Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pilo | |
| tú | pilas | |
| él / ella / usted | pila | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pilamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | piláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pilan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pilé | |
| tú | pilaste | |
| él / ella / usted | piló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pilamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pilasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pilaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pilaba | |
| tú | pilabas | |
| él / ella / usted | pilaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pilábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pilabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pilaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pilaré | |
| tú | pilarás | |
| él / ella / usted | pilará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pilaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pilaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pilarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pilaría | |
| tú | pilarías | |
| él / ella / usted | pilaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pilaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pilaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pilarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pile | |
| tú | piles | |
| él / ella / usted | pile | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pilemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | piléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pilen |
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
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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