SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

conversar

to talk, converse

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

conversar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconverso
túconversas
él / ella / ustedconversa
nosotros / nosotrasconversamos
vosotros / vosotrasconversáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconversan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

conversar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconversé
túconversaste
él / ella / ustedconversó
nosotros / nosotrasconversamos
vosotros / vosotrasconversasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconversaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

conversar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconversaba
túconversabas
él / ella / ustedconversaba
nosotros / nosotrasconversábamos
vosotros / vosotrasconversabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconversaban

Future Futuro simple

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

conversar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconversaré
túconversarás
él / ella / ustedconversará
nosotros / nosotrasconversaremos
vosotros / vosotrasconversaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconversarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

conversar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconversaría
túconversarías
él / ella / ustedconversaría
nosotros / nosotrasconversaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasconversaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconversarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

conversar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconverse
túconverses
él / ella / ustedconverse
nosotros / nosotrasconversemos
vosotros / vosotrasconverséis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconversen

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 talk, converse

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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