Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | beneficio | |
| tú | beneficias | |
| él / ella / usted | beneficia | |
| nosotros / nosotras | beneficiamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | beneficiáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | benefician |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | beneficié | |
| tú | beneficiaste | |
| él / ella / usted | benefició | |
| nosotros / nosotras | beneficiamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | beneficiasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | beneficiaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | beneficiaba | |
| tú | beneficiabas | |
| él / ella / usted | beneficiaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | beneficiábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | beneficiabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | beneficiaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | beneficiaré | |
| tú | beneficiarás | |
| él / ella / usted | beneficiará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | beneficiaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | beneficiaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | beneficiarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | beneficiaría | |
| tú | beneficiarías | |
| él / ella / usted | beneficiaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | beneficiaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | beneficiaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | beneficiarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | beneficie | |
| tú | beneficies | |
| él / ella / usted | beneficie | |
| nosotros / nosotras | beneficiemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | beneficiéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | beneficien |
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 benefit
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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