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rascar

to scratch

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

The Spanish verb rascar means to scratch.

Present tense:

yorasco
rascas
él/ella/ustedrasca
nosotrosrascamos
vosotrosrascáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrascan

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrascaran
yorascara
rascaras
vosotrosrascarais
nosotrosrascáramos
él/ella/ustedrascara

The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: rascara, rascaras, rascara, rascáramos, rascarais, rascaran.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrasquen
yorasque
rasques
vosotrosrasquéis
nosotrosrasquemos
él/ella/ustedrasque

The present subjunctive of rascar features a 'c' to 'qu' spelling change: rasque, rasques, rasque, rasquemos, rasquéis, rasquen.

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imperative

negative

no rasques
vosotrosno rasquéis
ustedesno rasquen
nosotrosno rasquemos
ustedno rasque

The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no rasques, no rasque, no rasquemos, no rasquéis, no rasquen.

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affirmative

rasca
vosotrosrascad
ustedesrasquen
nosotrosrasquemos
ustedrasque

The affirmative imperative uses 'rasca' (tú) and 'rasque' (usted) with a spelling change in formal forms.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesrascarían
yorascaría
rascarías
vosotrosrascaríais
nosotrosrascaríamos
él/ella/ustedrascaría

The conditional of rascar is regular: rascaría, rascarías, rascaría, rascaríamos, rascaríais, rascarían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesrascaron
yorasqué
rascaste
vosotrosrascasteis
nosotrosrascamos
él/ella/ustedrascó

The preterite of rascar is regular except for the 'yo' form: rasqué, rascaste, rascó, rascamos, rascasteis, rascaron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrascaban
yorascaba
rascabas
vosotrosrascabais
nosotrosrascábamos
él/ella/ustedrascaba

The imperfect of rascar is regular: rascaba, rascabas, rascaba, rascábamos, rascabais, rascaban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrascan
yorasco
rascas
vosotrosrascáis
nosotrosrascamos
él/ella/ustedrasca

The present tense of rascar is completely regular: rasco, rascas, rasca, rascamos, rascáis, rascan.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesrascarán
yorascaré
rascarás
vosotrosrascaréis
nosotrosrascaremos
él/ella/ustedrascará

The future tense of rascar is regular: rascaré, rascarás, rascará, rascaremos, rascaréis, rascarán.

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