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