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A wooden shovel stuck into a pile of brown soil next to a small hole in a grassy field.

excavar

to dig

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

The Spanish verb excavar means to dig.

Present tense:

yoexcavo
excavas
él/ella/ustedexcava
nosotrosexcavamos
vosotrosexcaváis
ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavaran
yoexcavara
excavaras
vosotrosexcavarais
nosotrosexcaváramos
él/ella/ustedexcavara

The imperfect subjunctive 'excavara' or 'excavase' is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcaven
yoexcave
excaves
vosotrosexcavéis
nosotrosexcavemos
él/ella/ustedexcave

The present subjunctive 'excave' is used for wishes, doubts, and recommendations.

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imperative

negative

no excavés
vosotrosno excavéis
ustedesno excaven
nosotrosno excavemos
ustedno excave

Negative commands like 'no excaves' or 'no excaven' all use the present subjunctive.

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affirmative

excava
vosotrosexcavad
ustedesexcaven
nosotrosexcavemos
ustedexcave

Commands like 'excava!' or 'excavemos!' use the imperative, with 'tú' being regular: excava.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavarían
yoexcavaría
excavarías
vosotrosexcavaríais
nosotrosexcavaríamos
él/ella/ustedexcavaría

The conditional 'excavaría' is used for hypothetical 'would' scenarios and polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavaron
yoexcavé
excavaste
vosotrosexcavasteis
nosotrosexcavamos
él/ella/ustedexcavó

The preterite of excavar is regular: excavé, excavaste, excavó, excavamos, excavasteis, excavaron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavaban
yoexcavaba
excavabas
vosotrosexcavabais
nosotrosexcavábamos
él/ella/ustedexcavaba

The imperfect 'excavaba' describes ongoing or habitual digging in the past.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavan
yoexcavo
excavas
vosotrosexcaváis
nosotrosexcavamos
él/ella/ustedexcava

The present tense 'excavo' is used for actions happening now or habitual digging.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesexcavarán
yoexcavaré
excavarás
vosotrosexcavaréis
nosotrosexcavaremos
él/ella/ustedexcavará

The future tense 'excavaré' is used for actions that will definitely happen.

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