Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vacío | |
| tú | vacías | |
| él / ella / usted | vacía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | vaciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | vaciáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vacían |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vacié | |
| tú | vaciaste | |
| él / ella / usted | vació | |
| nosotros / nosotras | vaciamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | vaciasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vaciaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vaciaba | |
| tú | vaciabas | |
| él / ella / usted | vaciaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | vaciábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | vaciabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vaciaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vaciaré | |
| tú | vaciarás | |
| él / ella / usted | vaciará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | vaciaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | vaciaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vaciarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vaciaría | |
| tú | vaciarías | |
| él / ella / usted | vaciaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | vaciaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | vaciaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vaciarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vacíe | |
| tú | vacíes | |
| él / ella / usted | vacíe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | vaciemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | vaciéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vacíen |
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
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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