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SPANISH VERB

moler

to grind

  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: moliendo
  • Past participle: molido

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use moler

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

  1. Present

    Mi padre muele el café cada mañana a mano.

    My dad grinds the coffee by hand every morning.

  2. Past

    Molimos las almendras para hacer el turrón.

    We ground the almonds to make the turrón.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes se molía el trigo en el molino del pueblo.

    Wheat used to be ground at the village mill.

  4. Future

    Moleré un poco de pimienta para la ensalada.

    I'll grind a little pepper for the salad.

  5. Conditional

    Yo molería las especias justo antes de usarlas.

    I'd grind the spices just before using them.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es mejor que muelas el café en el momento.

    It's better to grind the coffee right then.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me dijeron que moliera los garbanzos para el hummus.

    They told me to grind the chickpeas for the hummus.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Muele más fino, que quedan trozos grandes!

    Grind it finer, there are big bits left!

Good to know

  • Estar molido is to be worn out: hoy estoy molido.

Where you hear moler

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Yo muelo el maíz cada mañana. I grind the corn every morning.
  • De joven, molía el chile a mano. When I was young, I used to grind the chilli by hand.
  • Mañana vamos a moler más cacao. Tomorrow we're going to grind more cocoa.

Spanish · Fluency Level 2

  • Yo todavía muelo el café a mano, como mi madre. I still grind my coffee by hand, like my mother.
  • La mudanza me molió. Cuatro pisos, todo el día. The move wore me out. Four floors, all day.
  • Este calor os va a moler a todos. This heat is going to wear you all out.
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It's Not Spicy at All

Advanced Level 3 · aquí muelen el cacao

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Nobody's Getting Me Out of Here

Fluency Level 2 · molida

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