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colaborar

to collaborate

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

The Spanish verb colaborar means to collaborate.

Present tense:

yocolaboro
colaboras
él/ella/ustedcolabora
nosotroscolaboramos
vosotroscolaboráis
ellos/ellas/ustedescolaboran

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaboraran
yocolaborara
colaboraras
vosotroscolaborarais
nosotroscolaboráramos
él/ella/ustedcolaborara

The imperfect subjunctive of colaborar expresses past hypotheticals or wishes: colaborara, colaboraras, colaborase.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaboren
yocolabore
colabores
vosotroscolaboréis
nosotroscolaboremos
él/ella/ustedcolabore

The present subjunctive of colaborar is used for wishes, doubts, and emotions: colabore, colaboremos, colaboren.

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imperative

negative

no colabores
vosotrosno colaboréis
ustedesno colaboren
nosotrosno colaboremos
ustedno colabore

Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no colabores, no colaboremos, no colaboren.

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affirmative

colabora
vosotroscolaborad
ustedescolaboren
nosotroscolaboremos
ustedcolabore

Use the imperative of colaborar for direct commands: colabora, colaboremos, colaboren, etc.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaborarían
yocolaboraría
colaborarías
vosotroscolaboraríais
nosotroscolaboraríamos
él/ella/ustedcolaboraría

The conditional of colaborar is regular: colaboraría, colaborarías, colaboraría, colaboraríamos, colaboraríais, colaborarían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaboraron
yocolaboré
colaboraste
vosotroscolaborasteis
nosotroscolaboramos
él/ella/ustedcolaboró

The preterite of colaborar is regular: colaboré, colaboraste, colaboró, colaboramos, colaborasteis, colaboraron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaboraban
yocolaboraba
colaborabas
vosotroscolaborabais
nosotroscolaborábamos
él/ella/ustedcolaboraba

The imperfect of colaborar describes past habits or ongoing actions: colaboraba, colaborábamos, colaboraban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaboran
yocolaboro
colaboras
vosotroscolaboráis
nosotroscolaboramos
él/ella/ustedcolabora

The present tense of colaborar is regular: colaboro, colaboras, colabora, colaboramos, colaboráis, colaboran.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedescolaborarán
yocolaboraré
colaborarás
vosotroscolaboraréis
nosotroscolaboraremos
él/ella/ustedcolaborará

The future tense of colaborar is regular: colaboraré, colaborarás, colaborará, colaboraremos, colaboraréis, colaborarán.

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