Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | platico | |
| tú | platicas | |
| él / ella / usted | platica | |
| nosotros / nosotras | platicamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | platicáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | platican |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | platiqué | |
| tú | platicaste | |
| él / ella / usted | platicó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | platicamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | platicasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | platicaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | platicaba | |
| tú | platicabas | |
| él / ella / usted | platicaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | platicábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | platicabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | platicaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | platicaré | |
| tú | platicarás | |
| él / ella / usted | platicará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | platicaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | platicaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | platicarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | platicaría | |
| tú | platicarías | |
| él / ella / usted | platicaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | platicaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | platicaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | platicarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | platique | |
| tú | platiques | |
| él / ella / usted | platique | |
| nosotros / nosotras | platiquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | platiquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | platiquen |
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
- (colloquial) to chat, to talk, to tell, to say
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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