'Dar' means to transfer something to another person, such as an object, an opportunity, or information. It is also used to cause or produce something, such as 'dar miedo' or 'dar resultados'. It is a very common verb and changes form according to tense and subject.

In the present, ‘dar’ is irregular in the form ‘yo’: ‘doy’. The other forms are regular and are used for habitual actions, general or that occur now.

In the pretérito indefinido, ‘dar’ uses irregular forms similar to verbs like ‘ver’. It is used for completed actions in the past.

In the imperfect, ‘dar’ is regular and is used to describe habitual actions or actions in progress in the past. It is also used to describe contexts and repeated situations.

In the future, ‘dar’ is regular and is formed by adding endings to the infinitive. It is used to express actions that will occur.

In the present subjunctive, ‘dar’ changes to ‘dé’ with an accent on ‘yo’ and ‘él/ella/usted’. It is used to express desire, doubt, necessity or evaluation.

In imperfecto de subjuntivo, ‘dar’ uses ‘diera’ or ‘diese’. It is used in past contexts of desire, condition or influence, and with constructions such as ‘si’ and ‘quería que’.

The participle of 'dar' is 'dado' and is used with 'haber' to form compound tenses. The gerund is 'dando' and is used for actions in development or simultaneous.

'Dar' usually takes a direct object (what is given) and an indirect object (to whom it is given). In Spanish, pronouns are used for the indirect object, such as ‘me’, ‘te’, ‘le’, ‘nos’, ‘os’ and ‘les’.

'Dar' appears in fixed expressions with specific meanings, such as 'dar igual' (to not matter), 'dar miedo' (to scare), and 'dar vueltas' (to go around in circles). These expressions are learned as blocks because their literal meaning changes.