Sonar conjugation chart
Sonar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I sound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you sound | |
| vos | you sound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she sounds | |
| nosotros | we sound | |
| vosotros | you all sound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they sound |
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.”
Sonar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I sounded | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you sounded | |
| vos | you sounded | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she sounded | |
| nosotros | we sounded | |
| vosotros | you all sounded | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they sounded |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sonar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to sound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to sound | |
| vos | you used to sound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to sound | |
| nosotros | we used to sound | |
| vosotros | you all used to sound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to sound |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sonar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will sound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will sound | |
| vos | you will sound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will sound | |
| nosotros | we will sound | |
| vosotros | you all will sound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will sound |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sonar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would sound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would sound | |
| vos | you would sound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would sound | |
| nosotros | we would sound | |
| vosotros | you all would sound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would sound |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Sonar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I sound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you sound | |
| vos | that you sound | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she sound | |
| nosotros | that we sound | |
| vosotros | that you all sound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they sound |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): suene, suenes…; the other forms are regular.
Sonar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I sounded | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you sounded | |
| vos | if you sounded | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she sounded | |
| nosotros | if we sounded | |
| vosotros | if you all sounded | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they sounded |
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 (sonase), more common in writing.
Sonar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | sound! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | sound! | |
| usted | sound! | |
| nosotros | let's sound! | |
| vosotros | sound! | |
| ustedes | sound! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: suena. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (suene, sonemos, suenen).
Sonar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't sound! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't sound! | |
| usted | don't sound! | |
| nosotros | let's not sound! | |
| vosotros | don't sound! | |
| ustedes | don't sound! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + suenes, suene…
Always the verb haber + the past participle sonado, which never changes.
Sonar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he sonado |
|---|---|
| tú | has sonado |
| vos | has sonado |
| él, ella, usted | ha sonado |
| nosotros | hemos sonado |
| vosotros | habéis sonado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han sonado |
Sonar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había sonado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías sonado |
| vos | habías sonado |
| él, ella, usted | había sonado |
| nosotros | habíamos sonado |
| vosotros | habíais sonado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían sonado |
Sonar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré sonado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás sonado |
| vos | habrás sonado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá sonado |
| nosotros | habremos sonado |
| vosotros | habréis sonado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán sonado |
Sonar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría sonado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías sonado |
| vos | habrías sonado |
| él, ella, usted | habría sonado |
| nosotros | habríamos sonado |
| vosotros | habríais sonado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían sonado |
Sonar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya sonado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas sonado |
| vos | hayas sonado |
| él, ella, usted | haya sonado |
| nosotros | hayamos sonado |
| vosotros | hayáis sonado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan sonado |
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
Not soñar: sonar, with no ñ, is to ring or to sound; soñar is to dream. A phone or an alarm suena, and a name you've heard before me suena (rings a bell). Blowing your nose is sonarse la nariz.
Examples with sonar
Sonó el despertador y no lo escuché.
The alarm went off and I didn't hear it.
Ese nombre me suena.
That name rings a bell.
Suena bien, nos vemos a las ocho.
Sounds good, see you at eight.
Practice sonar
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Verbs like sonar
Stem change o → ue (sonar → suenas). Same pattern:
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