SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

otorgar

to grant (bestow or confer)

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

otorgar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yootorgo
túotorgas
él / ella / ustedotorga
nosotros / nosotrasotorgamos
vosotros / vosotrasotorgáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesotorgan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

otorgar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yootorgué
túotorgaste
él / ella / ustedotorgó
nosotros / nosotrasotorgamos
vosotros / vosotrasotorgasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesotorgaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

otorgar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yootorgaba
túotorgabas
él / ella / ustedotorgaba
nosotros / nosotrasotorgábamos
vosotros / vosotrasotorgabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesotorgaban

Future Futuro simple

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

otorgar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yootorgaré
túotorgarás
él / ella / ustedotorgará
nosotros / nosotrasotorgaremos
vosotros / vosotrasotorgaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesotorgarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

otorgar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yootorgaría
túotorgarías
él / ella / ustedotorgaría
nosotros / nosotrasotorgaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasotorgaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesotorgarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

otorgar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yootorgue
túotorgues
él / ella / ustedotorgue
nosotros / nosotrasotorguemos
vosotros / vosotrasotorguéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesotorguen

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 grant (bestow or confer)
  • to award (give an award for merit)
  • to draw up, draft (compose (a document), especially following a standard form)

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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