SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

besar

to kiss

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

besar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yobeso
túbesas
él / ella / ustedbesa
nosotros / nosotrasbesamos
vosotros / vosotrasbesáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbesan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

besar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yobesé
túbesaste
él / ella / ustedbesó
nosotros / nosotrasbesamos
vosotros / vosotrasbesasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbesaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

besar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yobesaba
túbesabas
él / ella / ustedbesaba
nosotros / nosotrasbesábamos
vosotros / vosotrasbesabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesbesaban

Future Futuro simple

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

besar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yobesaré
túbesarás
él / ella / ustedbesará
nosotros / nosotrasbesaremos
vosotros / vosotrasbesaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbesarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

besar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yobesaría
túbesarías
él / ella / ustedbesaría
nosotros / nosotrasbesaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasbesaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesbesarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

besar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yobese
túbeses
él / ella / ustedbese
nosotros / nosotrasbesemos
vosotros / vosotrasbeséis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbesen

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 kiss
  • to kiss (each other, one another)
  • (reflexive) to make out with, to neck with

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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