SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

orar

to pray

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

orar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yooro
túoras
él / ella / ustedora
nosotros / nosotrasoramos
vosotros / vosotrasoráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesoran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

orar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yooré
túoraste
él / ella / ustedoró
nosotros / nosotrasoramos
vosotros / vosotrasorasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesoraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

orar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yooraba
túorabas
él / ella / ustedoraba
nosotros / nosotrasorábamos
vosotros / vosotrasorabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesoraban

Future Futuro simple

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

orar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yooraré
túorarás
él / ella / ustedorará
nosotros / nosotrasoraremos
vosotros / vosotrasoraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesorarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

orar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yooraría
túorarías
él / ella / ustedoraría
nosotros / nosotrasoraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasoraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesorarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

orar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoore
túores
él / ella / ustedore
nosotros / nosotrasoremos
vosotros / vosotrasoréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesoren

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 pray
  • to orate (to speak in favor of or against something in public)

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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