Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | laburo | |
| tú | laburas | |
| él / ella / usted | labura | |
| nosotros / nosotras | laburamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | laburáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | laburan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | laburé | |
| tú | laburaste | |
| él / ella / usted | laburó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | laburamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | laburasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | laburaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | laburaba | |
| tú | laburabas | |
| él / ella / usted | laburaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | laburábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | laburabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | laburaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | laburaré | |
| tú | laburarás | |
| él / ella / usted | laburará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | laburaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | laburaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | laburarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | laburaría | |
| tú | laburarías | |
| él / ella / usted | laburaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | laburaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | laburaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | laburarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | labure | |
| tú | labures | |
| él / ella / usted | labure | |
| nosotros / nosotras | laburemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | laburéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | laburen |
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 work
- (slang) to steal
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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