SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

postular

to nominate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

postular: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yopostulo
túpostulas
él / ella / ustedpostula
nosotros / nosotraspostulamos
vosotros / vosotraspostuláis
ellos / ellas / ustedespostulan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

postular: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yopostulé
túpostulaste
él / ella / ustedpostuló
nosotros / nosotraspostulamos
vosotros / vosotraspostulasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedespostularon

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

postular: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yopostulaba
túpostulabas
él / ella / ustedpostulaba
nosotros / nosotraspostulábamos
vosotros / vosotraspostulabais
ellos / ellas / ustedespostulaban

Future Futuro simple

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

postular: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yopostularé
túpostularás
él / ella / ustedpostulará
nosotros / nosotraspostularemos
vosotros / vosotraspostularéis
ellos / ellas / ustedespostularán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

postular: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yopostularía
túpostularías
él / ella / ustedpostularía
nosotros / nosotraspostularíamos
vosotros / vosotraspostularíais
ellos / ellas / ustedespostularían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

postular: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yopostule
túpostules
él / ella / ustedpostule
nosotros / nosotraspostulemos
vosotros / vosotraspostuléis
ellos / ellas / ustedespostulen

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 nominate
  • (reflexive) to apply (for example to a job)
  • to postulate

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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