Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funciono | |
| tú | funcionas | |
| él / ella / usted | funciona | |
| nosotros / nosotras | funcionamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | funcionáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funcionan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funcioné | |
| tú | funcionaste | |
| él / ella / usted | funcionó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | funcionamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | funcionasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funcionaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funcionaba | |
| tú | funcionabas | |
| él / ella / usted | funcionaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | funcionábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | funcionabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funcionaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funcionaré | |
| tú | funcionarás | |
| él / ella / usted | funcionará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | funcionaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | funcionaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funcionarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funcionaría | |
| tú | funcionarías | |
| él / ella / usted | funcionaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | funcionaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | funcionaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funcionarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funcione | |
| tú | funciones | |
| él / ella / usted | funcione | |
| nosotros / nosotras | funcionemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | funcionéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funcionen |
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 work, to function
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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