Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | legislo | |
| tú | legislas | |
| él / ella / usted | legisla | |
| nosotros / nosotras | legislamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | legisláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | legislan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | legislé | |
| tú | legislaste | |
| él / ella / usted | legisló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | legislamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | legislasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | legislaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | legislaba | |
| tú | legislabas | |
| él / ella / usted | legislaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | legislábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | legislabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | legislaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | legislaré | |
| tú | legislarás | |
| él / ella / usted | legislará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | legislaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | legislaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | legislarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | legislaría | |
| tú | legislarías | |
| él / ella / usted | legislaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | legislaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | legislaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | legislarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | legisle | |
| tú | legisles | |
| él / ella / usted | legisle | |
| nosotros / nosotras | legislemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | legisléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | legislen |
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 legislate
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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