SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

manifestar

to manifest, reveal, display, show

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

manifestar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yomanifiesto
túmanifiestas
él / ella / ustedmanifiesta
nosotros / nosotrasmanifestamos
vosotros / vosotrasmanifestáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmanifiestan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

manifestar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yomanifesté
túmanifestaste
él / ella / ustedmanifestó
nosotros / nosotrasmanifestamos
vosotros / vosotrasmanifestasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmanifestaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

manifestar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yomanifestaba
túmanifestabas
él / ella / ustedmanifestaba
nosotros / nosotrasmanifestábamos
vosotros / vosotrasmanifestabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesmanifestaban

Future Futuro simple

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

manifestar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yomanifestaré
túmanifestarás
él / ella / ustedmanifestará
nosotros / nosotrasmanifestaremos
vosotros / vosotrasmanifestaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmanifestarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

manifestar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yomanifestaría
túmanifestarías
él / ella / ustedmanifestaría
nosotros / nosotrasmanifestaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasmanifestaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesmanifestarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

manifestar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yomanifieste
túmanifiestes
él / ella / ustedmanifieste
nosotros / nosotrasmanifestemos
vosotros / vosotrasmanifestéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmanifiesten

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 manifest, reveal, display, show
  • to declare, express
  • (reflexive) to protest (publicly demonstrate)

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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