SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

comunicar

(sometimes reflexive) to communicate

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

comunicar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocomunico
túcomunicas
él / ella / ustedcomunica
nosotros / nosotrascomunicamos
vosotros / vosotrascomunicáis
ellos / ellas / ustedescomunican

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

comunicar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocomuniqué
túcomunicaste
él / ella / ustedcomunicó
nosotros / nosotrascomunicamos
vosotros / vosotrascomunicasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescomunicaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

comunicar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocomunicaba
túcomunicabas
él / ella / ustedcomunicaba
nosotros / nosotrascomunicábamos
vosotros / vosotrascomunicabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescomunicaban

Future Futuro simple

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

comunicar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocomunicaré
túcomunicarás
él / ella / ustedcomunicará
nosotros / nosotrascomunicaremos
vosotros / vosotrascomunicaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescomunicarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

comunicar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocomunicaría
túcomunicarías
él / ella / ustedcomunicaría
nosotros / nosotrascomunicaríamos
vosotros / vosotrascomunicaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedescomunicarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

comunicar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocomunique
túcomuniques
él / ella / ustedcomunique
nosotros / nosotrascomuniquemos
vosotros / vosotrascomuniquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedescomuniquen

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

  • (sometimes reflexive) to communicate
  • to connect

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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