Cantar conjugation chart
Cantar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I sing | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you sing | |
| vos | you sing | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she sings | |
| nosotros | we sing | |
| vosotros | you all sing | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they sing |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cantar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I sang | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you sang | |
| vos | you sang | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she sang | |
| nosotros | we sang | |
| vosotros | you all sang | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they sang |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cantar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to sing | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to sing | |
| vos | you used to sing | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to sing | |
| nosotros | we used to sing | |
| vosotros | you all used to sing | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to sing |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cantar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will sing | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will sing | |
| vos | you will sing | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will sing | |
| nosotros | we will sing | |
| vosotros | you all will sing | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will sing |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cantar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would sing | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would sing | |
| vos | you would sing | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would sing | |
| nosotros | we would sing | |
| vosotros | you all would sing | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would sing |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cantar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I sing | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you sing | |
| vos | that you sing | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she sing | |
| nosotros | that we sing | |
| vosotros | that you all sing | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they sing |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cantar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I sang | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you sang | |
| vos | if you sang | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she sang | |
| nosotros | if we sang | |
| vosotros | if you all sang | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they sang |
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 (cantase), more common in writing.
Cantar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | sing! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | sing! | |
| usted | sing! | |
| nosotros | let's sing! | |
| vosotros | sing! | |
| ustedes | sing! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: canta. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cante, cantemos, canten).
Cantar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't sing! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't sing! | |
| usted | don't sing! | |
| nosotros | let's not sing! | |
| vosotros | don't sing! | |
| ustedes | don't sing! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + cantes, cante…
Always the verb haber + the past participle cantado, which never changes.
Cantar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he cantado |
|---|---|
| tú | has cantado |
| vos | has cantado |
| él, ella, usted | ha cantado |
| nosotros | hemos cantado |
| vosotros | habéis cantado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han cantado |
Cantar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había cantado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías cantado |
| vos | habías cantado |
| él, ella, usted | había cantado |
| nosotros | habíamos cantado |
| vosotros | habíais cantado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían cantado |
Cantar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré cantado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás cantado |
| vos | habrás cantado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá cantado |
| nosotros | habremos cantado |
| vosotros | habréis cantado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán cantado |
Cantar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría cantado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías cantado |
| vos | habrías cantado |
| él, ella, usted | habría cantado |
| nosotros | habríamos cantado |
| vosotros | habríais cantado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían cantado |
Cantar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya cantado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas cantado |
| vos | hayas cantado |
| él, ella, usted | haya cantado |
| nosotros | hayamos cantado |
| vosotros | hayáis cantado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan cantado |
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
Singing to someone uses an indirect object: le cantamos las mañanitas (Mexico's birthday song). And in slang, cantar means to confess or spill everything: el detenido cantó todo.
Examples with cantar
Le cantamos las mañanitas a mi abuela.
We sang Las Mañanitas to my grandma.
Mi hermana cantaba en un coro.
My sister used to sing in a choir.
¿Cantarías en mi boda?
Would you sing at my wedding?
Practice cantar
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