Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | grabo | |
| tú | grabas | |
| él / ella / usted | graba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | grabamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | grabáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | graban |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | grabé | |
| tú | grabaste | |
| él / ella / usted | grabó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | grabamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | grabasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | grabaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | grababa | |
| tú | grababas | |
| él / ella / usted | grababa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | grabábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | grababais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | grababan |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | grabaré | |
| tú | grabarás | |
| él / ella / usted | grabará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | grabaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | grabaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | grabarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | grabaría | |
| tú | grabarías | |
| él / ella / usted | grabaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | grabaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | grabaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | grabarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | grabe | |
| tú | grabes | |
| él / ella / usted | grabe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | grabemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | grabéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | graben |
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 record
- to engrave
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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