SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

colaborar

to collaborate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

colaborar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocolaboro
túcolaboras
él / ella / ustedcolabora
nosotros / nosotrascolaboramos
vosotros / vosotrascolaboráis
ellos / ellas / ustedescolaboran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

colaborar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocolaboré
túcolaboraste
él / ella / ustedcolaboró
nosotros / nosotrascolaboramos
vosotros / vosotrascolaborasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescolaboraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

colaborar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocolaboraba
túcolaborabas
él / ella / ustedcolaboraba
nosotros / nosotrascolaborábamos
vosotros / vosotrascolaborabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescolaboraban

Future Futuro simple

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

colaborar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocolaboraré
túcolaborarás
él / ella / ustedcolaborará
nosotros / nosotrascolaboraremos
vosotros / vosotrascolaboraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescolaborarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

colaborar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocolaboraría
túcolaborarías
él / ella / ustedcolaboraría
nosotros / nosotrascolaboraríamos
vosotros / vosotrascolaboraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedescolaborarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

colaborar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocolabore
túcolabores
él / ella / ustedcolabore
nosotros / nosotrascolaboremos
vosotros / vosotrascolaboréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescolaboren

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 collaborate

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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