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A small bird flying away from a person waving their arms.

ahuyentar

to scare away

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a regular -ar verb.

The Spanish verb ahuyentar means to scare away.

Present tense:

yoahuyento
ahuyentas
él/ella/ustedahuyenta
nosotrosahuyentamos
vosotrosahuyentáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentaran
yoahuyentara
ahuyentaras
vosotrosahuyentarais
nosotrosahuyentáramos
él/ella/ustedahuyentara

The imperfect subjunctive of ahuyentar (ahuyentara/ahuyentase) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyenten
yoahuyente
ahuyentes
vosotrosahuyentéis
nosotrosahuyentemos
él/ella/ustedahuyente

The present subjunctive of ahuyentar (ahuyente, ahuyentes, etc.) is used after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, and uncertainty.

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imperative

negative

no ahuyentes
vosotrosno ahuyentéis
ustedesno ahuyenten
nosotrosno ahuyentemos
ustedno ahuyente

Negative commands for ahuyentar use the present subjunctive with 'no'.

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affirmative

ahuyenta
vosotrosahuyentad
ustedesahuyenten
nosotrosahuyentemos
ustedahuyente

The imperative of ahuyentar is regular for tú (ahuyenta) but uses subjunctive forms for others.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentarían
yoahuyentaría
ahuyentarías
vosotrosahuyentaríais
nosotrosahuyentaríamos
él/ella/ustedahuyentaría

The conditional of ahuyentar (ahuyentaría, ahuyentarías, etc.) is regular and used for hypothetical situations or polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentaron
yoahuyenté
ahuyentaste
vosotrosahuyentasteis
nosotrosahuyentamos
él/ella/ustedahuyentó

The preterite of ahuyentar is regular, used for completed actions like scaring away pests at a specific time.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentaban
yoahuyentaba
ahuyentabas
vosotrosahuyentabais
nosotrosahuyentábamos
él/ella/ustedahuyentaba

The imperfect of ahuyentar (ahuyentaba, ahuyentabas, etc.) describes past habits or ongoing actions, like regularly scaring away animals.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentan
yoahuyento
ahuyentas
vosotrosahuyentáis
nosotrosahuyentamos
él/ella/ustedahuyenta

The present tense of ahuyentar (ahuyento, ahuyentas, etc.) describes current actions or habitual behavior.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesahuyentarán
yoahuyentaré
ahuyentarás
vosotrosahuyentaréis
nosotrosahuyentaremos
él/ella/ustedahuyentará

The future tense of ahuyentar (ahuyentaré, ahuyentarás, etc.) is regular and used for predictions or definite future actions.

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