distinguir

/distinˈɡiɾ/, [d̪is.t̪ĩŋˈɡiɾ]

distinguish

Gerund: distinguiendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	distinguido	distinguida
Plural	distinguidos	distinguidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	distingo	distinguía	distinguí	distinguiré	distinguiría
tú	distingues	distinguías	distinguiste	distinguirás	distinguirías
él/ella/Ud.	distingue	distinguía	distinguió	distinguirá	distinguiría
nosotros	distinguimos	distinguíamos	distinguimos	distinguiremos	distinguiríamos
vosotros	distinguís	distinguíais	distinguisteis	distinguiréis	distinguiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	distinguen	distinguían	distinguieron	distinguirán	distinguirían
vos	distinguís	distinguías	distinguiste	distinguirás	distinguirías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	distinga	distinguiera	distinguiese	distinguiere
tú	distingas	distinguieras	distinguieses	distinguieres
él/ella/Ud.	distinga	distinguiera	distinguiese	distinguiere
nosotros	distingamos	distinguiéramos	distinguiésemos	distinguiéremos
vosotros	distingáis	distinguierais	distinguieseis	distinguiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	distingan	distinguieran	distinguiesen	distinguieren
vos	distingás	distinguieras	distinguieses	distinguieres

Imperative

Examples

Él no sabe distinguir un cerezo de un ciruelo, pero puede llamarlos por su nombre en doce idiomas.

He can't tell a cherry tree from a plum tree, but he can name them in twelve languages.

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Él estaba muy enfadado para distinguir el vicio de la virtud.

He was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue.

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Creo que es importante distinguir claramente una opinión de un hecho.

I think to clearly distinguish opinion from fact is important.

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La mayoría de los europeos no puede distinguir un japonés de un chino.

Most Europeans cannot tell a Japanese from a Chinese.

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No lo puedo distinguir de su hermano.

I cannot tell him from his brother.

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Puedo distinguir entre el bien y el mal.

I know right from wrong.

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¿Cómo puede uno distinguir el buen inglés del malo?

How can you tell good English from bad English?

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A veces es difícil distinguir a los gemelos.

It is sometimes difficult to tell twins apart.

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Es fácil distinguir el bien del mal.

It is easy to distinguish good from evil.

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¿Puedes distinguir la plata del estaño?

Do you know the difference between silver and tin?

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