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SPANISH VERB

comparar

to compare

  • #477 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: comparando
  • Past participle: comparado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use comparar

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

  1. Present

    Siempre comparo los precios antes de comprar un billete.

    I always compare prices before buying a ticket.

  2. Past

    Comparamos tres hoteles y escogimos el más céntrico.

    We compared three hotels and chose the most central one.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi madre me comparaba siempre con mi primo.

    My mum always compared me with my cousin.

  4. Future

    Compararemos las dos ofertas con calma esta noche.

    We'll compare the two offers calmly tonight.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no compararía Sevilla con ninguna otra ciudad.

    I wouldn't compare Seville with any other city.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No me gusta que compares a tus hijos.

    I don't like you comparing your children.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El profesor pidió que comparáramos los dos poemas.

    The teacher asked us to compare the two poems.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Compara las fotos y dime cuál te gusta más!

    Compare the photos and tell me which you like best!

Where you hear comparar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Rosario lo compara todo con el hospital. Rosario compares everything to the hospital.
  • Comparé las dos ciudades y no supe cuál elegir. I compared the two cities and couldn't choose.
  • En el libro vamos a comparar a Isabel con Leonor. In the book we're going to compare Isabel with Leonor.
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Advanced Level 3 · tú todo lo comparas con el mar

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Verbs like this one

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