emplear
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Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicative
Tiempo
Presente
Present Indicative
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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 — emplear
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber empleado
- Gerundio — empleando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo empleado
- Participio — empleado
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Key forms
yo
empleo
tú
empleas
él/ella
emplea
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he empleado
tú
has empleado
él/ella
ha empleado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
empleé
tú
empleaste
él/ella
empleó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
empleaba
tú
empleabas
él/ella
empleaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había empleado
tú
habías empleado
él/ella
había empleado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube empleado
tú
hubiste empleado
él/ella
hubo empleado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
emplearé
tú
emplearás
él/ella
empleará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
emplearía
tú
emplearías
él/ella
emplearía
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré empleado
tú
habrás empleado
él/ella
habrá empleado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría empleado
tú
habrías empleado
él/ella
habría empleado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
emplee
tú
emplees
él/ella
emplee
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya empleado
tú
hayas empleado
él/ella
haya empleado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
empleara (emplease)
tú
emplearas (empleases)
él/ella
empleara (emplease)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera empleado (hubiese empleado)
tú
hubieras empleado (hubieses empleado)
él/ella
hubiera empleado (hubiese empleado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
empleare
tú
empleares
él/ella
empleare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere empleado
tú
hubieres empleado
él/ella
hubiere empleado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
emplea
él/ella
emplee
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
emplees
él/ella
emplee
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