SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

atravesar

to cross, to traverse

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

atravesar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatravieso
túatraviesas
él / ella / ustedatraviesa
nosotros / nosotrasatravesamos
vosotros / vosotrasatravesáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatraviesan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

atravesar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatravesé
túatravesaste
él / ella / ustedatravesó
nosotros / nosotrasatravesamos
vosotros / vosotrasatravesasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatravesaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

atravesar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatravesaba
túatravesabas
él / ella / ustedatravesaba
nosotros / nosotrasatravesábamos
vosotros / vosotrasatravesabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesatravesaban

Future Futuro simple

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

atravesar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatravesaré
túatravesarás
él / ella / ustedatravesará
nosotros / nosotrasatravesaremos
vosotros / vosotrasatravesaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatravesarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

atravesar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatravesaría
túatravesarías
él / ella / ustedatravesaría
nosotros / nosotrasatravesaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasatravesaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesatravesarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

atravesar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatraviese
túatravieses
él / ella / ustedatraviese
nosotros / nosotrasatravesemos
vosotros / vosotrasatraveséis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatraviesen

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 cross, to traverse
  • to pierce
  • to go through, to experience (hard times)

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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