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A pair of hands carefully assembling a small wooden toy.

manipular

to handle

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The Spanish verb manipular means to handle.

Present tense:

yomanipulo
manipulas
él/ella/ustedmanipula
nosotrosmanipulamos
vosotrosmanipuláis
ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipulan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipularan
yomanipulara
manipularas
vosotrosmanipularais
nosotrosmanipuláramos
él/ella/ustedmanipulara

Use 'manipulara' or 'manipularas' for hypothetical or past subjunctive situations with 'manipular'.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipulen
yomanipule
manipules
vosotrosmanipuléis
nosotrosmanipulemos
él/ella/ustedmanipule

Use 'manipule' and 'manipulen' for wishes, doubts, and emotions regarding handling things.

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imperative

negative

no manipules
vosotrosno manipuléis
ustedesno manipulen
nosotrosno manipulemos
ustedno manipule

Use 'no manipules' (tú) and 'no manipulen' (ustedes) for negative commands with 'manipular'.

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affirmative

manipula
vosotrosmanipulad
ustedesmanipulen
nosotrosmanipulemos
ustedmanipule

Use 'manipula' (tú) and 'manipulen' (ustedes) for direct commands with 'manipular'.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipularían
yomanipularía
manipularías
vosotrosmanipularíais
nosotrosmanipularíamos
él/ella/ustedmanipularía

Use 'manipularía' and 'manipularían' for hypothetical 'would handle' scenarios.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipularon
yomanipulé
manipulaste
vosotrosmanipulasteis
nosotrosmanipulamos
él/ella/ustedmanipuló

The preterite of 'manipular' is regular: manipulé, manipulaste, manipuló, manipulamos, manipulasteis, manipularon.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipulaban
yomanipulaba
manipulabas
vosotrosmanipulabais
nosotrosmanipulábamos
él/ella/ustedmanipulaba

Use 'manipulaba' and 'manipulaban' for ongoing or habitual past actions of handling things.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipulan
yomanipulo
manipulas
vosotrosmanipuláis
nosotrosmanipulamos
él/ella/ustedmanipula

Use 'manipulo' and 'manipulan' for current actions, habits, or general truths about handling things.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesmanipularán
yomanipularé
manipularás
vosotrosmanipularéis
nosotrosmanipularemos
él/ella/ustedmanipulará

Use 'manipularé' and 'manipularán' for actions that will happen in the future.

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