contar
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Encontrar changes o to ue when the stem is stressed: encuentro, encuentras, encuentra, encontramos, encontráis, encuentran. This is the standard o→ue 'boot' for -ar verbs. Similar: costar, volar, s...
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 — contar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber contado
- Gerundio — contando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo contado
- Participio — contado
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Key forms
yo
cuento
tú
cuentas
él/ella
cuenta
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he contado
tú
has contado
él/ella
ha contado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
conté
tú
contaste
él/ella
contó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
contaba
tú
contabas
él/ella
contaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había contado
tú
habías contado
él/ella
había contado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube contado
tú
hubiste contado
él/ella
hubo contado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
contaré
tú
contarás
él/ella
contará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
contaría
tú
contarías
él/ella
contaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré contado
tú
habrás contado
él/ella
habrá contado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría contado
tú
habrías contado
él/ella
habría contado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
cuente
tú
cuentes
él/ella
cuente
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya contado
tú
hayas contado
él/ella
haya contado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
contara (contase)
tú
contaras (contases)
él/ella
contara (contase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera contado (hubiese contado)
tú
hubieras contado (hubieses contado)
él/ella
hubiera contado (hubiese contado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
contare
tú
contares
él/ella
contare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere contado
tú
hubieres contado
él/ella
hubiere contado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cuenta
él/ella
cuente
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cuentes
él/ella
cuente
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