SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

habilitar

to enable (to give strength or ability to)

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

habilitar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yohabilito
túhabilitas
él / ella / ustedhabilita
nosotros / nosotrashabilitamos
vosotros / vosotrashabilitáis
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabilitan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

habilitar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yohabilité
túhabilitaste
él / ella / ustedhabilitó
nosotros / nosotrashabilitamos
vosotros / vosotrashabilitasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabilitaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

habilitar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yohabilitaba
túhabilitabas
él / ella / ustedhabilitaba
nosotros / nosotrashabilitábamos
vosotros / vosotrashabilitabais
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabilitaban

Future Futuro simple

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

habilitar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yohabilitaré
túhabilitarás
él / ella / ustedhabilitará
nosotros / nosotrashabilitaremos
vosotros / vosotrashabilitaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabilitarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

habilitar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yohabilitaría
túhabilitarías
él / ella / ustedhabilitaría
nosotros / nosotrashabilitaríamos
vosotros / vosotrashabilitaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabilitarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

habilitar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yohabilite
túhabilites
él / ella / ustedhabilite
nosotros / nosotrashabilitemos
vosotros / vosotrashabilitéis
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabiliten

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 enable (to give strength or ability to)
  • to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
  • to finance

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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