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guardar

to put away

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

The Spanish verb guardar means to put away.

Present tense:

yoguardo
guardas
él/ella/ustedguarda
nosotrosguardamos
vosotrosguardáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardan

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🔄 Conjugations

indicative

present

él/ella/ustedguarda
yoguardo
guardas
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardan
nosotrosguardamos
vosotrosguardáis

Guardar is completely regular in the present: guardo, guardas, guarda, guardamos, guardáis, guardan.

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future

él/ella/ustedguardará
yoguardaré
guardarás
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardarán
nosotrosguardaremos
vosotrosguardaréis

The future of guardar uses the infinitive as the stem: guardaré, guardarás, guardará, guardaremos, guardaréis, guardarán.

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imperfect

él/ella/ustedguardaba
yoguardaba
guardabas
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardaban
nosotrosguardábamos
vosotrosguardabais

In the imperfect, guardar uses standard -aba endings: guardaba, guardabas, guardaba, guardábamos, guardabais, guardaban.

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conditional

él/ella/ustedguardaría
yoguardaría
guardarías
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardarían
nosotrosguardaríamos
vosotrosguardaríais

The conditional of guardar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: guardaría, guardarías, guardaría, guardaríamos, guardaríais, guardarían.

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preterite

él/ella/ustedguardó
yoguardé
guardaste
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardaron
nosotrosguardamos
vosotrosguardasteis

The preterite of guardar is regular: guardé, guardaste, guardó, guardamos, guardasteis, guardaron.

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imperative

negative

ellos/ellas/ustedesno guarden
nosotrosno guardemos
no guardes
ustedno guarde
vosotrosno guardéis

The negative imperative of guardar uses present subjunctive forms: no guardes, no guarde, no guardemos, no guardéis, no guarden.

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affirmative

ustedesguarden
nosotrosguardemos
guarda
ustedguarde
vosotrosguardad

The imperative of guardar provides direct commands: guarda, guarde, guardemos, guardad, guarden.

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subjunctive

present

él/ella/ustedguarde
yoguarde
guardes
ellos/ellas/ustedesguarden
nosotrosguardemos
vosotrosguardéis

The present subjunctive of guardar uses 'e' endings: guarde, guardes, guarde, guardemos, guardéis, guarden.

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imperfect

él/ella/ustedguardara
yoguardara
guardaras
ellos/ellas/ustedesguardaran
nosotrosguardáramos
vosotrosguardarais

The imperfect subjunctive of guardar is formed from the preterite 'ellos' form: guardara, guardaras, guardara, guardáramos, guardarais, guardaran.

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