In Spanish, verbs are conjugated to reflect the subject (who is doing the action), the tense (when the action happens), and the mood (the speaker’s attitude). Spanish verbs typically end in one of three endings: -ar, -er, or -ir.

Conjugation involves changing the verb ending according to the subject pronoun:

yo (I)
tú (you informal)
él/ella/usted (he/she/you formal)
nosotros/nosotras (we)
vosotros/vosotras (you all informal in Spain)
ellos/ellas/ustedes (they/you all formal)

Spanish has several tenses, including:

Present (hablo - I speak)
Preterite (hablé - I spoke)
Imperfect (hablaba - I used to speak)
Future (hablaré - I will speak)

And moods like:

Indicative (statements of fact)
Subjunctive (wishes, doubts, or possibilities)
Imperative (commands)

Learning verb conjugation is key to Spanish fluency, enabling you to express actions clearly across different contexts.

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Present Tense

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Irregular Future Verbs

Present Tense
The Spanish present tense, including regular and irregular conjugations, usage rules, and examples for everyday communication.
Past Tenses
Overview of Spanish past tenses for describing actions and events that occurred in the past.
- Preterite Tense
  The Spanish preterite tense is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past. It shows what happened, when it happened, and that the action is finished.
- Irregular Preterite Verbs
  Irregular preterite verbs in Spanish are verbs that do not follow regular conjugation patterns in the past tense. These verbs have unique ... and help you express actions that are completed and happened at a specific point in the past.
- Imperfect Tense
  The imperfect tense in Spanish describes past actions that were ongoing, habitual, or background events. It is used for setting scenes, expressing repeated actions, or talking about what used to happen.
Future Tense
The future tense in Spanish is used to talk about actions that will happen, make predictions, or express probability.
- Simple Future
  The simple future tense in Spanish expresses actions that will happen, intentions, or predictions. It uses the same endings for all verbs.
- Irregular Future Verbs
Conditional Tenses
Introduction to Spanish conditional tenses for expressing hypothetical situations, polite requests, and future-in-the-past scenarios.
- Simple Conditional
  The Simple Conditional is a verb form in Spanish used to express hypothetical actions, polite requests, or future events from a past perspective.
- Perfect Conditional
  Spanish verb tense for expressing what would have happened in the past using "haber" + past participle.
Subjunctive Mood
Introduction to the Spanish subjunctive mood for expressing wishes, doubts, emotions, and hypotheticals.
- Present Subjunctive
  The Spanish present subjunctive is a verb form used to express doubt, desire, emotion, necessity, and uncertainty about actions in the present or future. It is also commonly used in dependent clauses.
- Past Subjunctive
  The past subjunctive in Spanish is a verb form used to express doubts, wishes, hypotheticals, or politeness about events in the past.

Last updated: Wed Jun 18, 2025

Spanish

Verb Conjugation

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