SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

supervisar

to supervise, to superintend

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

supervisar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuperviso
túsupervisas
él / ella / ustedsupervisa
nosotros / nosotrassupervisamos
vosotros / vosotrassupervisáis
ellos / ellas / ustedessupervisan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

supervisar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yosupervisé
túsupervisaste
él / ella / ustedsupervisó
nosotros / nosotrassupervisamos
vosotros / vosotrassupervisasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedessupervisaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

supervisar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yosupervisaba
túsupervisabas
él / ella / ustedsupervisaba
nosotros / nosotrassupervisábamos
vosotros / vosotrassupervisabais
ellos / ellas / ustedessupervisaban

Future Futuro simple

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

supervisar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yosupervisaré
túsupervisarás
él / ella / ustedsupervisará
nosotros / nosotrassupervisaremos
vosotros / vosotrassupervisaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedessupervisarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

supervisar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yosupervisaría
túsupervisarías
él / ella / ustedsupervisaría
nosotros / nosotrassupervisaríamos
vosotros / vosotrassupervisaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedessupervisarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

supervisar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yosupervise
túsupervises
él / ella / ustedsupervise
nosotros / nosotrassupervisemos
vosotros / vosotrassuperviséis
ellos / ellas / ustedessupervisen

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 supervise, to superintend

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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