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