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participar

participate

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

The Spanish verb participar means participate.

Present tense:

yoparticipo
participas
él/ella/ustedparticipa
nosotrosparticipamos
vosotrosparticipáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticipan

Complete Conjugation Tables

Reference all tenses and moods

🔄 Conjugations

indicative

present

él/ella/ustedparticipa
yoparticipo
participas
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticipan
nosotrosparticipamos
vosotrosparticipáis

The present tense of participar (participo, participas, etc.) is used for current, habitual, or general actions.

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future

él/ella/ustedparticipará
yoparticiparé
participarás
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticiparán
nosotrosparticiparemos
vosotrosparticiparéis

The future tense of participar (participaré, participarás, etc.) indicates actions that will happen.

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imperfect

él/ella/ustedparticipaba
yoparticipaba
participabas
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticipaban
nosotrosparticipábamos
vosotrosparticipabais

The imperfect tense of participar (participaba, participabas, etc.) describes past habits or ongoing actions.

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conditional

él/ella/ustedparticiparía
yoparticiparía
participarías
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticiparían
nosotrosparticiparíamos
vosotrosparticiparíais

The conditional of participar (participaría, participarías, etc.) expresses 'would' actions, polite requests, or future-in-the-past.

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preterite

él/ella/ustedparticipó
yoparticipé
participaste
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticiparon
nosotrosparticipamos
vosotrosparticipasteis

The preterite of participar (participé, participaste, etc.) describes completed past actions.

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imperative

negative

ustedesno participen
nosotrosno participemos
no participes
ustedno participe
vosotrosno participéis

Negative commands for 'participar' use the present subjunctive: no participes, no participe, no participemos, no participéis, no participen.

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affirmative

ustedesparticipen
nosotrosparticipemos
participa
ustedparticipe
vosotrosparticipad

Use the imperative of participar for direct commands: participa, participe, participemos, participad, participen.

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subjunctive

present

él/ella/ustedparticipe
yoparticipe
participes
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticipen
nosotrosparticipemos
vosotrosparticipéis

The present subjunctive of participar (participe, participes, participe, participemos, participéis, participen) expresses wishes, doubts, and emotions.

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imperfect

él/ella/ustedparticipara
yoparticipara
participaras
ellos/ellas/ustedesparticiparan
nosotrosparticipáramos
vosotrosparticiparais

The imperfect subjunctive of participar (participara/participase) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests.

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