Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | trago | |
| tú | tragas | |
| él / ella / usted | traga | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tragamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tragáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tragan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tragué | |
| tú | tragaste | |
| él / ella / usted | tragó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tragamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tragasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tragaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tragaba | |
| tú | tragabas | |
| él / ella / usted | tragaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tragábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tragabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tragaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tragaré | |
| tú | tragarás | |
| él / ella / usted | tragará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tragaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tragaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tragarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | tragaría | |
| tú | tragarías | |
| él / ella / usted | tragaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | tragaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | tragaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | tragarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | trague | |
| tú | tragues | |
| él / ella / usted | trague | |
| nosotros / nosotras | traguemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | traguéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | traguen |
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 swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
- to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)
- to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly)
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