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manifestar

to express

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is an irregular (stem-changing) -ar verb.

The Spanish verb manifestar means to express.

Present tense:

yomanifiesto
manifiestas
él/ella/ustedmanifiesta
nosotrosmanifestamos
vosotrosmanifestáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifiestan

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subjunctive

present

yomanifieste
nosotrosmanifestemos
vosotrosmanifestéis
él/ella/ustedmanifieste
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifiesten
manifiestes

The present subjunctive mirrors the stem change of the present indicative: manifieste, manifiestes, manifieste, manifestemos, manifestéis, manifiesten.

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imperfect

yomanifestara
nosotrosmanifestáramos
vosotrosmanifestarais
él/ella/ustedmanifestara
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifestaran
manifestaras

The imperfect subjunctive is regular: manifestara, manifestaras, manifestara, manifestáramos, manifestarais, manifestaran.

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imperative

affirmative

manifiesta
nosotrosmanifestemos
ustedmanifieste
vosotrosmanifestad
ustedesmanifiesten

The imperative uses the stem change in most forms: manifiesta (tú), manifieste (usted), manifestad (vosotros), manifiesten (ustedes).

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negative

no manifiestes
nosotrosno manifestemos
ustedno manifieste
vosotrosno manifestéis
ustedesno manifiesten

The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no manifiestes, no manifieste, no manifestemos, no manifestéis, no manifiesten.

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indicative

present

yomanifiesto
nosotrosmanifestamos
vosotrosmanifestáis
él/ella/ustedmanifiesta
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifiestan
manifiestas

Manifestar is a stem-changing verb in the present tense, changing 'e' to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

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preterite

yomanifesté
nosotrosmanifestamos
vosotrosmanifestasteis
él/ella/ustedmanifestó
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifestaron
manifestaste

Manifestar is completely regular in the preterite: manifesté, manifestaste, manifestó, manifestamos, manifestasteis, manifestaron.

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future

yomanifestaré
nosotrosmanifestaremos
vosotrosmanifestaréis
él/ella/ustedmanifestará
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifestarán
manifestarás

The future tense is regular: manifestaré, manifestarás, manifestará, manifestaremos, manifestaréis, manifestarán.

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imperfect

yomanifestaba
nosotrosmanifestábamos
vosotrosmanifestabais
él/ella/ustedmanifestaba
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifestaban
manifestabas

The imperfect of manifestar is regular: manifestaba, manifestabas, manifestaba, manifestábamos, manifestabais, manifestaban.

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conditional

yomanifestaría
nosotrosmanifestaríamos
vosotrosmanifestaríais
él/ella/ustedmanifestaría
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanifestarían
manifestarías

The conditional of manifestar is regular: manifestaría, manifestarías, manifestaría, manifestaríamos, manifestaríais, manifestarían.

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