SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

documentar

to document

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

documentar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yodocumento
túdocumentas
él / ella / usteddocumenta
nosotros / nosotrasdocumentamos
vosotros / vosotrasdocumentáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdocumentan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

documentar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yodocumenté
túdocumentaste
él / ella / usteddocumentó
nosotros / nosotrasdocumentamos
vosotros / vosotrasdocumentasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdocumentaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

documentar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yodocumentaba
túdocumentabas
él / ella / usteddocumentaba
nosotros / nosotrasdocumentábamos
vosotros / vosotrasdocumentabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdocumentaban

Future Futuro simple

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

documentar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yodocumentaré
túdocumentarás
él / ella / usteddocumentará
nosotros / nosotrasdocumentaremos
vosotros / vosotrasdocumentaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdocumentarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

documentar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yodocumentaría
túdocumentarías
él / ella / usteddocumentaría
nosotros / nosotrasdocumentaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasdocumentaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesdocumentarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

documentar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yodocumente
túdocumentes
él / ella / usteddocumente
nosotros / nosotrasdocumentemos
vosotros / vosotrasdocumentéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesdocumenten

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 document
  • (reflexive) to research, to do one's homework, to get information, to gather information

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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