Sentar conjugation chart
Sentar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I seat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you seat | |
| vos | you seat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she seats | |
| nosotros | we seat | |
| vosotros | you all seat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they seat |
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.”
Sentar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I seated | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you seated | |
| vos | you seated | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she seated | |
| nosotros | we seated | |
| vosotros | you all seated | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they seated |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sentar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to seat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to seat | |
| vos | you used to seat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to seat | |
| nosotros | we used to seat | |
| vosotros | you all used to seat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to seat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sentar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will seat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will seat | |
| vos | you will seat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will seat | |
| nosotros | we will seat | |
| vosotros | you all will seat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will seat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sentar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would seat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would seat | |
| vos | you would seat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would seat | |
| nosotros | we would seat | |
| vosotros | you all would seat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would seat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sentar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I seat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you seat | |
| vos | that you seat | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she seat | |
| nosotros | that we seat | |
| vosotros | that you all seat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they seat |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): siente, sientes…; the other forms are regular.
Sentar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I seated | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you seated | |
| vos | if you seated | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she seated | |
| nosotros | if we seated | |
| vosotros | if you all seated | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they seated |
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 (sentase), more common in writing.
Sentar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | seat! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | seat! | |
| usted | seat! | |
| nosotros | let's seat! | |
| vosotros | seat! | |
| ustedes | seat! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: sienta. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (siente, sentemos, sienten).
Sentar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't seat! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't seat! | |
| usted | don't seat! | |
| nosotros | let's not seat! | |
| vosotros | don't seat! | |
| ustedes | don't seat! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + sientes, siente…
Always the verb haber + the past participle sentado, which never changes.
Sentar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he sentado |
|---|---|
| tú | has sentado |
| vos | has sentado |
| él, ella, usted | ha sentado |
| nosotros | hemos sentado |
| vosotros | habéis sentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han sentado |
Sentar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había sentado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías sentado |
| vos | habías sentado |
| él, ella, usted | había sentado |
| nosotros | habíamos sentado |
| vosotros | habíais sentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían sentado |
Sentar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré sentado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás sentado |
| vos | habrás sentado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá sentado |
| nosotros | habremos sentado |
| vosotros | habréis sentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán sentado |
Sentar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría sentado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías sentado |
| vos | habrías sentado |
| él, ella, usted | habría sentado |
| nosotros | habríamos sentado |
| vosotros | habríais sentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían sentado |
Sentar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya sentado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas sentado |
| vos | hayas sentado |
| él, ella, usted | haya sentado |
| nosotros | hayamos sentado |
| vosotros | hayáis sentado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan sentado |
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 sentar
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Verbs like sentar
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