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vacilar

to tease

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

The Spanish verb vacilar means to tease.

Present tense:

yovacilo
vacilas
él/ella/ustedvacila
nosotrosvacilamos
vosotrosvaciláis
ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilaran
yovacilara
vacilaras
vosotrosvacilarais
nosotrosvaciláramos
él/ella/ustedvacilara

Use 'vacilara' or 'vacilase' for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests, like 'If I teased you...'

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilen
yovacile
vaciles
vosotrosvaciléis
nosotrosvacilemos
él/ella/ustedvacile

Use 'vacile' (yo/él/ella/usted) and 'vacilen' (ellos/ellas/ustedes) for wishes, doubts, and emotions, like 'I hope you don't tease me.'

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imperative

negative

no vaciles
vosotrosno vaciléis
ustedesno vacilen
nosotrosno vacilemos
ustedno vacile

Use 'no vaciles' (tú) and 'no vacilen' (ustedes) for negative commands, like 'don't tease him!'

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affirmative

vacila
vosotrosvacilad
ustedesvacilen
nosotrosvacilemos
ustedvacile

Use the imperative 'vacila' (tú) and 'vacilen' (ustedes) for direct commands like 'tease him!'

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilarían
yovacilaría
vacilarías
vosotrosvacilaríais
nosotrosvacilaríamos
él/ella/ustedvacilaría

Use the conditional 'vacilaría' (I would tease) for hypotheticals, polite requests, or future-in-the-past.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilaron
yovacilé
vacilaste
vosotrosvacilasteis
nosotrosvacilamos
él/ella/ustedvaciló

Use the preterite 'vacilé' (I teased), 'vacilaste' (you teased), 'vaciló' (he/she/you teased) for completed past teasing actions.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilaban
yovacilaba
vacilabas
vosotrosvacilabais
nosotrosvacilábamos
él/ella/ustedvacilaba

Use the imperfect 'vacilaba' (I used to tease) for past habits or ongoing teasing, like 'He always used to tease me.'

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilan
yovacilo
vacilas
vosotrosvaciláis
nosotrosvacilamos
él/ella/ustedvacila

Use the present 'vacilo' (I tease), 'vacilas' (you tease), 'vacila' (he/she/you tease) for current teasing or habitual teasing.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesvacilarán
yovacilaré
vacilarás
vosotrosvacilaréis
nosotrosvacilaremos
él/ella/ustedvacilará

Use the future 'vacilaré' (I will tease) and 'vacilará' (he/she/you will tease) for predictions or definite future teasing.

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