SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

conquistar

to conquer

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

conquistar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconquisto
túconquistas
él / ella / ustedconquista
nosotros / nosotrasconquistamos
vosotros / vosotrasconquistáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconquistan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

conquistar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconquisté
túconquistaste
él / ella / ustedconquistó
nosotros / nosotrasconquistamos
vosotros / vosotrasconquistasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconquistaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

conquistar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconquistaba
túconquistabas
él / ella / ustedconquistaba
nosotros / nosotrasconquistábamos
vosotros / vosotrasconquistabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconquistaban

Future Futuro simple

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

conquistar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconquistaré
túconquistarás
él / ella / ustedconquistará
nosotros / nosotrasconquistaremos
vosotros / vosotrasconquistaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconquistarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

conquistar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconquistaría
túconquistarías
él / ella / ustedconquistaría
nosotros / nosotrasconquistaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasconquistaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconquistarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

conquistar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconquiste
túconquistes
él / ella / ustedconquiste
nosotros / nosotrasconquistemos
vosotros / vosotrasconquistéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconquisten

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 conquer
  • to enamor, romantically convince
  • to charm (an object to a person)

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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