SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

considerar

to consider, to regard, to see, to look, to view

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

considerar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsidero
túconsideras
él / ella / ustedconsidera
nosotros / nosotrasconsideramos
vosotros / vosotrasconsideráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsideran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

considerar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsideré
túconsideraste
él / ella / ustedconsideró
nosotros / nosotrasconsideramos
vosotros / vosotrasconsiderasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsideraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

considerar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsideraba
túconsiderabas
él / ella / ustedconsideraba
nosotros / nosotrasconsiderábamos
vosotros / vosotrasconsiderabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsideraban

Future Futuro simple

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

considerar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsideraré
túconsiderarás
él / ella / ustedconsiderará
nosotros / nosotrasconsideraremos
vosotros / vosotrasconsideraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsiderarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

considerar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsideraría
túconsiderarías
él / ella / ustedconsideraría
nosotros / nosotrasconsideraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasconsideraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsiderarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

considerar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsidere
túconsideres
él / ella / ustedconsidere
nosotros / nosotrasconsideremos
vosotros / vosotrasconsideréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsideren

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 consider, to regard, to see, to look, to view
  • to deem, to hold
  • (reflexive) to judge, to estimate

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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