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buscarConjugation

buscar means to look for.

Regular (with spelling change)-ar9 tenses52 forms
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Indicative

Present

yobusco
túbuscas
él/ella/ustedbusca
nosotrosbuscamos
vosotrosbuscáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesbuscan

The present tense of buscar is completely regular: busco, buscas, busca, buscamos, buscáis, buscan.

Future

yobuscaré
túbuscarás
él/ella/ustedbuscará
nosotrosbuscaremos
vosotrosbuscaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesbuscarán

The future tense of buscar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.

Imperfect

yobuscaba
túbuscabas
él/ella/ustedbuscaba
nosotrosbuscábamos
vosotrosbuscabais
ellos/ellas/ustedesbuscaban

The imperfect of buscar is regular: buscaba, buscabas, buscaba, buscábamos, buscabais, buscaban.

Conditional

yobuscaría
túbuscarías
él/ella/ustedbuscaría
nosotrosbuscaríamos
vosotrosbuscaríais
ellos/ellas/ustedesbuscarían

The conditional of buscar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.

Preterite

yobusqué
túbuscaste
él/ella/ustedbuscó
nosotrosbuscamos
vosotrosbuscasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedesbuscaron

The preterite of buscar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (busqué) to keep the 'k' sound.

Imperative

Negative Imperative

túno busques
ustedno busque
nosotrosno busquemos
vosotrosno busquéis
ustedesno busquen

The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling: no busques, no busque, no busquemos, no busquéis, no busquen.

Imperative

túbusca
ustedbusque
nosotrosbusquemos
vosotrosbuscad
ustedesbusquen

The imperative of buscar uses 'busca' (tú) and 'busque' (usted).

Subjunctive

Present Subjunctive

yobusque
túbusques
él/ella/ustedbusque
nosotrosbusquemos
vosotrosbusquéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesbusquen

The present subjunctive of buscar uses the 'qu' spelling change: busque, busques, busque, busquemos, busquéis, busquen.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yobuscara
túbuscaras
él/ella/ustedbuscara
nosotrosbuscáramos
vosotrosbuscarais
ellos/ellas/ustedesbuscaran

The imperfect subjunctive of buscar is regular: buscara, buscaras, buscara, buscáramos, buscarais, buscaran.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does buscar mean in Spanish?

buscar means "to look for".

Is buscar a regular or irregular verb?

buscar is a Regular (with spelling change) -ar verb in Spanish.

How do you conjugate buscar in the present tense?

The present tense of buscar is: yo busco, tú buscas, él/ella/usted busca, nosotros buscamos, vosotros buscáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes buscan.

How do you conjugate buscar in the preterite (past tense)?

The preterite of buscar is: yo busqué, tú buscaste, él/ella/usted buscó, nosotros buscamos, vosotros buscasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes buscaron.

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