Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arresto | |
| tú | arrestas | |
| él / ella / usted | arresta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arrestamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arrestáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arrestan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arresté | |
| tú | arrestaste | |
| él / ella / usted | arrestó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arrestamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arrestasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arrestaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arrestaba | |
| tú | arrestabas | |
| él / ella / usted | arrestaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arrestábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arrestabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arrestaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arrestaré | |
| tú | arrestarás | |
| él / ella / usted | arrestará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arrestaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arrestaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arrestarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arrestaría | |
| tú | arrestarías | |
| él / ella / usted | arrestaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arrestaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arrestaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arrestarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arreste | |
| tú | arrestes | |
| él / ella / usted | arreste | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arrestemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arrestéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arresten |
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 arrest
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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