SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

instalar

to install

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

instalar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinstalo
túinstalas
él / ella / ustedinstala
nosotros / nosotrasinstalamos
vosotros / vosotrasinstaláis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinstalan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

instalar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinstalé
túinstalaste
él / ella / ustedinstaló
nosotros / nosotrasinstalamos
vosotros / vosotrasinstalasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinstalaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

instalar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinstalaba
túinstalabas
él / ella / ustedinstalaba
nosotros / nosotrasinstalábamos
vosotros / vosotrasinstalabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinstalaban

Future Futuro simple

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

instalar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinstalaré
túinstalarás
él / ella / ustedinstalará
nosotros / nosotrasinstalaremos
vosotros / vosotrasinstalaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinstalarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

instalar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinstalaría
túinstalarías
él / ella / ustedinstalaría
nosotros / nosotrasinstalaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasinstalaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinstalarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

instalar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinstale
túinstales
él / ella / ustedinstale
nosotros / nosotrasinstalemos
vosotros / vosotrasinstaléis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinstalen

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 install
  • to settle, to ensconce
  • (reflexive) to be installed

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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