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SPANISH VERB

sembrar

to grow, to plant

  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: sembrando
  • Past participle: sembrado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sembrar

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

  1. Present

    Mi papá siembra maíz y frijol en su rancho.

    My dad grows corn and beans on his ranch.

  2. Past

    Sembramos jitomates en el patio y ya dieron fruto.

    We planted tomatoes in the yard and they already bore fruit.

  3. Imperfect

    Mis abuelos sembraban calabaza cada verano en Oaxaca.

    My grandparents planted squash every summer in Oaxaca.

  4. Future

    ¿Sembrarás chiles en macetas el próximo año?

    Will you plant chiles in pots next year?

  5. Conditional

    Si tuviera terreno, sembraría aguacates.

    If I had land, I'd plant avocado trees.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es mejor que siembres antes de las lluvias.

    It's better that you plant before the rains.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El agrónomo nos recomendó que sembráramos en septiembre.

    The agronomist recommended we plant in September.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Siembra la semilla a dos dedos de profundidad!

    Plant the seed two fingers deep!

Good to know

  • In Mexico "sembrar" covers both planting a seed and growing a crop: sembramos maíz.

Where you hear sembrar

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

  • Sembramos los rábanos en septiembre. We plant the radishes in September.
  • Mi abuelo sembró este campo. My grandfather planted this field.
  • El año que viene vamos a sembrar más. Next year we're going to plant more.
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Intermediate Level 3 · Los sembramos.

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