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