detectar
to detect
El sensor detecta el humo.
The sensor detects smoke.
detectar present indicative
Habitual and ongoing actions in the present.
detectar present continuous
Action in progress right now. Periphrastic: estar (present) + gerund.
detectar preterite
Completed actions at a specific moment in the past.
detectar imperfect
Habitual past actions, descriptions, background.
detectar present perfect
Completed actions with present relevance. Auxiliary haber + participle.
detectar future
Actions yet to happen.
detectar informal future
Near-future plans. Periphrastic: ir (present) + a + infinitive.
detectar future perfect
Action that will have been completed by a future moment. Auxiliary haber (future) + participle.
detectar conditional
Hypothetical or polite would-actions.
detectar conditional perfect
Hypothetical past: would have done. Auxiliary haber (conditional) + participle.
detectar pluperfect
An action completed before another past action.
detectar subjunctive present
Desires, doubts, and hypotheticals in the present.
detectar subjunctive imperfect
Past subjunctive: desires, doubts, hypotheticals in the past.
detectar subjunctive present perfect
Completed actions in subjunctive contexts.
detectar subjunctive pluperfect
Past-perfect actions in subjunctive contexts.
detectar imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands.
detectar imperative (negative)
Negative commands: borrows subjunctive present.