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muscular

to build muscle

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The Spanish verb muscular means to build muscle.

Present tense:

yomusculo
musculas
él/ella/ustedmuscula
nosotrosmusculamos
vosotrosmusculáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesmusculan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesmuscularan
yomusculara
muscularas
vosotrosmuscularais
nosotrosmusculáramos
él/ella/ustedmusculara

The imperfect subjunctive 'musculara' or 'muscularas' is used for past hypotheticals or wishes.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesmusculen
yomuscule
muscules
vosotrosmusculéis
nosotrosmusculemos
él/ella/ustedmuscule

Use 'muscule' (él/ella/usted) or 'muscules' (tú) for wishes, doubts, or commands.

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imperative

negative

no muscules
vosotrosno musculéis
ustedesno musculen
nosotrosno musculemos
ustedno muscule

Use 'no muscules' (tú) and 'no muscle' (usted) for negative commands to build muscle.

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affirmative

muscula
vosotrosmusculad
ustedesmusculen
nosotrosmusculemos
ustedmuscule

Use 'muscula' (tú) and 'muscule' (usted) to command someone to build muscle.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesmuscularían
yomuscularía
muscularías
vosotrosmuscularíais
nosotrosmuscularíamos
él/ella/ustedmuscularía

The conditional 'muscularía' expresses hypothetical muscle-building ('would build muscle').

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesmuscularon
yomusculé
musculaste
vosotrosmusculasteis
nosotrosmusculamos
él/ella/ustedmusculó

The preterite of muscular is regular: musculé, musculaste, musculó, musculamos, musculasteis, muscularon.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesmusculaban
yomusculaba
musculabas
vosotrosmusculabais
nosotrosmusculábamos
él/ella/ustedmusculaba

The imperfect 'musculaba' describes ongoing or habitual past muscle-building.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesmusculan
yomusculo
musculas
vosotrosmusculáis
nosotrosmusculamos
él/ella/ustedmuscula

The present tense 'musculo' (yo) or 'musculas' (tú) describes habitual or current muscle-building actions.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesmuscularán
yomuscularé
muscularás
vosotrosmuscularéis
nosotrosmuscularemos
él/ella/ustedmusculará

The future tense 'muscularé' (yo) or 'musculará' (él/ella/usted) indicates future muscle-building actions.

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