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SPANISH VERB

recomendar

to recommend

  • #283 most used
  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: recomendando
  • Past participle: recomendado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use recomendar

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

  1. Present

    ¿Qué me recomienda del menú?

    What do you recommend from the menu?

  2. Past

    Mi doctora me recomendó caminar más.

    My doctor recommended that I walk more.

  3. Imperfect

    Todos recomendaban ese hotel, y tenían razón.

    Everyone recommended that hotel, and they were right.

  4. Future

    Te recomendaré un buen dentista cerca de aquí.

    I will recommend a good dentist near here.

  5. Conditional

    Yo recomendaría llegar una hora antes.

    I would recommend arriving an hour early.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Dudo que el chef recomiende ese platillo.

    I doubt the chef recommends that dish.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le pedí que me recomendara una buena playa.

    I asked him to recommend a good beach.

  8. Imperative

    Recomiéndame una película para esta noche.

    Recommend me a movie for tonight.

Where you hear recomendar

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

Spanish · Beginner Level 1

  • Le recomiendo el pescado. I recommend the fish.
  • El mesero me recomendó los camarones. The waiter recommended the shrimp to me.
  • Mañana te voy a recomendar otro restaurante. Tomorrow I am going to recommend another restaurant to you.

Spanish · Beginner Level 3

  • Les recomiendo la sopa de lima. I recommend the lime soup.
  • Le recomendé una crema para las quemaduras. I recommended a cream for the burns to her.
  • Mañana le voy a recomendar un buen restaurante. Tomorrow I'm going to recommend a good restaurant to you.
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A Table for Three

Beginner Level 1 · recomienda

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Could You Recommend Something?

Beginner Level 3 · recomendarme

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For Your Own Good

Intermediate Level 1 · le recomiendo que

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What Can I Get You?

Advanced Level 1 · ¿Qué nos recomiendas?

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Verbs like this one

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