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A wooden rocking chair moving gently on a cozy porch.

balancear

to rock

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

The Spanish verb balancear means to rock.

Present tense:

yobalanceo
balanceas
él/ella/ustedbalancea
nosotrosbalanceamos
vosotrosbalanceáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesbalancean

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalancearan
yobalanceara
balancearas
vosotrosbalancearais
nosotrosbalanceáramos
él/ella/ustedbalanceara

The imperfect subjunctive of balancear (balanceara, balancearas, etc.) is used for past hypotheticals and wishes.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalanceen
yobalancee
balancees
vosotrosbalanceéis
nosotrosbalanceemos
él/ella/ustedbalancee

The present subjunctive of balancear (balancee, balancees, etc.) is used for wishes, doubts, and suggestions.

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imperative

negative

no balancees
vosotrosno balanceéis
ustedesno balanceen
nosotrosno balanceemos
ustedno balancee

Use 'no balancees' (tú) or 'no balancee' (usted) for negative commands with balancear.

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affirmative

balancea
vosotrosbalancead
ustedesbalanceen
nosotrosbalanceemos
ustedbalancee

Use imperative forms like 'balancea' (tú) and 'balancee' (usted) for direct commands with balancear.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalancearían
yobalancearía
balancearías
vosotrosbalancearíais
nosotrosbalancearíamos
él/ella/ustedbalancearía

The conditional of balancear (balancearía, balancearías, etc.) expresses hypothetical actions ('would rock').

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalancearon
yobalanceé
balanceaste
vosotrosbalanceasteis
nosotrosbalanceamos
él/ella/ustedbalanceó

The preterite of balancear (balanceé, balanceaste, etc.) describes completed actions of rocking in the past.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalanceaban
yobalanceaba
balanceabas
vosotrosbalanceabais
nosotrosbalanceábamos
él/ella/ustedbalanceaba

The imperfect of balancear (balanceaba, balanceabas, etc.) describes habitual or ongoing past rocking actions.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalancean
yobalanceo
balanceas
vosotrosbalanceáis
nosotrosbalanceamos
él/ella/ustedbalancea

The present tense of balancear (balanceo, balanceas, etc.) describes habitual or current rocking actions.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesbalancearán
yobalancearé
balancearás
vosotrosbalancearéis
nosotrosbalancearemos
él/ella/ustedbalanceará

The future tense of balancear (balancearé, balancearás, etc.) indicates actions that will happen.

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