Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | complazco | |
| tú | complaces | |
| él / ella / usted | complace | |
| nosotros / nosotras | complacemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | complacéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | complacen |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | complací | |
| tú | complaciste | |
| él / ella / usted | complació | |
| nosotros / nosotras | complacimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | complacisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | complacieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | complacía | |
| tú | complacías | |
| él / ella / usted | complacía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | complacíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | complacíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | complacían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | complaceré | |
| tú | complacerás | |
| él / ella / usted | complacerá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | complaceremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | complaceréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | complacerán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | complacería | |
| tú | complacerías | |
| él / ella / usted | complacería | |
| nosotros / nosotras | complaceríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | complaceríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | complacerían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | complazca | |
| tú | complazcas | |
| él / ella / usted | complazca | |
| nosotros / nosotras | complazcamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | complazcáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | complazcan |
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 please
- to satisfy
- to sexually pleasure.
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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