detener

/deteˈneɾ/, [d̪e.t̪eˈneɾ]

detain, stop

Gerund: deteniendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	detenido	detenida
Plural	detenidos	detenidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	detengo	detenía	detuve	detendré	detendría
tú	detienes	detenías	detuviste	detendrás	detendrías
él/ella/Ud.	detiene	detenía	detuvo	detendrá	detendría
nosotros	detenemos	deteníamos	detuvimos	detendremos	detendríamos
vosotros	detenéis	deteníais	detuvisteis	detendréis	detendríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	detienen	detenían	detuvieron	detendrán	detendrían
vos	detenés	detenías	detuviste	detendrás	detendrías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	detenga	detuviera	detuviese	detuviere
tú	detengas	detuvieras	detuvieses	detuvieres
él/ella/Ud.	detenga	detuviera	detuviese	detuviere
nosotros	detengamos	detuviéramos	detuviésemos	detuviéremos
vosotros	detengáis	detuvierais	detuvieseis	detuviereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	detengan	detuvieran	detuviesen	detuvieren
vos	detengás	detuvieras	detuvieses	detuvieres

Imperative

Examples

No se puede detener a Tom.

Tom can't be stopped.

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Él no nos puede detener.

He cannot stop us.

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No pude detener a Tom.

I couldn't stop Tom.

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Nadie puede detener a Tom.

Nobody can stop Tom.

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No puedes detener el progreso.

You can't stop progress.

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Ella no las puede detener.

She cannot stop them.

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Tom trató de detener a Mary de tomarse la última botella de vino.

Tom tried to stop Mary from drinking the last bottle of wine.

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Ella no me puede detener.

She cannot stop me.

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Los voy a detener.

I'm going to stop them.

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Levanté la mano para detener un taxi.

I held up my hand to stop a taxi.

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