cuidar
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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 — cuidar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber cuidado
- Gerundio — cuidando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo cuidado
- Participio — cuidado
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Key forms
yo
cuido
tú
cuidas
él/ella
cuida
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he cuidado
tú
has cuidado
él/ella
ha cuidado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
cuidé
tú
cuidaste
él/ella
cuidó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
cuidaba
tú
cuidabas
él/ella
cuidaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había cuidado
tú
habías cuidado
él/ella
había cuidado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube cuidado
tú
hubiste cuidado
él/ella
hubo cuidado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
cuidaré
tú
cuidarás
él/ella
cuidará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
cuidaría
tú
cuidarías
él/ella
cuidaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré cuidado
tú
habrás cuidado
él/ella
habrá cuidado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría cuidado
tú
habrías cuidado
él/ella
habría cuidado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
cuide
tú
cuides
él/ella
cuide
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya cuidado
tú
hayas cuidado
él/ella
haya cuidado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
cuidara (cuidase)
tú
cuidaras (cuidases)
él/ella
cuidara (cuidase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera cuidado (hubiese cuidado)
tú
hubieras cuidado (hubieses cuidado)
él/ella
hubiera cuidado (hubiese cuidado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
cuidare
tú
cuidares
él/ella
cuidare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere cuidado
tú
hubieres cuidado
él/ella
hubiere cuidado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cuida
él/ella
cuide
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cuides
él/ella
cuide
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