Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | quejo | |
| tú | quejas | |
| él / ella / usted | queja | |
| nosotros / nosotras | quejamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | quejáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | quejan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | quejé | |
| tú | quejaste | |
| él / ella / usted | quejó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | quejamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | quejasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | quejaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | quejaba | |
| tú | quejabas | |
| él / ella / usted | quejaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | quejábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | quejabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | quejaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | quejaré | |
| tú | quejarás | |
| él / ella / usted | quejará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | quejaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | quejaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | quejarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | quejaría | |
| tú | quejarías | |
| él / ella / usted | quejaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | quejaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | quejaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | quejarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | queje | |
| tú | quejes | |
| él / ella / usted | queje | |
| nosotros / nosotras | quejemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | quejéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | quejen |
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
- (reflexive) to complain, see quejarse
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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