Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | amo | |
| tú | amas | |
| él / ella / usted | ama | |
| nosotros / nosotras | amamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | amáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | aman |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | amé | |
| tú | amaste | |
| él / ella / usted | amó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | amamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | amasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | amaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | amaba | |
| tú | amabas | |
| él / ella / usted | amaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | amábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | amabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | amaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | amaré | |
| tú | amarás | |
| él / ella / usted | amará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | amaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | amaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | amarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | amaría | |
| tú | amarías | |
| él / ella / usted | amaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | amaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | amaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | amarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | ame | |
| tú | ames | |
| él / ella / usted | ame | |
| nosotros / nosotras | amemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | améis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | amen |
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 love, have great affection for, care about
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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