cantar
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Conjugation
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Subjuntivo
Subjunctive
Tiempo
Presente de subjuntivo
Present Subjunctive
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Indicativo — Indicative
Subjuntivo — Subjunctive
Imperativo — Imperative
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — cantar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber cantado
- Gerundio — cantando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo cantado
- Participio — cantado
Key forms
yo
canto
tú
cantas
él/ella
canta
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he cantado
tú
has cantado
él/ella
ha cantado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
canté
tú
cantaste
él/ella
cantó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
cantaba
tú
cantabas
él/ella
cantaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había cantado
tú
habías cantado
él/ella
había cantado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube cantado
tú
hubiste cantado
él/ella
hubo cantado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
cantaré
tú
cantarás
él/ella
cantará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
cantaría
tú
cantarías
él/ella
cantaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré cantado
tú
habrás cantado
él/ella
habrá cantado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría cantado
tú
habrías cantado
él/ella
habría cantado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
cante
tú
cantes
él/ella
cante
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya cantado
tú
hayas cantado
él/ella
haya cantado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
cantara (cantase)
tú
cantaras (cantases)
él/ella
cantara (cantase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera cantado (hubiese cantado)
tú
hubieras cantado (hubieses cantado)
él/ella
hubiera cantado (hubiese cantado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
cantare
tú
cantares
él/ella
cantare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere cantado
tú
hubieres cantado
él/ella
hubiere cantado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
canta
él/ella
cante
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
cantes
él/ella
cante
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