SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

alargar

to lengthen

-ar verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

alargar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoalargo
túalargas
él / ella / ustedalarga
nosotros / nosotrasalargamos
vosotros / vosotrasalargáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesalargan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

alargar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoalargué
túalargaste
él / ella / ustedalargó
nosotros / nosotrasalargamos
vosotros / vosotrasalargasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesalargaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

alargar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoalargaba
túalargabas
él / ella / ustedalargaba
nosotros / nosotrasalargábamos
vosotros / vosotrasalargabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesalargaban

Future Futuro simple

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

alargar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoalargaré
túalargarás
él / ella / ustedalargará
nosotros / nosotrasalargaremos
vosotros / vosotrasalargaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesalargarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

alargar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoalargaría
túalargarías
él / ella / ustedalargaría
nosotros / nosotrasalargaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasalargaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesalargarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

alargar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoalargue
túalargues
él / ella / ustedalargue
nosotros / nosotrasalarguemos
vosotros / vosotrasalarguéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesalarguen

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 lengthen
  • to stretch, to extend

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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