Revisamos la declaración de la renta.

We check the personal income tax return.

Breakdown of Revisamos la declaración de la renta.

• revisar: to check
• la declaración de la renta: the personal income tax return

Questions & Answers about Revisamos la declaración de la renta.

Why is the verb revisamos used here?

Revisamos is the 1st person plural form of revisar, so it means we review, we check, or depending on context, we are reviewing.

Conjugation of revisar in the present:

• yo reviso
• tú revisas
• él/ella/usted revisa
• nosotros/nosotras revisamos
• vosotros/vosotras revisáis
• ellos/ellas/ustedes revisan

So revisamos matches we.

Does revisamos mean we review or we reviewed?

It can mean either one, depending on context.

For many -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in:

• the present tense: we review
• the preterite: we reviewed

So revisamos could mean:

• We review the tax return
• We reviewed the tax return

Usually, the surrounding context makes it clear. For example:

• Cada año revisamos la declaración de la renta. = Every year we review the tax return.
• Ayer revisamos la declaración de la renta. = Yesterday we reviewed the tax return.