Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fracaso | |
| tú | fracasas | |
| él / ella / usted | fracasa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fracasamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fracasáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fracasan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fracasé | |
| tú | fracasaste | |
| él / ella / usted | fracasó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fracasamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fracasasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fracasaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fracasaba | |
| tú | fracasabas | |
| él / ella / usted | fracasaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fracasábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fracasabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fracasaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fracasaré | |
| tú | fracasarás | |
| él / ella / usted | fracasará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fracasaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fracasaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fracasarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fracasaría | |
| tú | fracasarías | |
| él / ella / usted | fracasaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fracasaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fracasaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fracasarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fracase | |
| tú | fracases | |
| él / ella / usted | fracase | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fracasemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fracaséis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fracasen |
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 fail, flop, lose
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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