Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | molesto | |
| tú | molestas | |
| él / ella / usted | molesta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | molestamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | molestáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | molestan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | molesté | |
| tú | molestaste | |
| él / ella / usted | molestó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | molestamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | molestasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | molestaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | molestaba | |
| tú | molestabas | |
| él / ella / usted | molestaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | molestábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | molestabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | molestaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | molestaré | |
| tú | molestarás | |
| él / ella / usted | molestará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | molestaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | molestaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | molestarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | molestaría | |
| tú | molestarías | |
| él / ella / usted | molestaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | molestaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | molestaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | molestarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | moleste | |
| tú | molestes | |
| él / ella / usted | moleste | |
| nosotros / nosotras | molestemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | molestéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | molesten |
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 bother, to disturb, to trouble, to impose, to inconvenience, to burden
- to annoy, to tease, to pester, to bug, to hassle
- to upset, to discomfort
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