Haber conjugation chart
Haber present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I have (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you have (done) | |
| vos | you have (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she has (done) | |
| nosotros | we have (done) | |
| vosotros | you all have (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they have (done) |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros and ellos/ustedes (in red): he, has…; the other forms are regular.
Haber preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I had (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you had (done) | |
| vos | you had (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she had (done) | |
| nosotros | we had (done) | |
| vosotros | you all had (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they had (done) |
Irregular stem hub- + -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron, with no accent marks.
Haber imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I had (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you had (done) | |
| vos | you had (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she had (done) | |
| nosotros | we had (done) | |
| vosotros | you all had (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they had (done) |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Haber future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will have (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will have (done) | |
| vos | you will have (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will have (done) | |
| nosotros | we will have (done) | |
| vosotros | you all will have (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will have (done) |
Irregular stem habr- + -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án.
Haber conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would have (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would have (done) | |
| vos | you would have (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would have (done) | |
| nosotros | we would have (done) | |
| vosotros | you all would have (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would have (done) |
Irregular stem habr- + -ía, -ías, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Haber present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I have (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you have (done) | |
| vos | that you have (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she have (done) | |
| nosotros | that we have (done) | |
| vosotros | that you all have (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they have (done) |
Irregular stem hay- + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Haber imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I had (done) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you had (done) | |
| vos | if you had (done) | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she had (done) | |
| nosotros | if we had (done) | |
| vosotros | if you all had (done) | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they had (done) |
Irregular stem hub- + -iera, -ieras, -iéramos, -ierais, -ieran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (hubiese), more common in writing.
Haber affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | — | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | — | |
| usted | — | |
| nosotros | — | |
| vosotros | — | |
| ustedes | — |
Haber negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | — | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | — | |
| usted | — | |
| nosotros | — | |
| vosotros | — | |
| ustedes | — |
Always the verb haber + the past participle habido, which never changes.
Haber present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he habido |
|---|---|
| tú | has habido |
| vos | has habido |
| él, ella, usted | ha habido |
| nosotros | hemos habido |
| vosotros | habéis habido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han habido |
Haber pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había habido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías habido |
| vos | habías habido |
| él, ella, usted | había habido |
| nosotros | habíamos habido |
| vosotros | habíais habido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían habido |
Haber future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré habido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás habido |
| vos | habrás habido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá habido |
| nosotros | habremos habido |
| vosotros | habréis habido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán habido |
Haber conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría habido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías habido |
| vos | habrías habido |
| él, ella, usted | habría habido |
| nosotros | habríamos habido |
| vosotros | habríais habido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían habido |
Haber present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya habido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas habido |
| vos | hayas habido |
| él, ella, usted | haya habido |
| nosotros | hayamos habido |
| vosotros | hayáis habido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan habido |
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.
Remember
To say something exists, Spanish uses hay (there is, there are), which never changes: hay un problema, hay muchas personas. Otherwise, haber is the helping verb for the perfect tenses: he comido is “I have eaten” or “I ate.”
Watch out
Hay means both “there is” and “there are,” and it never goes plural: hay dos libros. And “I have a car” is tengo un carro; haber only helps other verbs, as in he comido.
Examples with haber
Hay un restaurante muy bueno aquí.
There's a really good restaurant here.
¿Has visto mis llaves?
Have you seen my keys?
Había mucha gente en la fiesta.
There were a lot of people at the party.
Hear haber from native speakers
Practice haber
Half of these are in the present tense, the tense people look up most for haber. Type the right form and press Enter. A missing accent still counts, but I'll point it out.
With full sentences: present tense exercises.
Verbs like haber
Irregular preterite (haber → hube). Same pattern:
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