SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

informar

to inform

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

informar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinformo
túinformas
él / ella / ustedinforma
nosotros / nosotrasinformamos
vosotros / vosotrasinformáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinforman

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

informar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinformé
túinformaste
él / ella / ustedinformó
nosotros / nosotrasinformamos
vosotros / vosotrasinformasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinformaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

informar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinformaba
túinformabas
él / ella / ustedinformaba
nosotros / nosotrasinformábamos
vosotros / vosotrasinformabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinformaban

Future Futuro simple

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

informar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinformaré
túinformarás
él / ella / ustedinformará
nosotros / nosotrasinformaremos
vosotros / vosotrasinformaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinformarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

informar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinformaría
túinformarías
él / ella / ustedinformaría
nosotros / nosotrasinformaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasinformaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinformarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

informar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinforme
túinformes
él / ella / ustedinforme
nosotros / nosotrasinformemos
vosotros / vosotrasinforméis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinformen

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 inform
  • (reflexive) to find out

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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