Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I worry someone
- tú you worry someone
- usted, él, ella he/she worries someone
- nosotros we worry someone
- vosotros Spain you all worry someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they worry someone
SPANISH VERB
preocupar
to worry someone
- #203 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: preocupando
- Past participle: preocupado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I worried someone
- tú you worried someone
- usted, él, ella he/she worried someone
- nosotros we worried someone
- vosotros Spain you all worried someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they worried someone
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to worry someone
- tú you used to worry someone
- usted, él, ella he/she used to worry someone
- nosotros we used to worry someone
- vosotros Spain you all used to worry someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to worry someone
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will worry someone
- tú you will worry someone
- usted, él, ella he/she will worry someone
- nosotros we will worry someone
- vosotros Spain you all will worry someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will worry someone
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would worry someone
- tú you would worry someone
- usted, él, ella he/she would worry someone
- nosotros we would worry someone
- vosotros Spain you all would worry someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would worry someone
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I worry someone
- tú (that) you worry someone
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she worry someone
- nosotros (that) we worry someone
- vosotros Spain (that) you all worry someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they worry someone
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I worried someone
- tú (if) you worried someone
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she worried someone
- nosotros (if) we worried someone
- vosotros Spain (if) you all worried someone
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they worried someone
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú worry someone!
- usted worry someone! (formal)
- nosotros worry someone! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain worry someone! (all of you)
- ustedes worry someone! (all of you)
How to use preocupar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Me preocupa la salud de mi papá.
My dad's health worries me.
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Past
Tu silencio nos preocupó mucho ayer.
Your silence worried us a lot yesterday.
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Imperfect
De joven me preocupaba lo que decían los demás.
When I was young, what others said worried me.
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Future
Esa noticia preocupará a toda la familia.
That news will worry the whole family.
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Conditional
A mí me preocuparía dejar al perro solo tanto tiempo.
Leaving the dog alone that long would worry me.
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Present subjunctive
No dejes que te preocupe el dinero ahora.
Don't let money worry you right now.
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Past subjunctive
Si me preocupara el frío, no viviría aquí.
If the cold worried me, I wouldn't live here.
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Imperative
¡No preocupes a tu mamá, llámala ya!
Don't worry your mom, call her now!
Good to know
- "Me preocupa el examen" is the exam worries me; the person is "me", "te", "le", like with "gustar".
Where you hear preocupar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 2
- Me preocupa mi hija. I'm worried about my daughter.
- La noticia preocupó a mi hermana. The news worried my sister.
- Esa noticia va a preocupar a tu hermana. That news is going to worry your sister.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 3
- Me preocupa que no comas bien allá. It worries me that you don't eat well over there.
- Nos preocupó mucho el calor de Sevilla. The heat in Seville worried us a lot.
- El dinero no nos va a preocupar. La beca alcanza. Money isn't going to worry us. The grant is enough.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.