Adoptar conjugation chart
Adoptar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I adopt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you adopt | |
| vos | you adopt | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she adopts | |
| nosotros | we adopt | |
| vosotros | you all adopt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they adopt |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Adoptar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I adopted | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you adopted | |
| vos | you adopted | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she adopted | |
| nosotros | we adopted | |
| vosotros | you all adopted | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they adopted |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Adoptar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to adopt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to adopt | |
| vos | you used to adopt | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to adopt | |
| nosotros | we used to adopt | |
| vosotros | you all used to adopt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to adopt |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Adoptar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will adopt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will adopt | |
| vos | you will adopt | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will adopt | |
| nosotros | we will adopt | |
| vosotros | you all will adopt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will adopt |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Adoptar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would adopt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would adopt | |
| vos | you would adopt | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would adopt | |
| nosotros | we would adopt | |
| vosotros | you all would adopt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would adopt |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Adoptar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I adopt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you adopt | |
| vos | that you adopt | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she adopt | |
| nosotros | that we adopt | |
| vosotros | that you all adopt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they adopt |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Adoptar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I adopted | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you adopted | |
| vos | if you adopted | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she adopted | |
| nosotros | if we adopted | |
| vosotros | if you all adopted | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they adopted |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (adoptase), more common in writing.
Adoptar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | adopt! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | adopt! | |
| usted | adopt! | |
| nosotros | let's adopt! | |
| vosotros | adopt! | |
| ustedes | adopt! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: adopta. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (adopte, adoptemos, adopten).
Adoptar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't adopt! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't adopt! | |
| usted | don't adopt! | |
| nosotros | let's not adopt! | |
| vosotros | don't adopt! | |
| ustedes | don't adopt! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + adoptes, adopte…
Always the verb haber + the past participle adoptado, which never changes.
Adoptar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he adoptado |
|---|---|
| tú | has adoptado |
| vos | has adoptado |
| él, ella, usted | ha adoptado |
| nosotros | hemos adoptado |
| vosotros | habéis adoptado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han adoptado |
Adoptar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había adoptado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías adoptado |
| vos | habías adoptado |
| él, ella, usted | había adoptado |
| nosotros | habíamos adoptado |
| vosotros | habíais adoptado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían adoptado |
Adoptar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré adoptado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás adoptado |
| vos | habrás adoptado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá adoptado |
| nosotros | habremos adoptado |
| vosotros | habréis adoptado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán adoptado |
Adoptar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría adoptado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías adoptado |
| vos | habrías adoptado |
| él, ella, usted | habría adoptado |
| nosotros | habríamos adoptado |
| vosotros | habríais adoptado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían adoptado |
Adoptar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya adoptado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas adoptado |
| vos | hayas adoptado |
| él, ella, usted | haya adoptado |
| nosotros | hayamos adoptado |
| vosotros | hayáis adoptado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan adoptado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
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