sentar
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Pensar changes e to ie when the stem is stressed: pienso, piensas, piensa, pensamos, pensáis, piensan. This is the classic 'boot' for -ar verbs. Similar: cerrar, empezar, negar, sentar.
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 — sentar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber sentado
- Gerundio — sentando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo sentado
- Participio — sentado
Key forms
yo
siento
tú
sientas
él/ella
sienta
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he sentado
tú
has sentado
él/ella
ha sentado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
senté
tú
sentaste
él/ella
sentó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
sentaba
tú
sentabas
él/ella
sentaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había sentado
tú
habías sentado
él/ella
había sentado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube sentado
tú
hubiste sentado
él/ella
hubo sentado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
sentaré
tú
sentarás
él/ella
sentará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
sentaría
tú
sentarías
él/ella
sentaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré sentado
tú
habrás sentado
él/ella
habrá sentado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría sentado
tú
habrías sentado
él/ella
habría sentado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
siente
tú
sientes
él/ella
siente
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya sentado
tú
hayas sentado
él/ella
haya sentado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
sentara (sentase)
tú
sentaras (sentases)
él/ella
sentara (sentase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera sentado (hubiese sentado)
tú
hubieras sentado (hubieses sentado)
él/ella
hubiera sentado (hubiese sentado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
sentare
tú
sentares
él/ella
sentare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere sentado
tú
hubieres sentado
él/ella
hubiere sentado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
sienta
él/ella
siente
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
sientes
él/ella
siente
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