SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

regular

to regulate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

regular: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoregulo
túregulas
él / ella / ustedregula
nosotros / nosotrasregulamos
vosotros / vosotrasreguláis
ellos / ellas / ustedesregulan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

regular: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoregulé
túregulaste
él / ella / ustedreguló
nosotros / nosotrasregulamos
vosotros / vosotrasregulasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesregularon

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

regular: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoregulaba
túregulabas
él / ella / ustedregulaba
nosotros / nosotrasregulábamos
vosotros / vosotrasregulabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesregulaban

Future Futuro simple

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

regular: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoregularé
túregularás
él / ella / ustedregulará
nosotros / nosotrasregularemos
vosotros / vosotrasregularéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesregularán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

regular: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoregularía
túregularías
él / ella / ustedregularía
nosotros / nosotrasregularíamos
vosotros / vosotrasregularíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesregularían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

regular: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoregule
túregules
él / ella / ustedregule
nosotros / nosotrasregulemos
vosotros / vosotrasreguléis
ellos / ellas / ustedesregulen

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 regulate
  • to control
  • to adjust

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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