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relevar

to relieve

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

The Spanish verb relevar means to relieve.

Present tense:

yorelevo
relevas
él/ella/ustedreleva
nosotrosrelevamos
vosotrosreleváis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevan

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevaran
yorelevara
relevaras
vosotrosrelevarais
nosotrosreleváramos
él/ella/ustedrelevara

The imperfect subjunctive 'relevara' or 'relevara' is for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesreleven
yoreleve
releves
vosotrosrelevéis
nosotrosrelevemos
él/ella/ustedreleve

The present subjunctive 'releve' (yo, él/ella/usted) or 'releven' (ustedes) is used for wishes, doubts, and emotions.

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imperative

negative

no releves
vosotrosno relevéis
ustedesno releven
nosotrosno relevemos
ustedno releve

Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive, e.g., 'no releves' (tú) or 'no releven' (ustedes).

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affirmative

releva
vosotrosrelevad
ustedesreleven
nosotrosrelevemos
ustedreleve

Use imperative forms like 'releva' (tú) and 'releven' (ustedes) for direct commands.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevarían
yorelevaría
relevarías
vosotrosrelevaríais
nosotrosrelevaríamos
él/ella/ustedrelevaría

The conditional 'relevaría' (yo) or 'relevarían' (ustedes) expresses 'would' actions or polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevaron
yorelevé
relevaste
vosotrosrelevasteis
nosotrosrelevamos
él/ella/ustedrelevó

The preterite of 'relevar' is regular: 'relevé', 'relevaste', 'relevó', 'relevamos', 'relevasteis', 'relevaron'.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevaban
yorelevaba
relevabas
vosotrosrelevabais
nosotrosrelevábamos
él/ella/ustedrelevaba

The imperfect 'relevaba' (yo, él/ella/usted) describes ongoing or habitual past actions of relieving.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevan
yorelevo
relevas
vosotrosreleváis
nosotrosrelevamos
él/ella/ustedreleva

The present tense 'relevo' (yo) or 'relevan' (ustedes) describes current actions or habits.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesrelevarán
yorelevaré
relevarás
vosotrosrelevaréis
nosotrosrelevaremos
él/ella/ustedrelevará

The future tense 'relevaré' (yo) or 'relevarán' (ustedes) indicates actions that will happen.

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