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Indicative

Present

yocontrolo
controlas
él/ella/ustedcontrola
nosotroscontrolamos
vosotroscontroláis
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolan

The present tense of controlar is regular: controlo, controlas, controla, controlamos, controláis, controlan.

Future

yocontrolaré
controlarás
él/ella/ustedcontrolará
nosotroscontrolaremos
vosotroscontrolaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolarán

The future of controlar is formed by adding endings to the infinitive: analizaré, analizarás, analizará...

Imperfect

yocontrolaba
controlabas
él/ella/ustedcontrolaba
nosotroscontrolábamos
vosotroscontrolabais
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolaban

The imperfect of controlar uses standard -aba endings: controlaba, controlabas, controlaba, controlábamos, controlabais, controlaban.

Conditional

yocontrolaría
controlarías
él/ella/ustedcontrolaría
nosotroscontrolaríamos
vosotroscontrolaríais
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolarían

The conditional of controlar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: controlaría, controlarías, controlaría...

Preterite

yocontrolé
controlaste
él/ella/ustedcontroló
nosotroscontrolamos
vosotroscontrolasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolaron

Controlar is regular in the preterite: controlé, controlaste, controló, controlamos, controlasteis, controlaron.

Imperative

Negative Imperative

no controles
ustedno controle
nosotrosno controlemos
vosotrosno controléis
ustedesno controlen

The negative imperative of controlar uses the present subjunctive: no controles, no controle, no controléis...

Imperative

controla
ustedcontrole
nosotroscontrolemos
vosotroscontrolad
ustedescontrolen

The imperative of controlar gives direct orders: controla (tú), controlad (vosotros), or controle (usted).

Subjunctive

Present Subjunctive

yocontrole
controles
él/ella/ustedcontrole
nosotroscontrolemos
vosotroscontroléis
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolen

The present subjunctive of controlar uses -e endings: controle, controles, controle, controlemos, controléis, controlen.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yocontrolara
controlaras
él/ella/ustedcontrolara
nosotroscontroláramos
vosotroscontrolarais
ellos/ellas/ustedescontrolaran

The imperfect subjunctive of controlar is built from 'controlaron': controlara, controlaras, controlara, etc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does controlar mean in Spanish?

controlar means "control".

Is controlar a regular or irregular verb?

controlar is a regular -ar verb in Spanish.

How do you conjugate controlar in the present tense?

The present tense of controlar is: yo controlo, tú controlas, él/ella/usted controla, nosotros controlamos, vosotros controláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes controlan.

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

The preterite of controlar is: yo controlé, tú controlaste, él/ella/usted controló, nosotros controlamos, vosotros controlasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes controlaron.

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