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SPANISH VERB

ladrar

to bark

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: ladrando
  • Past participle: ladrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use ladrar

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

  1. Present

    El perro del vecino ladra toda la noche.

    The neighbor's dog barks all night.

  2. Past

    Anoche ladró tanto que nadie pudo dormir.

    Last night it barked so much nobody could sleep.

  3. Imperfect

    De cachorro, Toby ladraba a todas las bicicletas.

    As a puppy, Toby barked at every bicycle.

  4. Future

    Si tocas el timbre, los perros ladrarán.

    If you ring the bell, the dogs will bark.

  5. Conditional

    Un perro así ladraría hasta a su sombra.

    A dog like that would bark even at its own shadow.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No dejes que ladre a los niños.

    Don't let it bark at the children.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si el perro ladrara menos, dormiríamos mejor.

    If the dog barked less, we'd sleep better.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Ladra, Toby, que viene alguien!

    Bark, Toby, someone's coming!

Good to know

  • "Perro que ladra no muerde" is the saying: his bark is worse than his bite. A person who barks orders "ladra" too.

Where you hear ladrar

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

  • Mi perra ladra cuando oye a los gatos. My dog barks when she hears the cats.
  • El perro ladró toda la noche. The dog barked all night.
  • El perro va a ladrar otra vez. The dog is going to bark again.
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Verbs like this one

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