SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

imaginar

to imagine

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

imaginar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimagino
túimaginas
él / ella / ustedimagina
nosotros / nosotrasimaginamos
vosotros / vosotrasimagináis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimaginan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

imaginar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimaginé
túimaginaste
él / ella / ustedimaginó
nosotros / nosotrasimaginamos
vosotros / vosotrasimaginasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimaginaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

imaginar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimaginaba
túimaginabas
él / ella / ustedimaginaba
nosotros / nosotrasimaginábamos
vosotros / vosotrasimaginabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesimaginaban

Future Futuro simple

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

imaginar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimaginaré
túimaginarás
él / ella / ustedimaginará
nosotros / nosotrasimaginaremos
vosotros / vosotrasimaginaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimaginarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

imaginar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimaginaría
túimaginarías
él / ella / ustedimaginaría
nosotros / nosotrasimaginaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasimaginaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesimaginarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

imaginar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimagine
túimagines
él / ella / ustedimagine
nosotros / nosotrasimaginemos
vosotros / vosotrasimaginéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimaginen

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 imagine
  • (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose

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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