SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

congelar

to freeze (to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes)

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

congelar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocongelo
túcongelas
él / ella / ustedcongela
nosotros / nosotrascongelamos
vosotros / vosotrascongeláis
ellos / ellas / ustedescongelan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

congelar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocongelé
túcongelaste
él / ella / ustedcongeló
nosotros / nosotrascongelamos
vosotros / vosotrascongelasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescongelaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

congelar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocongelaba
túcongelabas
él / ella / ustedcongelaba
nosotros / nosotrascongelábamos
vosotros / vosotrascongelabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescongelaban

Future Futuro simple

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

congelar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocongelaré
túcongelarás
él / ella / ustedcongelará
nosotros / nosotrascongelaremos
vosotros / vosotrascongelaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescongelarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

congelar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocongelaría
túcongelarías
él / ella / ustedcongelaría
nosotros / nosotrascongelaríamos
vosotros / vosotrascongelaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedescongelarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

congelar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocongele
túcongeles
él / ella / ustedcongele
nosotros / nosotrascongelemos
vosotros / vosotrascongeléis
ellos / ellas / ustedescongelen

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 freeze (to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes)
  • to freeze, to suspend (an activity, a program)

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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