detectarverb
Detectar means to detect in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as detecta, detectan and detectó.
- to detect
Detectamos la luz en la noche.
We detect the light at night.
Yo detecto pequeños cambios en su voz.
I detect small changes in her voice.
La alarma detecta humo dentro de casa.
The alarm detects smoke inside the house.
Hemos detectado un error en la cuenta.
We have detected an error in the bill.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| detecta | he, she, it | Present |
| detectan | they | Present |
| detectó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| detectaron | they | Preterite |
| detecte | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| detectando | Gerund | |
| detecten | they | Present subjunctive |
| detectamos | we | Present or preterite |
| detectará | he, she, it | Future |
| detectara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |
| detecto | I | Present |