Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reciclo | |
| tú | reciclas | |
| él / ella / usted | recicla | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reciclamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | recicláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reciclan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reciclé | |
| tú | reciclaste | |
| él / ella / usted | recicló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reciclamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reciclasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reciclaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reciclaba | |
| tú | reciclabas | |
| él / ella / usted | reciclaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reciclábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reciclabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reciclaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reciclaré | |
| tú | reciclarás | |
| él / ella / usted | reciclará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reciclaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reciclaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reciclarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reciclaría | |
| tú | reciclarías | |
| él / ella / usted | reciclaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reciclaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reciclaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reciclarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | recicle | |
| tú | recicles | |
| él / ella / usted | recicle | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reciclemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | recicléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reciclen |
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 recycle
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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