SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

invocar

to invoke

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

invocar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinvoco
túinvocas
él / ella / ustedinvoca
nosotros / nosotrasinvocamos
vosotros / vosotrasinvocáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinvocan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

invocar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinvoqué
túinvocaste
él / ella / ustedinvocó
nosotros / nosotrasinvocamos
vosotros / vosotrasinvocasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinvocaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

invocar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinvocaba
túinvocabas
él / ella / ustedinvocaba
nosotros / nosotrasinvocábamos
vosotros / vosotrasinvocabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinvocaban

Future Futuro simple

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

invocar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinvocaré
túinvocarás
él / ella / ustedinvocará
nosotros / nosotrasinvocaremos
vosotros / vosotrasinvocaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinvocarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

invocar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinvocaría
túinvocarías
él / ella / ustedinvocaría
nosotros / nosotrasinvocaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasinvocaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesinvocarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

invocar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoinvoque
túinvoques
él / ella / ustedinvoque
nosotros / nosotrasinvoquemos
vosotros / vosotrasinvoquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesinvoquen

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 invoke

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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