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    Cuidar conjugation in Spanish

    to take care of, to look after

    regular gerund cuidandopast participle cuidado

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

    Cuidar conjugation chart

    Cuidar present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI take care of
    túyou take care of
    vosyou take care of
    él, ella, ustedhe/she takes care of
    nosotroswe take care of
    vosotrosyou all take care of
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey take care of

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cuidar preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI took care of
    túyou took care of
    vosyou took care of
    él, ella, ustedhe/she took care of
    nosotroswe took care of
    vosotrosyou all took care of
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey took care of

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cuidar imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cuidar future

    futuro · I will speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cuidar conditional

    condicional · I would speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cuidar present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

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

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Cuidar imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

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

    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 (cuidase), more common in writing.

    Cuidar affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    tútake care of!
    vostake care of!
    ustedtake care of!
    nosotroslet's take care of!
    vosotrostake care of!
    ustedestake care of!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: cuida. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cuide, cuidemos, cuiden).

    Cuidar negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't take care of!
    vosdon't take care of!
    usteddon't take care of!
    nosotroslet's not take care of!
    vosotrosdon't take care of!
    ustedesdon't take care of!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + cuides, cuide…

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

    Cuidar present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

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

    Cuidar pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

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

    Cuidar future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

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

    Cuidar conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

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

    Cuidar present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

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

    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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    Verbs like cuidar

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

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