alternar
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The standard model for regular -ar verbs. Remove -ar and add the present endings: -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an. Thousands of verbs (hablar, trabajar, amar) conjugate like cortar.
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicativo
Tiempo
Presente
Presente
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Subjuntivo — Subjuntivo
Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — alternar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber alternado
- Gerundio — alternando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo alternado
- Participio — alternado
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Key forms
yo
alterno
tú
alternas
él/ella
alterna
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he alternado
tú
has alternado
él/ella
ha alternado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
alterné
tú
alternaste
él/ella
alternó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
alternaba
tú
alternabas
él/ella
alternaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había alternado
tú
habías alternado
él/ella
había alternado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube alternado
tú
hubiste alternado
él/ella
hubo alternado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
alternaré
tú
alternarás
él/ella
alternará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
alternaría
tú
alternarías
él/ella
alternaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré alternado
tú
habrás alternado
él/ella
habrá alternado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría alternado
tú
habrías alternado
él/ella
habría alternado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
alterne
tú
alternes
él/ella
alterne
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya alternado
tú
hayas alternado
él/ella
haya alternado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
alternara (alternase)
tú
alternaras (alternases)
él/ella
alternara (alternase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera alternado (hubiese alternado)
tú
hubieras alternado (hubieses alternado)
él/ella
hubiera alternado (hubiese alternado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
alternare
tú
alternares
él/ella
alternare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere alternado
tú
hubieres alternado
él/ella
hubiere alternado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
alterna
él/ella
alterne
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
alternes
él/ella
alterne
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