Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- it snows
SPANISH VERB
nevar
to snow
- #458 most used
- Irregular -ar verb
- Gerund: nevando
- Past participle: nevado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- it snowed
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- it used to snow
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- it will snow
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- it would snow
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- (that) it snow
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- (if) it snowed
How to use nevar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
En la sierra de Chihuahua nieva cada invierno.
In the Chihuahua mountains it snows every winter.
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Past
El año pasado nevó en Monterrey.
Last year it snowed in Monterrey.
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Imperfect
Cuando vivía en Denver, nevaba desde octubre.
When I lived in Denver, it snowed from October on.
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Future
Dicen que nevará en la montaña este fin de semana.
They say it will snow in the mountains this weekend.
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Conditional
Con este frío, nevaría si estuviéramos más al norte.
With this cold, it would snow if we were further north.
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Present subjunctive
Ojalá que nieve para hacer un muñeco.
I hope it snows so we can make a snowman.
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Past subjunctive
Si nevara aquí, la ciudad se pararía.
If it snowed here, the city would come to a stop.
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Imperative
¡Nieva de una vez, que quiero ver nieve!
Snow already, I want to see snow!
Good to know
- In most of Mexico it almost never snows; "nieva" is heard in the mountains of the north.
Where you hear nevar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 2
- En Boston nieva en invierno. In Boston it snows in winter.
- Ayer nevó en Boston. Yesterday it snowed in Boston.
- Mañana va a nevar. Tomorrow it's going to snow.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ar verb.