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detenerlos

to stop them, to detain them, to arrest them

→ detener
de removal or reversal + tener to have + los masculine plural object pronoun
verb Rare #25,817
to stop them
SP: Necesito detenerlos antes de que crucen la calle.
EN: I need to stop them before they cross the street.
to detain them, to arrest them Often used with police or legal contexts.
SP: La policía va a detenerlos esta noche.
EN: The police are going to arrest them tonight.
Conjugation of detener
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second detente —
Third detenga detengan
detenerla
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — detuvimos
Second detuviste —
Third detuvo detuvieron
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First detendré detendremos
Third detendrá —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First detendré detendremos
Third detendrá —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First detengo —
Second detienes —
Third detiene detienen
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First detengo —
Second detengas —
Third detiene detienen
Conditional
SingularPlural
First detendría —
Third detendría —

Porque eres la única en la isla que quizá pueda detenerlos, capitana.

Because you're the only one on the island who might be able to stop them, Captain.

— El engaño (2026)

Debemos detenerlos.

We must stop them.

— Los pecadores (2025)

Tienes que detenerlos.

You have to stop them.

— Avatar: Fuego y ceniza (2025)

Nadie puede detenerlos una vez que han comenzado a correr.

Nobody can stop them once they've started running.

— Nausicaä del valle del viento (1984)

Hay que detenerlos, Agnes.

We have to stop them, Agnes.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

No podemos detenerlos.

We can't stop them.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Intenté detenerlos.

I tried to stop them.

Y ahora tú y yo debemos detenerlos.

And now you and I must stop them.

— Bugonia (2025)

Debes detenerlos.

You must stop them.

— La casa de las dagas voladoras (2004)

Nadie puede detenerlos ahora.

No one can stop them now.

— Nausicaä del valle del viento (1984)

Y que nadie puede detenerlos.

And that no one can stop them.

— Avatar (2009)

Hay que detenerlos antes de que nos coman y se tiren a nuestros perros.

We have to stop them before they eat us and attack our dogs.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)