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refrescar

to cool down

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The Spanish verb refrescar means to cool down.

Present tense:

yorefresco
refrescas
él/ella/ustedrefresca
nosotrosrefrescamos
vosotrosrefrescáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescaran
yorefrescara
refrescaras
vosotrosrefrescarais
nosotrosrefrescáramos
él/ella/ustedrefrescara

The imperfect subjunctive ('refrescara' or 'refrescara') is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or requests.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefresquen
yorefresque
refresques
vosotrosrefresquéis
nosotrosrefresquemos
él/ella/ustedrefresque

The present subjunctive ('refresque', 'refresques') expresses wishes, doubts, or emotions.

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imperative

negative

no refresques
vosotrosno refresquéis
ustedesno refresquen
nosotrosno refresquemos
ustedno refresque

Negative commands like 'no refresques tú' or 'no refresquen ustedes' use the present subjunctive with 'no'.

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affirmative

refresca
vosotrosrefrescad
ustedesrefresquen
nosotrosrefresquemos
ustedrefresque

Commands like 'refresca tú' or 'refresquen ustedes' are formed using the imperative mood.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescarían
yorefrescaría
refrescarías
vosotrosrefrescaríais
nosotrosrefrescaríamos
él/ella/ustedrefrescaría

The conditional 'refrescaría' (I would refresh) is used for hypotheticals or polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescaron
yorefresqué
refrescaste
vosotrosrefrescasteis
nosotrosrefrescamos
él/ella/ustedrefrescó

The preterite of 'refrescar' describes completed actions like 'refresqué' (I cooled down) or 'refrescó' (he/she cooled down).

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescaban
yorefrescaba
refrescabas
vosotrosrefrescabais
nosotrosrefrescábamos
él/ella/ustedrefrescaba

The imperfect 'refrescaba' describes ongoing or habitual past actions like 'I used to cool down'.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescan
yorefresco
refrescas
vosotrosrefrescáis
nosotrosrefrescamos
él/ella/ustedrefresca

The present tense 'refresco' (I refresh) or 'refresca' (he/she refreshes) is for current actions or habits.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesrefrescarán
yorefrescaré
refrescarás
vosotrosrefrescaréis
nosotrosrefrescaremos
él/ella/ustedrefrescará

The future tense 'refrescaré' (I will refresh) or 'refrescará' (he/she will refresh) is for actions that will happen.

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