Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | protesto | |
| tú | protestas | |
| él / ella / usted | protesta | |
| nosotros / nosotras | protestamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | protestáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | protestan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | protesté | |
| tú | protestaste | |
| él / ella / usted | protestó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | protestamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | protestasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | protestaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | protestaba | |
| tú | protestabas | |
| él / ella / usted | protestaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | protestábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | protestabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | protestaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | protestaré | |
| tú | protestarás | |
| él / ella / usted | protestará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | protestaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | protestaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | protestarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | protestaría | |
| tú | protestarías | |
| él / ella / usted | protestaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | protestaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | protestaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | protestarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | proteste | |
| tú | protestes | |
| él / ella / usted | proteste | |
| nosotros / nosotras | protestemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | protestéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | protesten |
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 protest
- to protest (to publicly demonstrate)
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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