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    Cobrar conjugation in Spanish

    to charge, to get paid

    regular gerund cobrandopast participle cobrado

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

    Cobrar conjugation chart

    Cobrar present tense

    presente · I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cobrar preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cobrar imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cobrar future

    futuro · I will speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cobrar conditional

    condicional · I would speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cobrar present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cobrar imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

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

    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 (cobrase), more common in writing.

    Cobrar affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túcharge!
    voscharge!
    ustedcharge!
    nosotroslet's charge!
    vosotroscharge!
    ustedescharge!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: cobra. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cobre, cobremos, cobren).

    Cobrar negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

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

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + cobres, cobre…

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

    Cobrar present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

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

    Cobrar pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

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

    Cobrar future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

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

    Cobrar conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

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

    Cobrar present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

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

    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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