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complacer

to please

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The Spanish verb complacer means to please.

Present tense:

yocomplazco
complaces
él/ella/ustedcomplace
nosotroscomplacemos
vosotroscomplacéis
ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacen

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacieran
yocomplaciera
complacieras
vosotroscomplacierais
nosotroscomplaciéramos
él/ella/ustedcomplaciera

The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: complaciera, complacieras, complaciera, complaciéramos, complacierais, complacieran.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplazcan
yocomplazca
complazcas
vosotroscomplazcáis
nosotroscomplazcamos
él/ella/ustedcomplazca

The present subjunctive of complacer uses the 'z' in the stem: complazca, complazcas, complazca, complazcamos, complazcáis, complazcan.

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imperative

negative

no complazcas
vosotrosno complazcáis
ustedesno complazcan
nosotrosno complazcamos
ustedno complazca

The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no complazcas, no complazca, no complazcamos, no complazcáis, no complazcan.

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affirmative

complace
vosotroscomplaced
ustedescomplazcan
nosotroscomplazcamos
ustedcomplazca

The imperative uses 'complace' for tú and 'complazca' for formal commands.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacerían
yocomplacería
complacerías
vosotroscomplaceríais
nosotroscomplaceríamos
él/ella/ustedcomplacería

The conditional of complacer is regular: complacería, complacerías, complacería, complaceríamos, complaceríais, complacerían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacieron
yocomplací
complaciste
vosotroscomplacisteis
nosotroscomplacimos
él/ella/ustedcomplació

The preterite of complacer is regular: complací, complaciste, complació, complacimos, complacisteis, complacieron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacían
yocomplacía
complacías
vosotroscomplacíais
nosotroscomplacíamos
él/ella/ustedcomplacía

The imperfect of complacer is regular: complacía, complacías, complacía, complacíamos, complacíais, complacían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacen
yocomplazco
complaces
vosotroscomplacéis
nosotroscomplacemos
él/ella/ustedcomplace

The present tense is mostly regular, except for the 'yo' form: complazco.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedescomplacerán
yocomplaceré
complacerás
vosotroscomplaceréis
nosotroscomplaceremos
él/ella/ustedcomplacerá

The future tense is regular: complaceré, complacerás, complacerá, complaceremos, complaceréis, complacerán.

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