SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

votar

to vote

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

votar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yovoto
túvotas
él / ella / ustedvota
nosotros / nosotrasvotamos
vosotros / vosotrasvotáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvotan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

votar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yovoté
túvotaste
él / ella / ustedvotó
nosotros / nosotrasvotamos
vosotros / vosotrasvotasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvotaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

votar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yovotaba
túvotabas
él / ella / ustedvotaba
nosotros / nosotrasvotábamos
vosotros / vosotrasvotabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesvotaban

Future Futuro simple

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

votar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yovotaré
túvotarás
él / ella / ustedvotará
nosotros / nosotrasvotaremos
vosotros / vosotrasvotaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvotarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

votar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yovotaría
túvotarías
él / ella / ustedvotaría
nosotros / nosotrasvotaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasvotaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesvotarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

votar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yovote
túvotes
él / ella / ustedvote
nosotros / nosotrasvotemos
vosotros / vosotrasvotéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesvoten

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 vote

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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