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manejar

to drive

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

The Spanish verb manejar means to drive.

Present tense:

yomanejo
manejas
él/ella/ustedmaneja
nosotrosmanejamos
vosotrosmanejáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejan

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imperative

affirmative

vosotrosmanejad
maneja
nosotrosmanejemos
ustedesmanejen
ustedmaneje

Direct commands like 'drive!' or 'let's drive!' for manejar.

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negative

vosotrosno manejéis
no manejes
nosotrosno manejemos
ustedesno manejen
ustedno maneje

Negative commands like 'don't drive!' for manejar, using the present subjunctive.

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subjunctive

imperfect

manejaras/manejases
vosotrosmanejarais/manejaseis
nosotrosmanejáramos/manejásemos
yomanejara/manejase
él/ella/ustedmanejara/manejase
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejaran/manejasen

Past hypotheticals or wishes, like 'if I drove...' or 'I wish you would drive...'.

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present

manejes
vosotrosmanejéis
nosotrosmanejemos
yomaneje
él/ella/ustedmaneje
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejen

Expressing wishes, doubts, or emotions about driving: 'I want you to drive...'.

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indicative

future

manejarás
vosotrosmanejaréis
nosotrosmanejaremos
yomanejaré
él/ella/ustedmanejará
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejarán

Actions that will happen: 'I will drive', 'you will drive'.

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preterite

manejaste
vosotrosmanejasteis
nosotrosmanejamos
yomanejé
él/ella/ustedmanejó
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejaron

Completed past actions: 'I drove', 'you drove' at a specific time.

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imperfect

manejabas
vosotrosmanejabais
nosotrosmanejábamos
yomanejaba
él/ella/ustedmanejaba
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejaban

Ongoing or habitual past actions: 'I used to drive', 'was driving'.

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conditional

manejarías
vosotrosmanejaríais
nosotrosmanejaríamos
yomanejaría
él/ella/ustedmanejaría
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejarían

Hypotheticals ('would drive'), polite requests, or future-in-the-past.

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present

manejas
vosotrosmanejáis
nosotrosmanejamos
yomanejo
él/ella/ustedmaneja
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanejan

Habits, actions happening now, or general truths about driving.

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