Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insulto | |
| tú | insultas | |
| él / ella / usted | insulta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insultamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insultáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insultan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insulté | |
| tú | insultaste | |
| él / ella / usted | insultó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insultamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insultasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insultaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insultaba | |
| tú | insultabas | |
| él / ella / usted | insultaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insultábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insultabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insultaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insultaré | |
| tú | insultarás | |
| él / ella / usted | insultará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insultaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insultaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insultarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insultaría | |
| tú | insultarías | |
| él / ella / usted | insultaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insultaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insultaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insultarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | insulte | |
| tú | insultes | |
| él / ella / usted | insulte | |
| nosotros / nosotras | insultemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | insultéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | insulten |
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 insult, offend
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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