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componer

to compose

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is an irregular -er verb.

The Spanish verb componer means to compose.

Present tense:

yocompongo
compones
él/ella/ustedcompone
nosotroscomponemos
vosotroscomponéis
ellos/ellas/ustedescomponen

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescompusieran
yocompusiera
compusieras
vosotroscompusierais
nosotroscompusiéramos
él/ella/ustedcompusiera

The imperfect subjunctive of componer uses the irregular stem 'compusie-': compusiera, compusieras, compusiera.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescompongan
yocomponga
compongas
vosotroscompongáis
nosotroscompongamos
él/ella/ustedcomponga

The present subjunctive of componer is based on the 'yo' form: componga, compongas, componga.

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imperative

negative

no compongas
vosotrosno compongáis
ustedesno compongan
nosotrosno compongamos
ustedno componga

The negative imperative of componer uses the present subjunctive: no compongas, no componga.

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affirmative

compón
vosotroscomponed
ustedescompongan
nosotroscompongamos
ustedcomponga

The imperative of componer has a short 'tú' form: compón.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedescompondrían
yocompondría
compondrías
vosotroscompondríais
nosotroscompondríamos
él/ella/ustedcompondría

The conditional of componer uses the irregular stem 'compondr-': compondría, compondrías, compondría.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedescompusieron
yocompuse
compusiste
vosotroscompusisteis
nosotroscompusimos
él/ella/ustedcompuso

The preterite of componer uses the irregular stem 'compus-' with specific endings: compuse, compusiste, compuso.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescomponían
yocomponía
componías
vosotroscomponíais
nosotroscomponíamos
él/ella/ustedcomponía

The imperfect of componer is regular: componía, componías, componía, componíamos, componíais, componían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescomponen
yocompongo
compones
vosotroscomponéis
nosotroscomponemos
él/ella/ustedcompone

The present tense of componer is irregular in the first person (yo compongo), then follows the pattern of 'poner'.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedescompondrán
yocompondré
compondrás
vosotroscompondréis
nosotroscompondremos
él/ella/ustedcompondrá

The future of componer uses the irregular stem 'compondr-': compondré, compondrás, compondrá.

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