SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

examinar

to examine

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

examinar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoexamino
túexaminas
él / ella / ustedexamina
nosotros / nosotrasexaminamos
vosotros / vosotrasexamináis
ellos / ellas / ustedesexaminan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

examinar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoexaminé
túexaminaste
él / ella / ustedexaminó
nosotros / nosotrasexaminamos
vosotros / vosotrasexaminasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesexaminaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

examinar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoexaminaba
túexaminabas
él / ella / ustedexaminaba
nosotros / nosotrasexaminábamos
vosotros / vosotrasexaminabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesexaminaban

Future Futuro simple

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

examinar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoexaminaré
túexaminarás
él / ella / ustedexaminará
nosotros / nosotrasexaminaremos
vosotros / vosotrasexaminaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesexaminarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

examinar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoexaminaría
túexaminarías
él / ella / ustedexaminaría
nosotros / nosotrasexaminaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasexaminaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesexaminarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

examinar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoexamine
túexamines
él / ella / ustedexamine
nosotros / nosotrasexaminemos
vosotros / vosotrasexaminéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesexaminen

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 examine

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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