SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

violar

to violate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

violar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoviolo
túviolas
él / ella / ustedviola
nosotros / nosotrasviolamos
vosotros / vosotrasvioláis
ellos / ellas / ustedesviolan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

violar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoviolé
túviolaste
él / ella / ustedvioló
nosotros / nosotrasviolamos
vosotros / vosotrasviolasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesviolaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

violar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoviolaba
túviolabas
él / ella / ustedviolaba
nosotros / nosotrasviolábamos
vosotros / vosotrasviolabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesviolaban

Future Futuro simple

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

violar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoviolaré
túviolarás
él / ella / ustedviolará
nosotros / nosotrasviolaremos
vosotros / vosotrasviolaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesviolarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

violar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoviolaría
túviolarías
él / ella / ustedviolaría
nosotros / nosotrasviolaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasviolaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesviolarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

violar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoviole
túvioles
él / ella / ustedviole
nosotros / nosotrasviolemos
vosotros / vosotrasvioléis
ellos / ellas / ustedesviolen

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 violate
  • to rape

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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