Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pinto | |
| tú | pintas | |
| él / ella / usted | pinta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pintamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pintáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pintan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pinté | |
| tú | pintaste | |
| él / ella / usted | pintó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pintamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pintasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pintaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pintaba | |
| tú | pintabas | |
| él / ella / usted | pintaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pintábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pintabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pintaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pintaré | |
| tú | pintarás | |
| él / ella / usted | pintará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pintaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pintaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pintarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pintaría | |
| tú | pintarías | |
| él / ella / usted | pintaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pintaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pintaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pintarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | pinte | |
| tú | pintes | |
| él / ella / usted | pinte | |
| nosotros / nosotras | pintemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | pintéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | pinten |
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 paint (to apply paint to)
- to paint (to create an image with paints)
- to draw (to depict with lines)
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