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cooperar

to cooperate

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

The Spanish verb cooperar means to cooperate.

Present tense:

yocoopero
cooperas
él/ella/ustedcoopera
nosotroscooperamos
vosotroscooperáis
ellos/ellas/ustedescooperan

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperaran
yocooperara
cooperaras
vosotroscooperarais
nosotroscooperáramos
él/ella/ustedcooperara

The imperfect subjunctive of cooperar (cooperara, cooperaras, etc.) is used for past hypotheticals or wishes.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperen
yocoopere
cooperes
vosotroscooperéis
nosotroscooperemos
él/ella/ustedcoopere

The present subjunctive of cooperar (coopere, cooperes, etc.) is used after expressions of desire, doubt, or emotion.

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imperative

negative

no cooperes
vosotrosno cooperéis
ustedesno cooperen
nosotrosno cooperemos
ustedno coopere

Negative commands for cooperar use the present subjunctive after 'no'.

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affirmative

coopera
vosotroscooperad
ustedescooperen
nosotroscooperemos
ustedcoopere

Imperative commands for cooperar: coopera (tú), coopere (usted), cooperemos (nosotros), cooperen (ustedes), cooperad (vosotros).

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperarían
yocooperaría
cooperarías
vosotroscooperaríais
nosotroscooperaríamos
él/ella/ustedcooperaría

The conditional of cooperar (cooperaría, cooperarías, etc.) expresses 'would' cooperate or polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperaron
yocooperé
cooperaste
vosotroscooperasteis
nosotroscooperamos
él/ella/ustedcooperó

The preterite of cooperar is regular: cooperé, cooperaste, cooperó, cooperamos, cooperasteis, cooperaron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperaban
yocooperaba
cooperabas
vosotroscooperabais
nosotroscooperábamos
él/ella/ustedcooperaba

The imperfect of cooperar (cooperaba, cooperabas, etc.) describes past habits or ongoing actions.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperan
yocoopero
cooperas
vosotroscooperáis
nosotroscooperamos
él/ella/ustedcoopera

The present tense of cooperar (coopero, cooperas, etc.) means 'I cooperate', 'you cooperate', etc., used for current or habitual actions.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedescooperarán
yocooperaré
cooperarás
vosotroscooperaréis
nosotroscooperaremos
él/ella/ustedcooperará

The future tense of cooperar (cooperaré, cooperarás, etc.) indicates actions that will happen.

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