SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

solicitar

to request, to ask for, to solicit

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

solicitar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yosolicito
túsolicitas
él / ella / ustedsolicita
nosotros / nosotrassolicitamos
vosotros / vosotrassolicitáis
ellos / ellas / ustedessolicitan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

solicitar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yosolicité
túsolicitaste
él / ella / ustedsolicitó
nosotros / nosotrassolicitamos
vosotros / vosotrassolicitasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedessolicitaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

solicitar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yosolicitaba
túsolicitabas
él / ella / ustedsolicitaba
nosotros / nosotrassolicitábamos
vosotros / vosotrassolicitabais
ellos / ellas / ustedessolicitaban

Future Futuro simple

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

solicitar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yosolicitaré
túsolicitarás
él / ella / ustedsolicitará
nosotros / nosotrassolicitaremos
vosotros / vosotrassolicitaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedessolicitarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

solicitar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yosolicitaría
túsolicitarías
él / ella / ustedsolicitaría
nosotros / nosotrassolicitaríamos
vosotros / vosotrassolicitaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedessolicitarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

solicitar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yosolicite
túsolicites
él / ella / ustedsolicite
nosotros / nosotrassolicitemos
vosotros / vosotrassolicitéis
ellos / ellas / ustedessoliciten

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 request, to ask for, to solicit
  • to attract

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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