Probar conjugation chart
Probar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you try | |
| vos | you try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she tries | |
| nosotros | we try | |
| vosotros | you all try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they try |
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.”
Probar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I tried | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you tried | |
| vos | you tried | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she tried | |
| nosotros | we tried | |
| vosotros | you all tried | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they tried |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Probar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to try | |
| vos | you used to try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to try | |
| nosotros | we used to try | |
| vosotros | you all used to try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Probar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will try | |
| vos | you will try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will try | |
| nosotros | we will try | |
| vosotros | you all will try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Probar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would try | |
| vos | you would try | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would try | |
| nosotros | we would try | |
| vosotros | you all would try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would try |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Probar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I try | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you try | |
| vos | that you try | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she try | |
| nosotros | that we try | |
| vosotros | that you all try | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they try |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): pruebe, pruebes…; the other forms are regular.
Probar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I tried | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you tried | |
| vos | if you tried | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she tried | |
| nosotros | if we tried | |
| vosotros | if you all tried | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they tried |
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 (probase), more common in writing.
Probar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | try! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | try! | |
| usted | try! | |
| nosotros | let's try! | |
| vosotros | try! | |
| ustedes | try! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: prueba. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (pruebe, probemos, prueben).
Probar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't try! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't try! | |
| usted | don't try! | |
| nosotros | let's not try! | |
| vosotros | don't try! | |
| ustedes | don't try! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + pruebes, pruebe…
Always the verb haber + the past participle probado, which never changes.
Probar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he probado |
|---|---|
| tú | has probado |
| vos | has probado |
| él, ella, usted | ha probado |
| nosotros | hemos probado |
| vosotros | habéis probado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han probado |
Probar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había probado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías probado |
| vos | habías probado |
| él, ella, usted | había probado |
| nosotros | habíamos probado |
| vosotros | habíais probado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían probado |
Probar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré probado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás probado |
| vos | habrás probado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá probado |
| nosotros | habremos probado |
| vosotros | habréis probado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán probado |
Probar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría probado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías probado |
| vos | habrías probado |
| él, ella, usted | habría probado |
| nosotros | habríamos probado |
| vosotros | habríais probado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían probado |
Probar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya probado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas probado |
| vos | hayas probado |
| él, ella, usted | haya probado |
| nosotros | hayamos probado |
| vosotros | hayáis probado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan probado |
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 try” has two verbs: probar for tasting food or trying on clothes (¿puedo probármelo?) and intentar for attempting. And it's pruebo, with ue.
Examples with probar
¿Pruebas la sopa?
Will you try the soup?
Probé el mole por primera vez.
I tried mole for the first time.
Probamos un restaurante nuevo.
We tried a new restaurant.
Practice probar
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Verbs like probar
Stem change o → ue (probar → pruebas). Same pattern:
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