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SPANISH VERB

iluminar

to light up

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: iluminando
  • Past participle: iluminado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use iluminar

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

  1. Present

    Las farolas iluminan el puente de Triana por la noche.

    The streetlights light up the Triana bridge at night.

  2. Past

    Los fuegos artificiales iluminaron todo el río.

    The fireworks lit up the whole river.

  3. Imperfect

    Una sola vela iluminaba la mesa de la cena.

    A single candle lit the dinner table.

  4. Future

    Esta lámpara iluminará mejor el rincón de lectura.

    This lamp will light up the reading corner better.

  5. Conditional

    Una ventana más grande iluminaría toda la cocina.

    A bigger window would light up the whole kitchen.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero una bombilla que ilumine bien el escritorio.

    I want a bulb that lights the desk well.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Pusimos luces para que iluminaran el camino del jardín.

    We put up lights so they'd light the garden path.

  8. Imperative

    Ilumina bien la escalera, que alguien se va a caer.

    Light the stairs properly, someone's going to fall.

Where you hear iluminar

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Las velas iluminan el camino. The candles light the way.
  • Las velas iluminaron la sala. The candles lit up the living room.
  • Esta vela va a iluminar la foto. This candle is going to light up the photograph.
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I Miss Oaxaca

Advanced Level 1 · iluminan el camino

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If We Won

Advanced Level 1 · iluminada

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Verbs like this one

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