SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

auxiliar

to help, to aid

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

auxiliar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoauxilio
túauxilias
él / ella / ustedauxilia
nosotros / nosotrasauxiliamos
vosotros / vosotrasauxiliáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesauxilian

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

auxiliar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoauxilié
túauxiliaste
él / ella / ustedauxilió
nosotros / nosotrasauxiliamos
vosotros / vosotrasauxiliasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesauxiliaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

auxiliar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoauxiliaba
túauxiliabas
él / ella / ustedauxiliaba
nosotros / nosotrasauxiliábamos
vosotros / vosotrasauxiliabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesauxiliaban

Future Futuro simple

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

auxiliar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoauxiliaré
túauxiliarás
él / ella / ustedauxiliará
nosotros / nosotrasauxiliaremos
vosotros / vosotrasauxiliaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesauxiliarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

auxiliar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoauxiliaría
túauxiliarías
él / ella / ustedauxiliaría
nosotros / nosotrasauxiliaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasauxiliaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesauxiliarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

auxiliar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoauxilie
túauxilies
él / ella / ustedauxilie
nosotros / nosotrasauxiliemos
vosotros / vosotrasauxiliéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesauxilien

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 help, to aid

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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