lavar
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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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Subjuntivo
Subjunctive
Tiempo
Presente de subjuntivo
Present Subjunctive
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Subjuntivo — Subjunctive
Imperativo — Imperative
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — lavar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber lavado
- Gerundio — lavando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo lavado
- Participio — lavado
Key forms
yo
lavo
tú
lavas
él/ella
lava
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he lavado
tú
has lavado
él/ella
ha lavado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
lavé
tú
lavaste
él/ella
lavó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
lavaba
tú
lavabas
él/ella
lavaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había lavado
tú
habías lavado
él/ella
había lavado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube lavado
tú
hubiste lavado
él/ella
hubo lavado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
lavaré
tú
lavarás
él/ella
lavará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
lavaría
tú
lavarías
él/ella
lavaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré lavado
tú
habrás lavado
él/ella
habrá lavado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría lavado
tú
habrías lavado
él/ella
habría lavado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
lave
tú
laves
él/ella
lave
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya lavado
tú
hayas lavado
él/ella
haya lavado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
lavara (lavase)
tú
lavaras (lavases)
él/ella
lavara (lavase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera lavado (hubiese lavado)
tú
hubieras lavado (hubieses lavado)
él/ella
hubiera lavado (hubiese lavado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
lavare
tú
lavares
él/ella
lavare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere lavado
tú
hubieres lavado
él/ella
hubiere lavado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
lava
él/ella
lave
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
laves
él/ella
lave
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