SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

dar

to give

-ar verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

dar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yodoy
túdas
él / ella / ustedda
nosotros / nosotrasdamos
vosotros / vosotrasdais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

dar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodi
túdiste
él / ella / usteddio
nosotros / nosotrasdimos
vosotros / vosotrasdisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

dar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodaba
túdabas
él / ella / usteddaba
nosotros / nosotrasdábamos
vosotros / vosotrasdabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdaban

Future Futuro simple

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

dar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodaré
túdarás
él / ella / usteddará
nosotros / nosotrasdaremos
vosotros / vosotrasdaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

dar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodaría
túdarías
él / ella / usteddaría
nosotros / nosotrasdaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasdaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

dar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yodé
túdes
él / ella / usteddé
nosotros / nosotrasdemos
vosotros / vosotrasdeis
ellos / ellas / ustedesden

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.

IN A SENTENCE

Te doy mi número de teléfono.

I am giving you my phone number.

Te indicates who receives the phone number.

Meaning & usage

  • to give, to give out
  • to hand over
  • to hit (from any distance)

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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