Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | compito | |
| tú | compites | |
| él / ella / usted | compite | |
| nosotros / nosotras | competimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | competís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | compiten |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | competí | |
| tú | competiste | |
| él / ella / usted | compitió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | competimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | competisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | compitieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | competía | |
| tú | competías | |
| él / ella / usted | competía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | competíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | competíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | competían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | competiré | |
| tú | competirás | |
| él / ella / usted | competirá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | competiremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | competiréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | competirán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | competiría | |
| tú | competirías | |
| él / ella / usted | competiría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | competiríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | competiríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | competirían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | compita | |
| tú | compitas | |
| él / ella / usted | compita | |
| nosotros / nosotras | compitamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | compitáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | compitan |
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 compete
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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