Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | presencio | |
| tú | presencias | |
| él / ella / usted | presencia | |
| nosotros / nosotras | presenciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | presenciáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | presencian |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | presencié | |
| tú | presenciaste | |
| él / ella / usted | presenció | |
| nosotros / nosotras | presenciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | presenciasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | presenciaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | presenciaba | |
| tú | presenciabas | |
| él / ella / usted | presenciaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | presenciábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | presenciabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | presenciaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | presenciaré | |
| tú | presenciarás | |
| él / ella / usted | presenciará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | presenciaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | presenciaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | presenciarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | presenciaría | |
| tú | presenciarías | |
| él / ella / usted | presenciaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | presenciaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | presenciaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | presenciarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | presencie | |
| tú | presencies | |
| él / ella / usted | presencie | |
| nosotros / nosotras | presenciemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | presenciéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | presencien |
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 witness
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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