SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

estimular

to stimulate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

estimular: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoestimulo
túestimulas
él / ella / ustedestimula
nosotros / nosotrasestimulamos
vosotros / vosotrasestimuláis
ellos / ellas / ustedesestimulan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

estimular: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoestimulé
túestimulaste
él / ella / ustedestimuló
nosotros / nosotrasestimulamos
vosotros / vosotrasestimulasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesestimularon

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

estimular: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoestimulaba
túestimulabas
él / ella / ustedestimulaba
nosotros / nosotrasestimulábamos
vosotros / vosotrasestimulabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesestimulaban

Future Futuro simple

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

estimular: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoestimularé
túestimularás
él / ella / ustedestimulará
nosotros / nosotrasestimularemos
vosotros / vosotrasestimularéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesestimularán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

estimular: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoestimularía
túestimularías
él / ella / ustedestimularía
nosotros / nosotrasestimularíamos
vosotros / vosotrasestimularíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesestimularían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

estimular: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoestimule
túestimules
él / ella / ustedestimule
nosotros / nosotrasestimulemos
vosotros / vosotrasestimuléis
ellos / ellas / ustedesestimulen

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 stimulate

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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