Proteger conjugation chart
Proteger present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I protect | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you protect | |
| vos | you protect | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she protects | |
| nosotros | we protect | |
| vosotros | you all protect | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they protect |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Proteger preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I protected | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you protected | |
| vos | you protected | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she protected | |
| nosotros | we protected | |
| vosotros | you all protected | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they protected |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Proteger imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to protect | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to protect | |
| vos | you used to protect | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to protect | |
| nosotros | we used to protect | |
| vosotros | you all used to protect | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to protect |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Proteger future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will protect | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will protect | |
| vos | you will protect | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will protect | |
| nosotros | we will protect | |
| vosotros | you all will protect | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will protect |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Proteger conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would protect | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would protect | |
| vos | you would protect | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would protect | |
| nosotros | we would protect | |
| vosotros | you all would protect | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would protect |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Proteger present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I protect | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you protect | |
| vos | that you protect | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she protect | |
| nosotros | that we protect | |
| vosotros | that you all protect | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they protect |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Proteger imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I protected | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you protected | |
| vos | if you protected | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she protected | |
| nosotros | if we protected | |
| vosotros | if you all protected | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they protected |
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 (protegiese), more common in writing.
Proteger affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | protect! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | protect! | |
| usted | protect! | |
| nosotros | let's protect! | |
| vosotros | protect! | |
| ustedes | protect! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: protege. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (proteja, protejamos, protejan).
Proteger negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't protect! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't protect! | |
| usted | don't protect! | |
| nosotros | let's not protect! | |
| vosotros | don't protect! | |
| ustedes | don't protect! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + protejas, proteja…
Always the verb haber + the past participle protegido, which never changes.
Proteger present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he protegido |
|---|---|
| tú | has protegido |
| vos | has protegido |
| él, ella, usted | ha protegido |
| nosotros | hemos protegido |
| vosotros | habéis protegido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han protegido |
Proteger pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había protegido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías protegido |
| vos | habías protegido |
| él, ella, usted | había protegido |
| nosotros | habíamos protegido |
| vosotros | habíais protegido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían protegido |
Proteger future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré protegido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás protegido |
| vos | habrás protegido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá protegido |
| nosotros | habremos protegido |
| vosotros | habréis protegido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán protegido |
Proteger conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría protegido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías protegido |
| vos | habrías protegido |
| él, ella, usted | habría protegido |
| nosotros | habríamos protegido |
| vosotros | habríais protegido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían protegido |
Proteger present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya protegido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas protegido |
| vos | hayas protegido |
| él, ella, usted | haya protegido |
| nosotros | hayamos protegido |
| vosotros | hayáis protegido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan protegido |
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
Protecting from something is proteger de: esta crema te protege del sol. Protecting yourself takes se: protégete del frío, and with vos, protegete.
Examples with proteger
Esta crema te protege del sol.
This lotion protects you from the sun.
Los bomberos protegieron las casas del fuego.
The firefighters protected the houses from the fire.
Quiero que protejas tus contraseñas.
I want you to protect your passwords.
Practice proteger
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