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SPANISH VERB

aumentar

to increase

  • #188 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: aumentando
  • Past participle: aumentado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I increase
  2. tú you increase
  3. usted, él, ella he/she increases
  4. nosotros we increase
  5. vosotros Spain you all increase
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they increase

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I increased
  2. tú you increased
  3. usted, él, ella he/she increased
  4. nosotros we increased
  5. vosotros Spain you all increased
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they increased

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to increase
  2. tú you used to increase
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to increase
  4. nosotros we used to increase
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to increase
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to increase

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will increase
  2. tú you will increase
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will increase
  4. nosotros we will increase
  5. vosotros Spain you all will increase
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will increase

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would increase
  2. tú you would increase
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would increase
  4. nosotros we would increase
  5. vosotros Spain you all would increase
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would increase

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I increase
  2. tú (that) you increase
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she increase
  4. nosotros (that) we increase
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all increase
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they increase

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I increased
  2. tú (if) you increased
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she increased
  4. nosotros (if) we increased
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all increased
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they increased

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú increase!
  2. usted increase! (formal)
  3. nosotros increase! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain increase! (all of you)
  5. ustedes increase! (all of you)

How to use aumentar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    El alquiler aumenta cada año en esta ciudad.

    Rent goes up every year in this city.

  2. Past

    ¿Aumentaron los precios de la gasolina otra vez?

    Did gas prices go up again?

  3. Imperfect

    Mi peso aumentaba un poco cada invierno.

    My weight went up a little every winter.

  4. Future

    La empresa aumentará los sueldos en enero.

    The company will raise salaries in January.

  5. Conditional

    Con más publicidad, las ventas aumentarían bastante.

    With more advertising, sales would increase quite a bit.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que no aumente la cuota del gimnasio.

    I hope the gym fee doesn't go up.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si aumentara mi sueldo, cambiaría de coche.

    If my salary went up, I'd change cars.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Aumenta el volumen, que no oigo nada!

    Turn the volume up, I can't hear a thing!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.