Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I translate
- tú you translate
- usted, él, ella he/she translates
- nosotros we translate
- vosotros Spain you all translate
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they translate
SPANISH VERB
traducir
to translate
- #385 most used
- Irregular -ir verb
- Gerund: traduciendo
- Past participle: traducido
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I translated
- tú you translated
- usted, él, ella he/she translated
- nosotros we translated
- vosotros Spain you all translated
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they translated
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to translate
- tú you used to translate
- usted, él, ella he/she used to translate
- nosotros we used to translate
- vosotros Spain you all used to translate
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to translate
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will translate
- tú you will translate
- usted, él, ella he/she will translate
- nosotros we will translate
- vosotros Spain you all will translate
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will translate
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would translate
- tú you would translate
- usted, él, ella he/she would translate
- nosotros we would translate
- vosotros Spain you all would translate
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would translate
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I translate
- tú (that) you translate
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she translate
- nosotros (that) we translate
- vosotros Spain (that) you all translate
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they translate
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I translated
- tú (if) you translated
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she translated
- nosotros (if) we translated
- vosotros Spain (if) you all translated
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they translated
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú translate!
- usted translate! (formal)
- nosotros translate! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain translate! (all of you)
- ustedes translate! (all of you)
How to use traducir
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Traduzco documentos del inglés al español.
I translate documents from English into Spanish.
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Past
Mi amiga tradujo el menú para los turistas.
My friend translated the menu for the tourists.
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Imperfect
Mi tía traducía novelas cuando vivía en Madrid.
My aunt translated novels when she lived in Madrid.
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Future
Te traduciré la carta esta noche.
I'll translate the letter for you tonight.
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Conditional
¿Traducirías esto para mi abuela, por favor?
Would you translate this for my grandmother, please?
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Present subjunctive
Necesito que traduzcas este correo antes del viernes.
I need you to translate this email before Friday.
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Past subjunctive
Si tradujeras la receta, mi mamá podría cocinarla.
If you translated the recipe, my mom could cook it.
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Imperative
¡Traduce despacio, que estoy escribiendo!
Translate slowly, I'm writing!
Where you hear traducir
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 2
- Traduzco para mi hermana. I translate for my sister.
- Traduje todo el día. I translated all day.
- Te voy a traducir. I'm going to translate for you.
Spanish · Advanced Level 2
- A veces traduzco para las madres que hablan inglés. Sometimes I translate for the mothers who speak English.
- Mi Paco me traducía las canciones de los Beatles. My Paco used to translate the Beatles' songs for me.
- Un perito le va a traducir el acta, joven. A certified translator is going to translate the certificate for you, young man.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.