Oler conjugation chart
Oler present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I smell | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you smell | |
| vos | you smell | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she smells | |
| nosotros | we smell | |
| vosotros | you all smell | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they smell |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Oler preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I smelled | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you smelled | |
| vos | you smelled | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she smelled | |
| nosotros | we smelled | |
| vosotros | you all smelled | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they smelled |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Oler imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to smell | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to smell | |
| vos | you used to smell | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to smell | |
| nosotros | we used to smell | |
| vosotros | you all used to smell | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to smell |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Oler future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will smell | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will smell | |
| vos | you will smell | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will smell | |
| nosotros | we will smell | |
| vosotros | you all will smell | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will smell |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Oler conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would smell | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would smell | |
| vos | you would smell | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would smell | |
| nosotros | we would smell | |
| vosotros | you all would smell | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would smell |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Oler present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I smell | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you smell | |
| vos | that you smell | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she smell | |
| nosotros | that we smell | |
| vosotros | that you all smell | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they smell |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): huela, huelas…; the other forms are regular.
Oler imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I smelled | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you smelled | |
| vos | if you smelled | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she smelled | |
| nosotros | if we smelled | |
| vosotros | if you all smelled | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they smelled |
Regular: same endings as comer.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (oliese), more common in writing.
Oler affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | smell! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | smell! | |
| usted | smell! | |
| nosotros | let's smell! | |
| vosotros | smell! | |
| ustedes | smell! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: huele. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (huela, olamos, huelan).
Oler negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't smell! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't smell! | |
| usted | don't smell! | |
| nosotros | let's not smell! | |
| vosotros | don't smell! | |
| ustedes | don't smell! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + huelas, huela…
Always the verb haber + the past participle olido, which never changes.
Oler present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he olido |
|---|---|
| tú | has olido |
| vos | has olido |
| él, ella, usted | ha olido |
| nosotros | hemos olido |
| vosotros | habéis olido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han olido |
Oler pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había olido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías olido |
| vos | habías olido |
| él, ella, usted | había olido |
| nosotros | habíamos olido |
| vosotros | habíais olido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían olido |
Oler future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré olido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás olido |
| vos | habrás olido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá olido |
| nosotros | habremos olido |
| vosotros | habréis olido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán olido |
Oler conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría olido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías olido |
| vos | habrías olido |
| él, ella, usted | habría olido |
| nosotros | habríamos olido |
| vosotros | habríais olido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían olido |
Oler present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya olido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas olido |
| vos | hayas olido |
| él, ella, usted | haya olido |
| nosotros | hayamos olido |
| vosotros | hayáis olido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan olido |
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
Something smells like something with a, not como: huele a café. The stem change adds an h at the start: huelo, huele, but olemos and olí keep the plain o.
Examples with oler
¡Qué rico huele!
It smells so good!
La casa olía a pan recién hecho.
The house smelled like fresh bread.
Huelo algo raro.
I smell something weird.
Practice oler
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Verbs like oler
Stem change o → ue (oler → hueles). Same pattern:
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