devengar

Spanish

Etymology

Equivalent to de- +‎ vengar (“to get even, get revenge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /debenˈɡaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞ẽŋˈɡaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: de‧ven‧gar

Verb

devengar (first-person singular present devengo, first-person singular preterite devengué, past participle devengado)

(finance) to earn (money)
to be due (money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of devengar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			devengar
gerund			devengando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		devengado		devengada
		plural		devengados		devengadas
		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	devengo	devengas^{^tú} devengás^{^vos}	devenga	devengamos	devengáis	devengan
	imperfect	devengaba	devengabas	devengaba	devengábamos	devengabais	devengaban
	preterite	devengué	devengaste	devengó	devengamos	devengasteis	devengaron
	future	devengaré	devengarás	devengará	devengaremos	devengaréis	devengarán
	conditional	devengaría	devengarías	devengaría	devengaríamos	devengaríais	devengarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devengue	devengues^{^tú} devengués^{^vos²}	devengue	devenguemos	devenguéis	devenguen
	imperfect (ra)	devengara	devengaras	devengara	devengáramos	devengarais	devengaran
	imperfect (se)	devengase	devengases	devengase	devengásemos	devengaseis	devengasen
	future¹	devengare	devengares	devengare	devengáremos	devengareis	devengaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		devenga^{^tú} devengá^{^vos}	devengue	devenguemos	devengad	devenguen
	negative		no devengues	no devengue	no devenguemos	no devenguéis	no devenguen

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

Selected combined forms of devengar (g-gu alternation)

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 devengar	dative	devengarme	devengarte	devengarle, devengarse	devengarnos	devengaros	devengarles, devengarse
with infinitive devengar	accusative	devengarme	devengarte	devengarlo, devengarla, devengarse	devengarnos	devengaros	devengarlos, devengarlas, devengarse

with gerund devengando	dative	devengándome	devengándote	devengándole, devengándose	devengándonos	devengándoos	devengándoles, devengándose
with gerund devengando	accusative	devengándome	devengándote	devengándolo, devengándola, devengándose	devengándonos	devengándoos	devengándolos, devengándolas, devengándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative devenga	dative	devéngame	devéngate	devéngale	devénganos	not used	devéngales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative devenga	accusative	devéngame	devéngate	devéngalo, devéngala	devénganos	not used	devéngalos, devéngalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative devengá	dative	devengame	devengate	devengale	devenganos	not used	devengales
	accusative	devengame	devengate	devengalo, devengala	devenganos	not used	devengalos, devengalas

with formal second-person singular imperative devengue	dative	devéngueme	not used	devénguele, devénguese	devénguenos	not used	devéngueles
with formal second-person singular imperative devengue	accusative	devéngueme	not used	devénguelo, devénguela, devénguese	devénguenos	not used	devénguelos, devénguelas

with first-person plural imperative devenguemos	dative	not used	devenguémoste	devenguémosle	devenguémonos	devenguémoos	devenguémosles
with first-person plural imperative devenguemos	accusative	not used	devenguémoste	devenguémoslo, devenguémosla	devenguémonos	devenguémoos	devenguémoslos, devenguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative devengad	dative	devengadme	not used	devengadle	devengadnos	devengaos	devengadles
with informal second-person plural imperative devengad	accusative	devengadme	not used	devengadlo, devengadla	devengadnos	devengaos	devengadlos, devengadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative devenguen	dative	devénguenme	not used	devénguenle	devénguennos	not used	devénguenles, devénguense
with formal second-person plural imperative devenguen	accusative	devénguenme	not used	devénguenlo, devénguenla	devénguennos	not used	devénguenlos, devénguenlas, devénguense

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