SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

militar

to participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

militar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yomilito
túmilitas
él / ella / ustedmilita
nosotros / nosotrasmilitamos
vosotros / vosotrasmilitáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmilitan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

militar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yomilité
túmilitaste
él / ella / ustedmilitó
nosotros / nosotrasmilitamos
vosotros / vosotrasmilitasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmilitaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

militar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yomilitaba
túmilitabas
él / ella / ustedmilitaba
nosotros / nosotrasmilitábamos
vosotros / vosotrasmilitabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesmilitaban

Future Futuro simple

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

militar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yomilitaré
túmilitarás
él / ella / ustedmilitará
nosotros / nosotrasmilitaremos
vosotros / vosotrasmilitaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmilitarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

militar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yomilitaría
túmilitarías
él / ella / ustedmilitaría
nosotros / nosotrasmilitaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasmilitaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesmilitarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

militar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yomilite
túmilites
él / ella / ustedmilite
nosotros / nosotrasmilitemos
vosotros / vosotrasmilitéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmiliten

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 participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military

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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