Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sorteo | |
| tú | sorteas | |
| él / ella / usted | sortea | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sorteamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sorteáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sortean |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sorteé | |
| tú | sorteaste | |
| él / ella / usted | sorteó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sorteamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sorteasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sortearon |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sorteaba | |
| tú | sorteabas | |
| él / ella / usted | sorteaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sorteábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sorteabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sorteaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sortearé | |
| tú | sortearás | |
| él / ella / usted | sorteará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sortearemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sortearéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sortearán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sortearía | |
| tú | sortearías | |
| él / ella / usted | sortearía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sortearíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sortearíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sortearían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sortee | |
| tú | sortees | |
| él / ella / usted | sortee | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sorteemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sorteéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sorteen |
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 raffle, to raffle off, to draw lots
- to get around, to avoid, to come around (an obstacle or a danger), to circumvent
- to sort
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