SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

decorar

to decorate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

decorar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yodecoro
túdecoras
él / ella / usteddecora
nosotros / nosotrasdecoramos
vosotros / vosotrasdecoráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdecoran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

decorar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodecoré
túdecoraste
él / ella / usteddecoró
nosotros / nosotrasdecoramos
vosotros / vosotrasdecorasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdecoraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

decorar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodecoraba
túdecorabas
él / ella / usteddecoraba
nosotros / nosotrasdecorábamos
vosotros / vosotrasdecorabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdecoraban

Future Futuro simple

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

decorar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodecoraré
túdecorarás
él / ella / usteddecorará
nosotros / nosotrasdecoraremos
vosotros / vosotrasdecoraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdecorarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

decorar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodecoraría
túdecorarías
él / ella / usteddecoraría
nosotros / nosotrasdecoraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasdecoraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdecorarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

decorar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yodecore
túdecores
él / ella / usteddecore
nosotros / nosotrasdecoremos
vosotros / vosotrasdecoréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdecoren

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 decorate
  • to garnish

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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