Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I take part
- tú you take part
- usted, él, ella he/she takes part
- nosotros we take part
- vosotros Spain you all take part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they take part
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I took part
- tú you took part
- usted, él, ella he/she took part
- nosotros we took part
- vosotros Spain you all took part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they took part
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to take part
- tú you used to take part
- usted, él, ella he/she used to take part
- nosotros we used to take part
- vosotros Spain you all used to take part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to take part
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will take part
- tú you will take part
- usted, él, ella he/she will take part
- nosotros we will take part
- vosotros Spain you all will take part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will take part
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would take part
- tú you would take part
- usted, él, ella he/she would take part
- nosotros we would take part
- vosotros Spain you all would take part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would take part
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I take part
- tú (that) you take part
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she take part
- nosotros (that) we take part
- vosotros Spain (that) you all take part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they take part
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I took part
- tú (if) you took part
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she took part
- nosotros (if) we took part
- vosotros Spain (if) you all took part
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they took part
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú take part!
- usted take part! (formal)
- nosotros take part! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain take part! (all of you)
- ustedes take part! (all of you)
How to use participar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Mi hija participa en el coro de la escuela.
My daughter takes part in the school choir.
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Past
¿Participaste en la carrera del domingo pasado?
Did you take part in last Sunday's race?
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Imperfect
De joven participaba en todos los torneos de ajedrez.
When I was young I took part in every chess tournament.
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Future
Veinte países participarán en el festival este año.
Twenty countries will take part in the festival this year.
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Conditional
Yo participaría en el concurso si tuviera tiempo.
I would enter the contest if I had time.
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Present subjunctive
Quiero que todos participen en la decisión.
I want everyone to take part in the decision.
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Past subjunctive
Nos pidieron que participáramos en la encuesta.
They asked us to take part in the survey.
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Imperative
¡Participa en el sorteo, es gratis!
Enter the raffle, it's free!
Good to know
- "Participar en": participo en un concurso.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.