Citar conjugation chart
Citar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I quote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you quote | |
| vos | you quote | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she quotes | |
| nosotros | we quote | |
| vosotros | you all quote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they quote |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Citar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I quoted | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you quoted | |
| vos | you quoted | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she quoted | |
| nosotros | we quoted | |
| vosotros | you all quoted | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they quoted |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Citar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to quote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to quote | |
| vos | you used to quote | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to quote | |
| nosotros | we used to quote | |
| vosotros | you all used to quote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to quote |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Citar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will quote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will quote | |
| vos | you will quote | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will quote | |
| nosotros | we will quote | |
| vosotros | you all will quote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will quote |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Citar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would quote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would quote | |
| vos | you would quote | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would quote | |
| nosotros | we would quote | |
| vosotros | you all would quote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would quote |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Citar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I quote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you quote | |
| vos | that you quote | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she quote | |
| nosotros | that we quote | |
| vosotros | that you all quote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they quote |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Citar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I quoted | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you quoted | |
| vos | if you quoted | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she quoted | |
| nosotros | if we quoted | |
| vosotros | if you all quoted | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they quoted |
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 (citase), more common in writing.
Citar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | quote! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | quote! | |
| usted | quote! | |
| nosotros | let's quote! | |
| vosotros | quote! | |
| ustedes | quote! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: cita. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cite, citemos, citen).
Citar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't quote! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't quote! | |
| usted | don't quote! | |
| nosotros | let's not quote! | |
| vosotros | don't quote! | |
| ustedes | don't quote! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + cites, cite…
Always the verb haber + the past participle citado, which never changes.
Citar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he citado |
|---|---|
| tú | has citado |
| vos | has citado |
| él, ella, usted | ha citado |
| nosotros | hemos citado |
| vosotros | habéis citado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han citado |
Citar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había citado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías citado |
| vos | habías citado |
| él, ella, usted | había citado |
| nosotros | habíamos citado |
| vosotros | habíais citado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían citado |
Citar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré citado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás citado |
| vos | habrás citado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá citado |
| nosotros | habremos citado |
| vosotros | habréis citado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán citado |
Citar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría citado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías citado |
| vos | habrías citado |
| él, ella, usted | habría citado |
| nosotros | habríamos citado |
| vosotros | habríais citado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían citado |
Citar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya citado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas citado |
| vos | hayas citado |
| él, ella, usted | haya citado |
| nosotros | hayamos citado |
| vosotros | hayáis citado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan citado |
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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