cavar
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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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Indicativo — Indicativo
Subjuntivo — Subjuntivo
Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — cavar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber cavado
- Gerundio — cavando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo cavado
- Participio — cavado
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Key forms
yo
cavo
tú
cavas
él/ella
cava
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he cavado
tú
has cavado
él/ella
ha cavado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
cavé
tú
cavaste
él/ella
cavó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
cavaba
tú
cavabas
él/ella
cavaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había cavado
tú
habías cavado
él/ella
había cavado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube cavado
tú
hubiste cavado
él/ella
hubo cavado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
cavaré
tú
cavarás
él/ella
cavará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
cavaría
tú
cavarías
él/ella
cavaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré cavado
tú
habrás cavado
él/ella
habrá cavado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría cavado
tú
habrías cavado
él/ella
habría cavado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
cave
tú
caves
él/ella
cave
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya cavado
tú
hayas cavado
él/ella
haya cavado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
cavara (cavase)
tú
cavaras (cavases)
él/ella
cavara (cavase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera cavado (hubiese cavado)
tú
hubieras cavado (hubieses cavado)
él/ella
hubiera cavado (hubiese cavado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
cavare
tú
cavares
él/ella
cavare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere cavado
tú
hubieres cavado
él/ella
hubiere cavado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cava
él/ella
cave
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
caves
él/ella
cave
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