Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | calmo | |
| tú | calmas | |
| él / ella / usted | calma | |
| nosotros / nosotras | calmamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | calmáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | calman |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | calmé | |
| tú | calmaste | |
| él / ella / usted | calmó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | calmamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | calmasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | calmaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | calmaba | |
| tú | calmabas | |
| él / ella / usted | calmaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | calmábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | calmabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | calmaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | calmaré | |
| tú | calmarás | |
| él / ella / usted | calmará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | calmaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | calmaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | calmarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | calmaría | |
| tú | calmarías | |
| él / ella / usted | calmaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | calmaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | calmaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | calmarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | calme | |
| tú | calmes | |
| él / ella / usted | calme | |
| nosotros / nosotras | calmemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | calméis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | calmen |
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 calm, to still (to limit and lessen in motion and disturbance)
- to calm, soothe, assuage, to ease, to appease, to quell, to allay, to settle, to relieve (to make lessen in intensity)
- to defuse (e.g. a situation or problem, tension or conflict, a crisis)
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