SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

interesar

to interest

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

interesar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yointereso
túinteresas
él / ella / ustedinteresa
nosotros / nosotrasinteresamos
vosotros / vosotrasinteresáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinteresan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

interesar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yointeresé
túinteresaste
él / ella / ustedinteresó
nosotros / nosotrasinteresamos
vosotros / vosotrasinteresasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinteresaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

interesar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yointeresaba
túinteresabas
él / ella / ustedinteresaba
nosotros / nosotrasinteresábamos
vosotros / vosotrasinteresabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinteresaban

Future Futuro simple

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

interesar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yointeresaré
túinteresarás
él / ella / ustedinteresará
nosotros / nosotrasinteresaremos
vosotros / vosotrasinteresaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinteresarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

interesar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yointeresaría
túinteresarías
él / ella / ustedinteresaría
nosotros / nosotrasinteresaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasinteresaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinteresarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

interesar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yointerese
túintereses
él / ella / ustedinterese
nosotros / nosotrasinteresemos
vosotros / vosotrasintereséis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinteresen

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 interest
  • to get (someone) interested

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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