SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

impresionar

to impress; to make an impression on

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

impresionar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimpresiono
túimpresionas
él / ella / ustedimpresiona
nosotros / nosotrasimpresionamos
vosotros / vosotrasimpresionáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimpresionan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

impresionar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimpresioné
túimpresionaste
él / ella / ustedimpresionó
nosotros / nosotrasimpresionamos
vosotros / vosotrasimpresionasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimpresionaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

impresionar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimpresionaba
túimpresionabas
él / ella / ustedimpresionaba
nosotros / nosotrasimpresionábamos
vosotros / vosotrasimpresionabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesimpresionaban

Future Futuro simple

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

impresionar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimpresionaré
túimpresionarás
él / ella / ustedimpresionará
nosotros / nosotrasimpresionaremos
vosotros / vosotrasimpresionaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimpresionarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

impresionar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimpresionaría
túimpresionarías
él / ella / ustedimpresionaría
nosotros / nosotrasimpresionaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasimpresionaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesimpresionarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

impresionar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoimpresione
túimpresiones
él / ella / ustedimpresione
nosotros / nosotrasimpresionemos
vosotros / vosotrasimpresionéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesimpresionen

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 impress; to make an impression on

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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