Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | palío / palio | |
| tú | palías / palias | |
| él / ella / usted | palía / palia | |
| nosotros / nosotras | paliamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | paliáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | palían / palian |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | palié | |
| tú | paliaste | |
| él / ella / usted | palió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | paliamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | paliasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | paliaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | paliaba | |
| tú | paliabas | |
| él / ella / usted | paliaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | paliábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | paliabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | paliaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | paliaré | |
| tú | paliarás | |
| él / ella / usted | paliará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | paliaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | paliaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | paliarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | paliaría | |
| tú | paliarías | |
| él / ella / usted | paliaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | paliaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | paliaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | paliarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | palíe / palie | |
| tú | palíes / palies | |
| él / ella / usted | palíe / palie | |
| nosotros / nosotras | paliemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | paliéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | palíen / palien |
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 palliate, alleviate, soothe
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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