Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cancelo | |
| tú | cancelas | |
| él / ella / usted | cancela | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cancelamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | canceláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cancelan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cancelé | |
| tú | cancelaste | |
| él / ella / usted | canceló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cancelamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cancelasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cancelaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cancelaba | |
| tú | cancelabas | |
| él / ella / usted | cancelaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cancelábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cancelabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cancelaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cancelaré | |
| tú | cancelarás | |
| él / ella / usted | cancelará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cancelaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cancelaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cancelarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cancelaría | |
| tú | cancelarías | |
| él / ella / usted | cancelaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cancelaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cancelaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cancelarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cancele | |
| tú | canceles | |
| él / ella / usted | cancele | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cancelemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | canceléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cancelen |
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 cancel, call off
- to cancel (a person deemed unacceptable)
- to forget about; to scrap
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