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