Spanish Verb Conjugation
Spanish verbs are highly inflected, which is another way to say that they are conjugated. Through the use of various endings, Spanish verbs can indicate tense, mood and number.
Irregular Past Participles
This is a list of the irregular past participles in Spanish.
This is a list of the irregular past participles in Spanish.
Defective Verbs
This article explains three types of verbs in Spanish that are often classified as 'defective.'
This article explains three types of verbs in Spanish that are often classified as 'defective.'
Spanish Verb Conjugations
Trying to find out the conjugation of a particular verb? This index provids links to the conjugations of regular verbs, common irregular verbs and other verbs listed alphabetically.
Trying to find out the conjugation of a particular verb? This index provids links to the conjugations of regular verbs, common irregular verbs and other verbs listed alphabetically.
Conjugation of 'Hablar' - Pattern for Regular Verbs Ending in '-ar'
Learn this conjugation pattern and you'll know the conjugation for thousands of Spanish verbs.
Learn this conjugation pattern and you'll know the conjugation for thousands of Spanish verbs.
Conjugation of 'Beber' - Pattern for Regular Verbs Ending in '-er'
Most verbs ending in -er follow this pattern.
Most verbs ending in -er follow this pattern.
Conjugation of 'Vivir'- Pattern for Regular Verbs Ending in '-ir'
Most verbs ending in -ir follow this pattern.
Most verbs ending in -ir follow this pattern.
Introduction to Conjugation
Verb conjugation refers to the process of changing a verb form to provide information about the action being performed. The form of the verb can gives us some idea about who is performing the action, when the action is being performed, and the relation of the verb to other parts of the sentence.
Verb conjugation refers to the process of changing a verb form to provide information about the action being performed. The form of the verb can gives us some idea about who is performing the action, when the action is being performed, and the relation of the verb to other parts of the sentence.
Irregular Past Participles That Change in Form
Some Spanish past participles are used in different forms depending on their use as verbs or adjectives.
Some Spanish past participles are used in different forms depending on their use as verbs or adjectives.
Conjugating Regular Verbs in the Present Indicative
This is the verb form used most often in everyday speech.
This is the verb form used most often in everyday speech.
Progressive Verb Forms
Explanation of progressive verb tenses, also known as continuous verb tenses.
Explanation of progressive verb tenses, also known as continuous verb tenses.
Conjugation of the Subjunctive Mood
Here is how the subjunctive mood is conjugated in its various tenses.
Here is how the subjunctive mood is conjugated in its various tenses.
Defective Verbs
Defective verbs are those verbs that don't have complete conjugation sets. The term also is used sometimes to include verbs such as gustar that typically are used in the third person only.
Defective verbs are those verbs that don't have complete conjugation sets. The term also is used sometimes to include verbs such as gustar that typically are used in the third person only.
Preterite of Regular Verbs
You'll use this conjugation a lot: The preterite is the verb form used most often to tell of events that have already happened.
You'll use this conjugation a lot: The preterite is the verb form used most often to tell of events that have already happened.
Conjugation of the Indicative Future Tense
The future tense is usually conjugated in the same way regardless of the verb's ending.
The future tense is usually conjugated in the same way regardless of the verb's ending.
Imperfect Indicative Regular Verbs
The imperfect is the verb form used most often to describe conditions as they existed in the past, to provide background to events, and to describe habitual actions.
The imperfect is the verb form used most often to describe conditions as they existed in the past, to provide background to events, and to describe habitual actions.
Tips for Learning Irregular Verb Conjugations
Learning verb conjugations can be one of the big challenges of learning Spanish. Here's some advice.
Learning verb conjugations can be one of the big challenges of learning Spanish. Here's some advice.
Conjugation of 'Haber'
Once you learn how to conjugate haber, you have learned how to conjugate certain tenses of thousands of verbs.
Once you learn how to conjugate haber, you have learned how to conjugate certain tenses of thousands of verbs.
Conjugating the Imperative Mood
Here is the conjugation used for giving direct commands.
Here is the conjugation used for giving direct commands.