Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | busco | |
| tú | buscas | |
| él / ella / usted | busca | |
| nosotros / nosotras | buscamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | buscáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | buscan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | busqué | |
| tú | buscaste | |
| él / ella / usted | buscó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | buscamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | buscasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | buscaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | buscaba | |
| tú | buscabas | |
| él / ella / usted | buscaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | buscábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | buscabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | buscaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | buscaré | |
| tú | buscarás | |
| él / ella / usted | buscará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | buscaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | buscaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | buscarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | buscaría | |
| tú | buscarías | |
| él / ella / usted | buscaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | buscaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | buscaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | buscarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | busque | |
| tú | busques | |
| él / ella / usted | busque | |
| nosotros / nosotras | busquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | busquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | busquen |
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 seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour
- to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.)
- to fetch, get, pick up
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