SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

admirar

to admire

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

admirar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmiro
túadmiras
él / ella / ustedadmira
nosotros / nosotrasadmiramos
vosotros / vosotrasadmiráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmiran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

admirar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmiré
túadmiraste
él / ella / ustedadmiró
nosotros / nosotrasadmiramos
vosotros / vosotrasadmirasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmiraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

admirar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmiraba
túadmirabas
él / ella / ustedadmiraba
nosotros / nosotrasadmirábamos
vosotros / vosotrasadmirabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmiraban

Future Futuro simple

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

admirar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmiraré
túadmirarás
él / ella / ustedadmirará
nosotros / nosotrasadmiraremos
vosotros / vosotrasadmiraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmirarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

admirar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmiraría
túadmirarías
él / ella / ustedadmiraría
nosotros / nosotrasadmiraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasadmiraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmirarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

admirar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmire
túadmires
él / ella / ustedadmire
nosotros / nosotrasadmiremos
vosotros / vosotrasadmiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmiren

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 admire
  • to be admirable
  • (reflexive) to be amazed

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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