Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | incentivo | |
| tú | incentivas | |
| él / ella / usted | incentiva | |
| nosotros / nosotras | incentivamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | incentiváis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | incentivan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | incentivé | |
| tú | incentivaste | |
| él / ella / usted | incentivó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | incentivamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | incentivasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | incentivaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | incentivaba | |
| tú | incentivabas | |
| él / ella / usted | incentivaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | incentivábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | incentivabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | incentivaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | incentivaré | |
| tú | incentivarás | |
| él / ella / usted | incentivará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | incentivaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | incentivaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | incentivarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | incentivaría | |
| tú | incentivarías | |
| él / ella / usted | incentivaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | incentivaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | incentivaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | incentivarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | incentive | |
| tú | incentives | |
| él / ella / usted | incentive | |
| nosotros / nosotras | incentivemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | incentivéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | incentiven |
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 foster, to provide incentive, to incentivize, to encourage
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