SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

administrar

to administer (cause to take)

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

administrar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadministro
túadministras
él / ella / ustedadministra
nosotros / nosotrasadministramos
vosotros / vosotrasadministráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadministran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

administrar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadministré
túadministraste
él / ella / ustedadministró
nosotros / nosotrasadministramos
vosotros / vosotrasadministrasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadministraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

administrar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadministraba
túadministrabas
él / ella / ustedadministraba
nosotros / nosotrasadministrábamos
vosotros / vosotrasadministrabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesadministraban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

administrar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadministraré
túadministrarás
él / ella / ustedadministrará
nosotros / nosotrasadministraremos
vosotros / vosotrasadministraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadministrarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

administrar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadministraría
túadministrarías
él / ella / ustedadministraría
nosotros / nosotrasadministraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasadministraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesadministrarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

administrar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadministre
túadministres
él / ella / ustedadministre
nosotros / nosotrasadministremos
vosotros / vosotrasadministréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadministren

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to administer (cause to take)
  • to administer, to manage (manage or supervise the conduct of)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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