Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | limito | |
| tú | limitas | |
| él / ella / usted | limita | |
| nosotros / nosotras | limitamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | limitáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | limitan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | limité | |
| tú | limitaste | |
| él / ella / usted | limitó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | limitamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | limitasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | limitaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | limitaba | |
| tú | limitabas | |
| él / ella / usted | limitaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | limitábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | limitabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | limitaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | limitaré | |
| tú | limitarás | |
| él / ella / usted | limitará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | limitaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | limitaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | limitarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | limitaría | |
| tú | limitarías | |
| él / ella / usted | limitaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | limitaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | limitaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | limitarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | limite | |
| tú | limites | |
| él / ella / usted | limite | |
| nosotros / nosotras | limitemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | limitéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | limiten |
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 limit
- to abut, to border
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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