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SPANISH VERB

estacionar

to park

  • #381 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: estacionando
  • Past participle: estacionado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use estacionar

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

  1. Present

    Siempre estaciono el coche en la misma calle.

    I always park the car on the same street.

  2. Past

    ¿Dónde estacionaste? No encuentro el carro.

    Where did you park? I can't find the car.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi padre estacionaba a dos cuadras para no pagar.

    My dad used to park two blocks away to avoid paying.

  4. Future

    Estacionaré frente al banco y te espero ahí.

    I'll park in front of the bank and wait for you there.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no estacionaría ahí, se llevan los coches con grúa.

    I wouldn't park there, they tow the cars away.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es mejor que estaciones en el garaje del hotel.

    It's better that you park in the hotel garage.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El policía me pidió que estacionara más adelante.

    The policeman asked me to park further ahead.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Estaciona aquí, hay un lugar libre!

    Park here, there's a free spot!

Good to know

  • "Estacionar" or "estacionarse" is Latin America's word; in Spain it's "aparcar".

Verbs like this one

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