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ansiar

to long for

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

The Spanish verb ansiar means to long for.

Present tense:

yoansío
ansías
él/ella/ustedansía
nosotrosansiamos
vosotrosansiáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesansían

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesansiaran
yoansiara
ansiaras
vosotrosansiarais
nosotrosansiáramos
él/ella/ustedansiara

The imperfect subjunctive 'ansiara' or 'ansiase' expresses past desires or hypothetical situations.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesansíen
yoansíe
ansíes
vosotrosansiéis
nosotrosansiemos
él/ella/ustedansíe

The present subjunctive 'ansíe' or 'ansíes' is used for wishes, doubts, and emotions about the present or future.

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imperative

negative

no ansíes
vosotrosno ansiéis
ustedesno ansíen
nosotrosno ansiemos
ustedno ansíe

Negative commands use the present subjunctive: 'no ansíes' (don't long for), 'no ansíen' (don't long for).

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affirmative

ansía
vosotrosansiad
ustedesansíen
nosotrosansiemos
ustedansíe

Use the imperative of ansiar for direct commands like 'ansía' (you, informal) or 'ansíen' (you all, formal).

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesansiarían
yoansiaría
ansiarías
vosotrosansiaríais
nosotrosansiaríamos
él/ella/ustedansiaría

The conditional 'ansiaría' expresses hypothetical longing ('would long for').

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesansiaron
yoansié
ansiaste
vosotrosansiasteis
nosotrosansiamos
él/ella/ustedansió

Ansiar is regular in the preterite: 'ansié', 'ansiaste', 'ansió', 'ansiamos', 'ansiasteis', 'ansíaron'.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesansiaban
yoansiaba
ansiabas
vosotrosansiabais
nosotrosansiábamos
él/ella/ustedansiaba

The imperfect 'ansiaba' describes ongoing or habitual past longing.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesansían
yoansío
ansías
vosotrosansiáis
nosotrosansiamos
él/ella/ustedansía

The present tense 'ansío', 'ansías', 'ansía' describes current or habitual longing.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesansiarán
yoansiaré
ansiarás
vosotrosansiaréis
nosotrosansiaremos
él/ella/ustedansiará

The future tense 'ansiaré', 'ansiarás', 'ansiará' expresses future longing or probability.

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