honrar — Spanish conjugation

to honour

Frequency#608Regular

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
yohonro
honras
voshonrás
él/ella/Ud.honra
nosotroshonramos
vosotroshonráis
ellos/ellas/Uds.honran

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
yohonré
honraste
voshonraste
él/ella/Ud.honró
nosotroshonramos
vosotroshonrasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds.honraron

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
yohonraba
honrabas
voshonrabas
él/ella/Ud.honraba
nosotroshonrábamos
vosotroshonrabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.honraban

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
yohonraría
honrarías
voshonrarías
él/ella/Ud.honraría
nosotroshonraríamos
vosotroshonraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.honrarían

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
yohonraré
honrarás
voshonrarás
él/ella/Ud.honrará
nosotroshonraremos
vosotroshonraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.honrarán

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 honrado
has honrado
voshas honrado
él/ella/Ud.ha honrado
nosotroshemos honrado
vosotroshabéis honrado
ellos/ellas/Uds.han honrado

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 honrado
habías honrado
voshabías honrado
él/ella/Ud.había honrado
nosotroshabíamos honrado
vosotroshabíais honrado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habían honrado

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 honrado
habrías honrado
voshabrías honrado
él/ella/Ud.habría honrado
nosotroshabríamos honrado
vosotroshabríais honrado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrían honrado

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 honrado
habrás honrado
voshabrás honrado
él/ella/Ud.habrá honrado
nosotroshabremos honrado
vosotroshabréis honrado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrán honrado

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
yohonre
honres
voshonres
él/ella/Ud.honre
nosotroshonremos
vosotroshonréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.honren

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
yohonrara
honraras
voshonraras
él/ella/Ud.honrara
nosotroshonráramos
vosotroshonrarais
ellos/ellas/Uds.honraran

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
yohonrase
honrases
voshonrases
él/ella/Ud.honrase
nosotroshonrásemos
vosotroshonraseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.honrasen

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 honrado
hayas honrado
voshayas honrado
él/ella/Ud.haya honrado
nosotroshayamos honrado
vosotroshayáis honrado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hayan honrado

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 honrado
hubieras honrado
voshubieras honrado
él/ella/Ud.hubiera honrado
nosotroshubiéramos honrado
vosotroshubierais honrado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hubieran honrado

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
honra
voshonrá
él/ella/Ud.honre
nosotroshonremos
vosotroshonrad
ustedeshonren

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 honres
vosno honres
él/ella/Ud.no honre
nosotrosno honremos
vosotrosno honréis
ustedesno honren

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 honrando
estás honrando
vosestás honrando
él/ella/Ud.está honrando
nosotrosestamos honrando
vosotrosestáis honrando
ellos/ellas/Uds.están honrando

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 honrando
estuviste honrando
vosestuviste honrando
él/ella/Ud.estuvo honrando
nosotrosestuvimos honrando
vosotrosestuvisteis honrando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estuvieron honrando

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 honrando
estabas honrando
vosestabas honrando
él/ella/Ud.estaba honrando
nosotrosestábamos honrando
vosotrosestabais honrando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estaban honrando

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 honrando
estarías honrando
vosestarías honrando
él/ella/Ud.estaría honrando
nosotrosestaríamos honrando
vosotrosestaríais honrando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarían honrando

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 honrando
estarás honrando
vosestarás honrando
él/ella/Ud.estará honrando
nosotrosestaremos honrando
vosotrosestaréis honrando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarán honrando