Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escalo | |
| tú | escalas | |
| él / ella / usted | escala | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escalamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escaláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escalan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escalé | |
| tú | escalaste | |
| él / ella / usted | escaló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escalamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escalasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escalaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escalaba | |
| tú | escalabas | |
| él / ella / usted | escalaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escalábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escalabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escalaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escalaré | |
| tú | escalarás | |
| él / ella / usted | escalará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escalaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escalaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escalarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escalaría | |
| tú | escalarías | |
| él / ella / usted | escalaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escalaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escalaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escalarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escale | |
| tú | escales | |
| él / ella / usted | escale | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escalemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escaléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escalen |
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 scale, to climb
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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