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