The present perfect of depositar says «have done»: the action is finished but its result still matters now. «Hoy yo he depositado dos veces» is the pattern. Learn the participle depositado well — every perfect tense depends on it.

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había depositado
tú habías depositado
él/ella/Ud. había depositado
nosotros/as habíamos depositado
vosotros/as habíais depositado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían depositado

The pluperfect of depositar steps one event further back than the preterite. «Antes de salir, yo había depositado» is the pattern: first this happened, then the story moved on. It is haber in the imperfect plus depositado.

Future Perfect

Person Form
yo habré depositado
tú habrás depositado
él/ella/Ud. habrá depositado
nosotros/as habremos depositado
vosotros/as habréis depositado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán depositado

The future perfect of depositar combines the future of haber with depositado. «Para el viernes, yo habré depositado ya» is the pattern. Use it when the completion matters more than the action itself.

Conditional Perfect

Person Form
yo habría depositado
tú habrías depositado
él/ella/Ud. habría depositado
nosotros/as habríamos depositado
vosotros/as habríais depositado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían depositado

The conditional perfect of depositar is the tense of «would have done». «Yo habría depositado si hubiera podido» is the pattern. It is built from haber in the conditional plus depositado.

Present Subjunctive

Person Form
yo deposite
tú deposites
él/ella/Ud. deposite
nosotros/as depositemos
vosotros/as depositéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositen

The present subjunctive of depositar is the mood of what is wished, doubted or demanded rather than stated as fact. «Espero que tú deposites» is the pattern. If the trigger is in the past, switch to the imperfect subjunctive instead.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Form
yo depositara
tú depositaras
él/ella/Ud. depositara
nosotros/as depositáramos
vosotros/as depositarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositaran

The imperfect subjunctive of depositar handles the hypothetical past and the polite conditional. «Ojalá yo depositara más a menudo» is the pattern. The -ra forms in the table are the standard ones; the -se forms use the same stem with -se endings.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Form
tú deposita
él/ella/Ud. deposite
nosotros/as depositemos
vosotros/as depositad
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositen

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

The affirmative imperative of depositar is for orders and instructions. «¡deposita, por favor!» is the pattern. Remember there is no yo form in the imperative, and the nosotros form doubles as a suggestion: «¡depositemos!» means «let's do it».

Imperative — Negative

Person Form
tú deposites
él/ella/Ud. deposite
nosotros/as depositemos
vosotros/as depositéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. depositen

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

The negative imperative of depositar is built on the present subjunctive: «¡No deposites!». Learn it as a set with the subjunctive table above, and never follow no with the affirmative command form.

Example sentences

  1. Yo deposito todos los días. — I deposit every day.
  2. Ayer yo deposité por la tarde. — Yesterday I depositted in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, yo depositaba todos los días. — In the past, I used to deposit every day.
  4. Mañana yo depositaré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will deposit without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, yo depositaría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would deposit right now.
  6. Hoy yo he depositado dos veces. — Today I have depositted twice.
  7. Espero que tú deposites pronto. — I hope You deposit soon.
  8. Si yo depositara, todo sería distinto. — If I depositted, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo yo estoy depositando. — Right now I am depositting.
  10. ¡deposita, por favor! — Deposit, please!

Common mistakes

1. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer yo depositaba.

Right: Ayer yo deposité.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, deposité. The imperfect depositaba describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

2. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que tú depositas.

Right: Espero que tú deposites.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: deposites, not the indicative depositas. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

3. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No deposita.

Right: No deposites.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no deposites. The affirmative deposita can never follow no.

4. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

Wrong: Yo depositar todos los días.

Right: Yo deposito todos los días.

The infinitive depositar names the action; it never works as the main verb of a sentence. Conjugate it for the person: yo deposito.

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He depositando.

Right: He depositado.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he depositado. The gerund depositando goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy depositando»), never with haber.

Quiz

Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of depositar in the present indicative?

- (a) depositas
- (b) depositan
- (c) deposito
- (d) deposita

2. What is the yo form of depositar in the preterite?

- (a) depositaste
- (b) depositó
- (c) deposité
- (d) depositamos

3. What is the tú form of depositar in the imperfect?

- (a) depositabas
- (b) depositábamos
- (c) depositaba
- (d) depositaba

4. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of depositar in the future?

- (a) depositarás
- (b) depositaremos
- (c) depositaré
- (d) depositará

5. What is the nosotros/as form of depositar in the conditional?

- (a) depositarías
- (b) depositaría
- (c) depositaría
- (d) depositaríamos

6. What is the vosotros/as form of depositar in the present perfect?

- (a) he depositado
- (b) has depositado
- (c) ha depositado
- (d) habéis depositado

7. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of depositar in the present subjunctive?

- (a) deposite
- (b) deposite
- (c) depositen
- (d) deposites

8. What is the yo form of depositar in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) depositara
- (b) depositara
- (c) depositáramos
- (d) depositaras

9. What is the gerund of depositar?

- (a) deposito
- (b) depositando
- (c) depositar
- (d) depositado

10. What is the past participle of depositar?

- (a) depositado
- (b) depositando
- (c) depositar
- (d) deposité

Answer key

1. (b) — In the present indicative, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of depositar is depositan. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (c) — In the preterite, the yo form of depositar is deposité. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (a) — In the imperfect, the tú form of depositar is depositabas. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (d) — In the future, the él/ella/Ud. form of depositar is depositará. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (d) — In the conditional, the nosotros/as form of depositar is depositaríamos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (d) — In the present perfect, the vosotros/as form of depositar is habéis depositado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (c) — In the present subjunctive, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of depositar is depositen. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (a) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the yo form of depositar is depositara. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (b) — The gerund of depositar is depositando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy depositando». 10. (a) — The past participle of depositar is depositado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he depositado».

Frequently asked questions

Is depositar regular or irregular?

Yes — depositar is a regular -ar verb. Learn the endings once and they work in every tense, with the stem deposit unchanged throughout.

What are the gerund and past participle of depositar?

The gerund is depositando and the past participle is depositado. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy depositando») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he depositado»).

How do I say «I deposit» in Spanish?

Say «Yo deposito todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of depositar?

Use the preterite (deposité) for a single finished event and the imperfect (depositaba) for habits and background. «Ayer yo deposité» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo depositaba» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with depositar?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú deposites». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

How do I use depositar in the present perfect?

Put haber in the present before the past participle: «Hoy yo he depositado». The participle depositado never changes for person — only haber changes — so once you know the participle, the whole perfect tense follows.

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