Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | aliento | |
| tú | alientas | |
| él / ella / usted | alienta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alentamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alentáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alientan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alenté | |
| tú | alentaste | |
| él / ella / usted | alentó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alentamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alentasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alentaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alentaba | |
| tú | alentabas | |
| él / ella / usted | alentaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alentábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alentabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alentaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alentaré | |
| tú | alentarás | |
| él / ella / usted | alentará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alentaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alentaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alentarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | alentaría | |
| tú | alentarías | |
| él / ella / usted | alentaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alentaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alentaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alentarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | aliente | |
| tú | alientes | |
| él / ella / usted | aliente | |
| nosotros / nosotras | alentemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | alentéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | alienten |
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 encourage, animate
- (reflexive) to gather up one's courage
- (colloquial) to recuperate; to recover from an illness.
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