toar — Spanish conjugation

to toar

Frequency#570Regular

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
yotoo
toas
vostoás
él/ella/Ud.toa
nosotrostoamos
vosotrostoáis
ellos/ellas/Uds.toan

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
yotoé
toaste
vostoaste
él/ella/Ud.toó
nosotrostoamos
vosotrostoasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds.toaron

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
yotoaba
toabas
vostoabas
él/ella/Ud.toaba
nosotrostoábamos
vosotrostoabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.toaban

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
yotoaría
toarías
vostoarías
él/ella/Ud.toaría
nosotrostoaríamos
vosotrostoaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.toarían

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
yotoaré
toarás
vostoarás
él/ella/Ud.toará
nosotrostoaremos
vosotrostoaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.toarán

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

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

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

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

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
yotoe
toes
vostoes
él/ella/Ud.toe
nosotrostoemos
vosotrostoéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.toen

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
yotoara
toaras
vostoaras
él/ella/Ud.toara
nosotrostoáramos
vosotrostoarais
ellos/ellas/Uds.toaran

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
yotoase
toases
vostoases
él/ella/Ud.toase
nosotrostoásemos
vosotrostoaseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.toasen

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

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

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
toa
vostoá
él/ella/Ud.toe
nosotrostoemos
vosotrostoad
ustedestoen

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 toes
vosno toes
él/ella/Ud.no toe
nosotrosno toemos
vosotrosno toéis
ustedesno toen

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

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

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

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

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