Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | charlo | |
| tú | charlas | |
| él / ella / usted | charla | |
| nosotros / nosotras | charlamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | charláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | charlan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | charlé | |
| tú | charlaste | |
| él / ella / usted | charló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | charlamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | charlasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | charlaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | charlaba | |
| tú | charlabas | |
| él / ella / usted | charlaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | charlábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | charlabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | charlaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | charlaré | |
| tú | charlarás | |
| él / ella / usted | charlará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | charlaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | charlaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | charlarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | charlaría | |
| tú | charlarías | |
| él / ella / usted | charlaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | charlaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | charlaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | charlarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | charle | |
| tú | charles | |
| él / ella / usted | charle | |
| nosotros / nosotras | charlemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | charléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | charlen |
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 chat, to chatter, to chitchat
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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