SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

circular

to circulate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

circular: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocirculo
túcirculas
él / ella / ustedcircula
nosotros / nosotrascirculamos
vosotros / vosotrascirculáis
ellos / ellas / ustedescirculan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

circular: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocirculé
túcirculaste
él / ella / ustedcirculó
nosotros / nosotrascirculamos
vosotros / vosotrascirculasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescircularon

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

circular: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocirculaba
túcirculabas
él / ella / ustedcirculaba
nosotros / nosotrascirculábamos
vosotros / vosotrascirculabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescirculaban

Future Futuro simple

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

circular: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocircularé
túcircularás
él / ella / ustedcirculará
nosotros / nosotrascircularemos
vosotros / vosotrascircularéis
ellos / ellas / ustedescircularán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

circular: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocircularía
túcircularías
él / ella / ustedcircularía
nosotros / nosotrascircularíamos
vosotros / vosotrascircularíais
ellos / ellas / ustedescircularían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

circular: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocircule
túcircules
él / ella / ustedcircule
nosotros / nosotrascirculemos
vosotros / vosotrascirculéis
ellos / ellas / ustedescirculen

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 circulate
  • to go round, move around
  • to scram, clear off

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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