SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

calificar

to qualify

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

calificar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocalifico
túcalificas
él / ella / ustedcalifica
nosotros / nosotrascalificamos
vosotros / vosotrascalificáis
ellos / ellas / ustedescalifican

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

calificar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocalifiqué
túcalificaste
él / ella / ustedcalificó
nosotros / nosotrascalificamos
vosotros / vosotrascalificasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescalificaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

calificar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocalificaba
túcalificabas
él / ella / ustedcalificaba
nosotros / nosotrascalificábamos
vosotros / vosotrascalificabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescalificaban

Future Futuro simple

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

calificar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocalificaré
túcalificarás
él / ella / ustedcalificará
nosotros / nosotrascalificaremos
vosotros / vosotrascalificaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescalificarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

calificar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocalificaría
túcalificarías
él / ella / ustedcalificaría
nosotros / nosotrascalificaríamos
vosotros / vosotrascalificaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedescalificarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

calificar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocalifique
túcalifiques
él / ella / ustedcalifique
nosotros / nosotrascalifiquemos
vosotros / vosotrascalifiquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedescalifiquen

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 qualify
  • to grade, to mark
  • to rate, to score

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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