SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

pronunciar

to pronounce

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

pronunciar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yopronuncio
túpronuncias
él / ella / ustedpronuncia
nosotros / nosotraspronunciamos
vosotros / vosotraspronunciáis
ellos / ellas / ustedespronuncian

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

pronunciar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yopronuncié
túpronunciaste
él / ella / ustedpronunció
nosotros / nosotraspronunciamos
vosotros / vosotraspronunciasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedespronunciaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

pronunciar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yopronunciaba
túpronunciabas
él / ella / ustedpronunciaba
nosotros / nosotraspronunciábamos
vosotros / vosotraspronunciabais
ellos / ellas / ustedespronunciaban

Future Futuro simple

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

pronunciar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yopronunciaré
túpronunciarás
él / ella / ustedpronunciará
nosotros / nosotraspronunciaremos
vosotros / vosotraspronunciaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedespronunciarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

pronunciar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yopronunciaría
túpronunciarías
él / ella / ustedpronunciaría
nosotros / nosotraspronunciaríamos
vosotros / vosotraspronunciaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedespronunciarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

pronunciar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yopronuncie
túpronuncies
él / ella / ustedpronuncie
nosotros / nosotraspronunciemos
vosotros / vosotraspronunciéis
ellos / ellas / ustedespronuncien

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 pronounce
  • to deliver a lecture, a speech, etc.

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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