Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | potencio | |
| tú | potencias | |
| él / ella / usted | potencia | |
| nosotros / nosotras | potenciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | potenciáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | potencian |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | potencié | |
| tú | potenciaste | |
| él / ella / usted | potenció | |
| nosotros / nosotras | potenciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | potenciasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | potenciaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | potenciaba | |
| tú | potenciabas | |
| él / ella / usted | potenciaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | potenciábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | potenciabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | potenciaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | potenciaré | |
| tú | potenciarás | |
| él / ella / usted | potenciará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | potenciaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | potenciaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | potenciarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | potenciaría | |
| tú | potenciarías | |
| él / ella / usted | potenciaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | potenciaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | potenciaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | potenciarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | potencie | |
| tú | potencies | |
| él / ella / usted | potencie | |
| nosotros / nosotras | potenciemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | potenciéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | potencien |
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 promote, strengthen
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