SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

presentar

to present, to submit

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

presentar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yopresento
túpresentas
él / ella / ustedpresenta
nosotros / nosotraspresentamos
vosotros / vosotraspresentáis
ellos / ellas / ustedespresentan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

presentar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yopresenté
túpresentaste
él / ella / ustedpresentó
nosotros / nosotraspresentamos
vosotros / vosotraspresentasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedespresentaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

presentar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yopresentaba
túpresentabas
él / ella / ustedpresentaba
nosotros / nosotraspresentábamos
vosotros / vosotraspresentabais
ellos / ellas / ustedespresentaban

Future Futuro simple

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

presentar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yopresentaré
túpresentarás
él / ella / ustedpresentará
nosotros / nosotraspresentaremos
vosotros / vosotraspresentaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedespresentarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

presentar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yopresentaría
túpresentarías
él / ella / ustedpresentaría
nosotros / nosotraspresentaríamos
vosotros / vosotraspresentaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedespresentarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

presentar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yopresente
túpresentes
él / ella / ustedpresente
nosotros / nosotraspresentemos
vosotros / vosotraspresentéis
ellos / ellas / ustedespresenten

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 present, to submit
  • to introduce (someone), to acquaint
  • to show; to show signs of

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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