cuartelar — Spanish conjugation

to quarter (to divide into quarters)

Frequency#1443Regular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The present tense is the most versatile tense in Spanish. It covers actions happening right now, habitual actions, and even near-future plans. One form does the work of three English constructions.

Ella habla inglés — She speaks / is speaking English

PronounSpanish
yocuartelo
cuartelas
voscuartelás
él/ella/Ud.cuartela
nosotroscuartelamos
vosotroscuarteláis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelan

Preterite (Pretérito indefinido) Regular

Used for completed past actions with a defined endpoint — a single event, a series of events, or an action that interrupted another. Common with time expressions like ayer, el lunes, una vez.

Ella habló de ti ayer — She spoke about you yesterday

PronounSpanish
yocuartelé
cuartelaste
voscuartelaste
él/ella/Ud.cuarteló
nosotroscuartelamos
vosotroscuartelasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelaron

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto) Regular

Describes ongoing or habitual past states — what things were like, background context, what used to happen. Contrasts with the preterite which marks completed events.

Cuando era niño vivía en Valencia — When I was a child I lived in Valencia

PronounSpanish
yocuartelaba
cuartelabas
voscuartelabas
él/ella/Ud.cuartelaba
nosotroscuartelábamos
vosotroscuartelabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelaban

Conditional (Condicional) Regular

Expresses hypothetical actions, polite requests, and what would happen under certain conditions. Also used for reported speech about the future from a past perspective.

¿Podrías ayudarme? — Could you help me?

PronounSpanish
yocuartelaría
cuartelarías
voscuartelarías
él/ella/Ud.cuartelaría
nosotroscuartelaríamos
vosotroscuartelaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelarían

Future (Futuro) Regular

Expresses future actions, predictions, and probability about the present. Formed with the full infinitive as stem for most verbs. In spoken Spanish, ir a + infinitive is often preferred for near future.

Ella hablará en conferencia mañana — She will speak at the conference tomorrow

PronounSpanish
yocuartelaré
cuartelarás
voscuartelarás
él/ella/Ud.cuartelará
nosotroscuartelaremos
vosotroscuartelaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelarán

Present perfect (Pretérito perfecto) Regular

A compound past tense linking a past action to the present moment — something that has happened and still feels recent or relevant. More common in Spain than Latin America where preterite is preferred.

Hoy he hablado con el jefe — Today I have spoken with the boss

PronounSpanish
yohe cuartelado
has cuartelado
voshas cuartelado
él/ella/Ud.ha cuartelado
nosotroshemos cuartelado
vosotroshabéis cuartelado
ellos/ellas/Uds.han cuartelado

Pluperfect (Pretérito pluscuamperfecto) Regular

The past of the past — describes an action that was already completed before another past event happened. Always implies a reference point in the past.

Ya había hablado cuando llegaste — She had already spoken when you arrived

PronounSpanish
yohabía cuartelado
habías cuartelado
voshabías cuartelado
él/ella/Ud.había cuartelado
nosotroshabíamos cuartelado
vosotroshabíais cuartelado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habían cuartelado

Conditional perfect (Condicional perfecto) Regular

Expresses what would have happened — actions that were possible but did not occur, or regrets about the past. Formed with conditional of haber + past participle.

Habría hablado, pero no me dejaron — I would have spoken, but they did not let me

PronounSpanish
yohabría cuartelado
habrías cuartelado
voshabrías cuartelado
él/ella/Ud.habría cuartelado
nosotroshabríamos cuartelado
vosotroshabríais cuartelado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrían cuartelado

Future perfect (Futuro perfecto) Regular

Describes an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future, or expresses probability about a recent past action.

Para el lunes habré terminado — By Monday I will have finished

PronounSpanish
yohabré cuartelado
habrás cuartelado
voshabrás cuartelado
él/ella/Ud.habrá cuartelado
nosotroshabremos cuartelado
vosotroshabréis cuartelado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrán cuartelado

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjuntivo presente) Regular

Used in subordinate clauses after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or impersonal statements. Triggered by a change of subject between the main and subordinate clause.

Espero que hable — I hope she speaks

PronounSpanish
yocuartele
cuarteles
voscuarteles
él/ella/Ud.cuartele
nosotroscuartelemos
vosotroscuarteléis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-ra)) Regular

The past subjunctive used after past main verbs, in if-clauses with conditional, and for polite softening. The -ra form is more common in everyday speech than the -se form.

