SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

rescatar

to rescue

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

rescatar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yorescato
túrescatas
él / ella / ustedrescata
nosotros / nosotrasrescatamos
vosotros / vosotrasrescatáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrescatan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

rescatar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yorescaté
túrescataste
él / ella / ustedrescató
nosotros / nosotrasrescatamos
vosotros / vosotrasrescatasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrescataron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

rescatar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yorescataba
túrescatabas
él / ella / ustedrescataba
nosotros / nosotrasrescatábamos
vosotros / vosotrasrescatabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesrescataban

Future Futuro simple

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

rescatar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yorescataré
túrescatarás
él / ella / ustedrescatará
nosotros / nosotrasrescataremos
vosotros / vosotrasrescataréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrescatarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

rescatar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yorescataría
túrescatarías
él / ella / ustedrescataría
nosotros / nosotrasrescataríamos
vosotros / vosotrasrescataríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesrescatarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

rescatar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yorescate
túrescates
él / ella / ustedrescate
nosotros / nosotrasrescatemos
vosotros / vosotrasrescatéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrescaten

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 rescue

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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