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    Apoyar conjugation in Spanish

    to support, to lean

    regular gerund apoyandopast participle apoyado

    Here is the full apoyar conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -ar verb, with the same endings as hablar in every tense.

    Apoyar conjugation chart

    Apoyar present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI support
    túyou support
    vosyou support
    él, ella, ustedhe/she supports
    nosotroswe support
    vosotrosyou all support
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey support

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Apoyar preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI supported
    túyou supported
    vosyou supported
    él, ella, ustedhe/she supported
    nosotroswe supported
    vosotrosyou all supported
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey supported

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Apoyar imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to support
    túyou used to support
    vosyou used to support
    él, ella, ustedhe/she used to support
    nosotroswe used to support
    vosotrosyou all used to support
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to support

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Apoyar future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will support
    túyou will support
    vosyou will support
    él, ella, ustedhe/she will support
    nosotroswe will support
    vosotrosyou all will support
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will support

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Apoyar conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would support
    túyou would support
    vosyou would support
    él, ella, ustedhe/she would support
    nosotroswe would support
    vosotrosyou all would support
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would support

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Apoyar present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I support
    túthat you support
    vosthat you support
    él, ella, ustedthat he/she support
    nosotrosthat we support
    vosotrosthat you all support
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they support

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Apoyar imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I supported
    túif you supported
    vosif you supported
    él, ella, ustedif he/she supported
    nosotrosif we supported
    vosotrosif you all supported
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they supported

    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 (apoyase), more common in writing.

    Apoyar affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túsupport!
    vossupport!
    ustedsupport!
    nosotroslet's support!
    vosotrossupport!
    ustedessupport!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: apoya. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (apoye, apoyemos, apoyen).

    Apoyar negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't support!
    vosdon't support!
    usteddon't support!
    nosotroslet's not support!
    vosotrosdon't support!
    ustedesdon't support!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + apoyes, apoye…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle apoyado, which never changes.

    Apoyar present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe apoyado
    túhas apoyado
    voshas apoyado
    él, ella, ustedha apoyado
    nosotroshemos apoyado
    vosotroshabéis apoyado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan apoyado

    Apoyar pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía apoyado
    túhabías apoyado
    voshabías apoyado
    él, ella, ustedhabía apoyado
    nosotroshabíamos apoyado
    vosotroshabíais apoyado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían apoyado

    Apoyar future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré apoyado
    túhabrás apoyado
    voshabrás apoyado
    él, ella, ustedhabrá apoyado
    nosotroshabremos apoyado
    vosotroshabréis apoyado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán apoyado

    Apoyar conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría apoyado
    túhabrías apoyado
    voshabrías apoyado
    él, ella, ustedhabría apoyado
    nosotroshabríamos apoyado
    vosotroshabríais apoyado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían apoyado

    Apoyar present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya apoyado
    túhayas apoyado
    voshayas apoyado
    él, ella, ustedhaya apoyado
    nosotroshayamos apoyado
    vosotroshayáis apoyado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan apoyado

    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.

    Watch out

    To support someone is apoyar: te apoyo. Soportar means to put up with, so no te soporto is “I can't stand you.”

    Examples with apoyar

    Siempre te apoyo.

    I always support you.

    Mexico

    Mis padres me apoyaron mucho.

    My parents supported me a lot.

    Spain

    Apoyamos la idea.

    We support the idea.

    Argentina

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    Verbs like apoyar

    Regular -ar verbs (same endings as hablar). Same pattern:

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