Si pudiera, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yocuartelara
cuartelaras
voscuartelaras
él/ella/Ud.cuartelara
nosotroscuarteláramos
vosotroscuartelarais
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelaran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-se)) Regular

The alternative past subjunctive form. Interchangeable with -ra in most contexts but slightly more literary or formal. Both forms are grammatically correct in all regions.

Si pudiese, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yocuartelase
cuartelases
voscuartelases
él/ella/Ud.cuartelase
nosotroscuartelásemos
vosotroscuartelaseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cuartelasen

Perfect subjunctive (Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

A compound subjunctive that expresses completed actions in a subjunctive context — used after present or future main verbs expressing doubt, emotion or desire.

Dudo que ya haya llegado — I doubt she has already arrived

PronounSpanish
yohaya cuartelado
hayas cuartelado
voshayas cuartelado
él/ella/Ud.haya cuartelado
nosotroshayamos cuartelado
vosotroshayáis cuartelado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hayan cuartelado

Pluperfect subjunctive (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

Expresses what had happened in hypothetical or unreal past contexts — the subjunctive equivalent of the pluperfect. Common in contrary-to-fact past conditions.

Si hubiera hablado, lo habrían creído — If she had spoken, they would have believed her

PronounSpanish
yohubiera cuartelado
hubieras cuartelado
voshubieras cuartelado
él/ella/Ud.hubiera cuartelado
nosotroshubiéramos cuartelado
vosotroshubierais cuartelado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hubieran cuartelado

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Regular

Direct commands and instructions. The imperative only exists for tú, usted, nosotros, vosotros and ustedes — yo has no command form. Affirmative and negative forms use different conjugations.

Habla más despacio — Speak more slowly

PronounSpanish
cuartela
voscuartelá
él/ella/Ud.cuartele
nosotroscuartelemos
vosotroscuartelad
ustedescuartelen

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use the subjunctive forms for all persons. Formed with no + present subjunctive. This applies to all persons including tú where the affirmative uses a different form.

No hables tan rápido — Do not speak so fast

PronounSpanish
no cuarteles
vosno cuarteles
él/ella/Ud.no cuartele
nosotrosno cuartelemos
vosotrosno cuarteléis
ustedesno cuartelen

Present progressive (Presente progresivo) Regular

Emphasises that an action is happening right now at this very moment. Less common than in English since the present tense already covers ongoing actions in Spanish.

Estoy hablando contigo — I am speaking with you

PronounSpanish
yoestoy cuartelando
estás cuartelando
vosestás cuartelando
él/ella/Ud.está cuartelando
nosotrosestamos cuartelando
vosotrosestáis cuartelando
ellos/ellas/Uds.están cuartelando

Preterite progressive (Pretérito indefinido progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that was in progress throughout a completed past period. Uses the preterite of estar + gerund to emphasise the ongoing nature within a defined timeframe.

Estuvo hablando toda la tarde — He was talking all afternoon

PronounSpanish
yoestuve cuartelando
estuviste cuartelando
vosestuviste cuartelando
él/ella/Ud.estuvo cuartelando
nosotrosestuvimos cuartelando
vosotrosestuvisteis cuartelando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estuvieron cuartelando

Imperfect progressive (Pretérito imperfecto progresivo) Regular

Emphasises an ongoing background action using the imperfect of estar + gerund. Layered on top of the imperfect which already conveys continuity — used for extra emphasis on the progressive nature.

Estaba hablando cuando entró — I was speaking when he came in

PronounSpanish
yoestaba cuartelando
estabas cuartelando
vosestabas cuartelando
él/ella/Ud.estaba cuartelando
nosotrosestábamos cuartelando
vosotrosestabais cuartelando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estaban cuartelando

Conditional progressive (Condicional progresivo) Regular

Expresses what would be in progress under hypothetical conditions. Uses the conditional of estar + gerund. Less common but used for emphasis on the ongoing nature of a hypothetical action.

Estaría hablando ahora si pudiera — I would be speaking now if I could

PronounSpanish
yoestaría cuartelando
estarías cuartelando
vosestarías cuartelando
él/ella/Ud.estaría cuartelando
nosotrosestaríamos cuartelando
vosotrosestaríais cuartelando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarían cuartelando

Future progressive (Futuro progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that will be in progress at a future point, or expresses probability about an ongoing present action. Uses the future of estar + gerund.

Mañana a esta hora estaré viajando — At this time tomorrow I will be travelling

PronounSpanish
yoestaré cuartelando
estarás cuartelando
vosestarás cuartelando
él/ella/Ud.estará cuartelando
nosotrosestaremos cuartelando
vosotrosestaréis cuartelando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarán cuartelando