Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | impulso | |
| tú | impulsas | |
| él / ella / usted | impulsa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | impulsamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | impulsáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | impulsan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | impulsé | |
| tú | impulsaste | |
| él / ella / usted | impulsó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | impulsamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | impulsasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | impulsaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | impulsaba | |
| tú | impulsabas | |
| él / ella / usted | impulsaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | impulsábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | impulsabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | impulsaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | impulsaré | |
| tú | impulsarás | |
| él / ella / usted | impulsará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | impulsaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | impulsaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | impulsarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | impulsaría | |
| tú | impulsarías | |
| él / ella / usted | impulsaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | impulsaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | impulsaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | impulsarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | impulse | |
| tú | impulses | |
| él / ella / usted | impulse | |
| nosotros / nosotras | impulsemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | impulséis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | impulsen |
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 impel, to propel
- to push, to push for, to push forward, to drive, to propel, to force, to drive forward
- to boost, to promote, to jump-start
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