SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

identificar

to identify, to pinpoint

-ar verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

identificar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoidentifico
túidentificas
él / ella / ustedidentifica
nosotros / nosotrasidentificamos
vosotros / vosotrasidentificáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesidentifican

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

identificar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoidentifiqué
túidentificaste
él / ella / ustedidentificó
nosotros / nosotrasidentificamos
vosotros / vosotrasidentificasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesidentificaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

identificar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoidentificaba
túidentificabas
él / ella / ustedidentificaba
nosotros / nosotrasidentificábamos
vosotros / vosotrasidentificabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesidentificaban

Future Futuro simple

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

identificar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoidentificaré
túidentificarás
él / ella / ustedidentificará
nosotros / nosotrasidentificaremos
vosotros / vosotrasidentificaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesidentificarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

identificar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoidentificaría
túidentificarías
él / ella / ustedidentificaría
nosotros / nosotrasidentificaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasidentificaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesidentificarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

identificar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoidentifique
túidentifiques
él / ella / ustedidentifique
nosotros / nosotrasidentifiquemos
vosotros / vosotrasidentifiquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesidentifiquen

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 identify, to pinpoint

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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