Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | felicito | |
| tú | felicitas | |
| él / ella / usted | felicita | |
| nosotros / nosotras | felicitamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | felicitáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | felicitan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | felicité | |
| tú | felicitaste | |
| él / ella / usted | felicitó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | felicitamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | felicitasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | felicitaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | felicitaba | |
| tú | felicitabas | |
| él / ella / usted | felicitaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | felicitábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | felicitabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | felicitaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | felicitaré | |
| tú | felicitarás | |
| él / ella / usted | felicitará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | felicitaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | felicitaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | felicitarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | felicitaría | |
| tú | felicitarías | |
| él / ella / usted | felicitaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | felicitaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | felicitaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | felicitarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | felicite | |
| tú | felicites | |
| él / ella / usted | felicite | |
| nosotros / nosotras | felicitemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | felicitéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | feliciten |
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 congratulate
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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