SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

penetrar

to penetrate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

penetrar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yopenetro
túpenetras
él / ella / ustedpenetra
nosotros / nosotraspenetramos
vosotros / vosotraspenetráis
ellos / ellas / ustedespenetran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

penetrar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yopenetré
túpenetraste
él / ella / ustedpenetró
nosotros / nosotraspenetramos
vosotros / vosotraspenetrasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedespenetraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

penetrar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yopenetraba
túpenetrabas
él / ella / ustedpenetraba
nosotros / nosotraspenetrábamos
vosotros / vosotraspenetrabais
ellos / ellas / ustedespenetraban

Future Futuro simple

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

penetrar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yopenetraré
túpenetrarás
él / ella / ustedpenetrará
nosotros / nosotraspenetraremos
vosotros / vosotraspenetraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedespenetrarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

penetrar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yopenetraría
túpenetrarías
él / ella / ustedpenetraría
nosotros / nosotraspenetraríamos
vosotros / vosotraspenetraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedespenetrarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

penetrar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yopenetre
túpenetres
él / ella / ustedpenetre
nosotros / nosotraspenetremos
vosotros / vosotraspenetréis
ellos / ellas / ustedespenetren

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 penetrate

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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