SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

ignorar

to not know, be ignorant of

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

ignorar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoignoro
túignoras
él / ella / ustedignora
nosotros / nosotrasignoramos
vosotros / vosotrasignoráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesignoran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

ignorar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoignoré
túignoraste
él / ella / ustedignoró
nosotros / nosotrasignoramos
vosotros / vosotrasignorasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesignoraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

ignorar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoignoraba
túignorabas
él / ella / ustedignoraba
nosotros / nosotrasignorábamos
vosotros / vosotrasignorabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesignoraban

Future Futuro simple

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

ignorar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoignoraré
túignorarás
él / ella / ustedignorará
nosotros / nosotrasignoraremos
vosotros / vosotrasignoraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesignorarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

ignorar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoignoraría
túignorarías
él / ella / ustedignoraría
nosotros / nosotrasignoraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasignoraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesignorarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

ignorar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoignore
túignores
él / ella / ustedignore
nosotros / nosotrasignoremos
vosotros / vosotrasignoréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesignoren

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 not know, be ignorant of
  • to ignore, to disregard (deliberately not pay attention to)

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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