Nadar conjugation chart
Nadar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I swim | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you swim | |
| vos | you swim | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she swims | |
| nosotros | we swim | |
| vosotros | you all swim | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they swim |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Nadar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I swam | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you swam | |
| vos | you swam | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she swam | |
| nosotros | we swam | |
| vosotros | you all swam | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they swam |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Nadar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to swim | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to swim | |
| vos | you used to swim | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to swim | |
| nosotros | we used to swim | |
| vosotros | you all used to swim | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to swim |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Nadar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will swim | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will swim | |
| vos | you will swim | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will swim | |
| nosotros | we will swim | |
| vosotros | you all will swim | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will swim |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Nadar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would swim | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would swim | |
| vos | you would swim | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would swim | |
| nosotros | we would swim | |
| vosotros | you all would swim | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would swim |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Nadar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I swim | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you swim | |
| vos | that you swim | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she swim | |
| nosotros | that we swim | |
| vosotros | that you all swim | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they swim |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Nadar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I swam | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you swam | |
| vos | if you swam | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she swam | |
| nosotros | if we swam | |
| vosotros | if you all swam | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they swam |
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 (nadase), more common in writing.
Nadar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | swim! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | swim! | |
| usted | swim! | |
| nosotros | let's swim! | |
| vosotros | swim! | |
| ustedes | swim! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: nada. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (nade, nademos, naden).
Nadar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't swim! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't swim! | |
| usted | don't swim! | |
| nosotros | let's not swim! | |
| vosotros | don't swim! | |
| ustedes | don't swim! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + nades, nade…
Always the verb haber + the past participle nadado, which never changes.
Nadar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he nadado |
|---|---|
| tú | has nadado |
| vos | has nadado |
| él, ella, usted | ha nadado |
| nosotros | hemos nadado |
| vosotros | habéis nadado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han nadado |
Nadar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había nadado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías nadado |
| vos | habías nadado |
| él, ella, usted | había nadado |
| nosotros | habíamos nadado |
| vosotros | habíais nadado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían nadado |
Nadar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré nadado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás nadado |
| vos | habrás nadado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá nadado |
| nosotros | habremos nadado |
| vosotros | habréis nadado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán nadado |
Nadar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría nadado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías nadado |
| vos | habrías nadado |
| él, ella, usted | habría nadado |
| nosotros | habríamos nadado |
| vosotros | habríais nadado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían nadado |
Nadar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya nadado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas nadado |
| vos | hayas nadado |
| él, ella, usted | haya nadado |
| nosotros | hayamos nadado |
| vosotros | hayáis nadado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan nadado |
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.
Watch out
“To go swimming” is ir a nadar, with no -ing: vamos a nadar. And nada is both “he swims” and “nothing,” so no nada nada is a real sentence: “he doesn't swim at all.”
Examples with nadar
No nada nada.
He doesn't swim at all.
Nadábamos en el río cuando éramos chicos.
We used to swim in the river when we were kids.
¿Nadaste en el mar?
Did you swim in the ocean?
Practice nadar
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