SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

eliminar

to eliminate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

eliminar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoelimino
túeliminas
él / ella / ustedelimina
nosotros / nosotraseliminamos
vosotros / vosotraselimináis
ellos / ellas / ustedeseliminan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

eliminar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoeliminé
túeliminaste
él / ella / ustedeliminó
nosotros / nosotraseliminamos
vosotros / vosotraseliminasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedeseliminaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

eliminar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoeliminaba
túeliminabas
él / ella / ustedeliminaba
nosotros / nosotraseliminábamos
vosotros / vosotraseliminabais
ellos / ellas / ustedeseliminaban

Future Futuro simple

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

eliminar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoeliminaré
túeliminarás
él / ella / ustedeliminará
nosotros / nosotraseliminaremos
vosotros / vosotraseliminaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedeseliminarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

eliminar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoeliminaría
túeliminarías
él / ella / ustedeliminaría
nosotros / nosotraseliminaríamos
vosotros / vosotraseliminaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedeseliminarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

eliminar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoelimine
túelimines
él / ella / ustedelimine
nosotros / nosotraseliminemos
vosotros / vosotraseliminéis
ellos / ellas / ustedeseliminen

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 eliminate

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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