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Conjugation of the Spanish verb contar

A list of the common conjugations for the Spanish verb contar, along with their English translations.

contar is an irregular verb


InfinitiveScored
contarto tell

PresentScored
yo cuentoI tell
tú cuentasyou tell
él cuentahe tells
ella cuentashe tells
nosotros contamoswe tell
vosotros contáisyou tell
ellos cuentanthey tell
ellas cuentanthey tell

ImperfectScored
yo contabaI was telling
tú contabasyou were telling
él contabahe was telling
ella contabashe was telling
nosotros contábamoswe were telling
vosotros contabaisyou were telling
ellos contabanthey were telling
ellas contabanthey were telling

PreteriteScored
yo contéI told
tú contasteyou told
él contóhe told
ella contóshe told
nosotros contamoswe told
vosotros contasteisyou told
ellos contaronthey told
ellas contaronthey told

Present perfect/Pretérito perfectoScored
yo he contadoI have told
tú has contadoyou have told
él ha contadohe has told
ella ha contadoshe has told
nosotros hemos contadowe have told
vosotros habéis contadoyou have told
ellos han contadothey have told
ellas han contadothey have told

Pluperfect / Pretérito pluscuamperfectoScored
yo había contadoI had told
tú habías contadoyou had told
él había contadohe had told
ella había contadoshe had told
nosotros habíamos contadowe had told
vosotros habíais contadoyou had told
ellos habían contadothey had told
ellas habían contadothey had told

FutureScored
yo contaréI will tell
tú contarásyou will tell
él contaráhe will tell
ella contaráshe will tell
nosotros contaremoswe will tell
vosotros contaréisyou will tell
ellos contaránthey will tell
ellas contaránthey will tell

Future Perfect / Futuro perfectoScored
yo habré contadoI will have told
tú habrás contadoyou will have told
él habrá contadohe will have told
ella habrá contadoshe will have told
nosotros habremos contadowe will have told
vosotros habréis contadoyou will have told
ellos habrán contadothey will have told
ellas habrán contadothey will have told

ConditionalScored
yo contaríaI would tell
tú contaríasyou would tell
él contaríahe would tell
ella contaríashe would tell
nosotros contaríamoswe would tell
vosotros contaríaisyou would tell
ellos contaríanthey would tell
ellas contaríanthey would tell

Conditional Perfect / Condicional perfecto
The Spanish Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Condicional perfecto is made with the conditional tense of haber and the past participle of the verb.
Scored
yo habría contadoI would have told
tú habrías contadoyou would have told
él habría contadohe would have told
ella habría contadoshe would have told
nosotros habríamos contadowe would have told
vosotros habríais contadoyou would have told
ellos habrían contadothey would have told
ellas habrían contadothey would have told

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo cuente(... that) I tell
(... que) tú cuentes(... that) you tell
(... que) él cuente(... that) he tells
(... que) ella cuente(... that) she tells
(... que) nosotros contemos(... that) we tell
(... que) vosotros contéis(... that) you tell
(... que) ellos cuenten(... that) they tell
(... que) ellas cuenten(... that) they tell

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo contara(... that) I was telling
(... que) tú contaras(... that) you were telling
(... que) él contara(... that) he was telling
(... que) ella contara(... that) she was telling
(... que) nosotros contáramos(... that) we were telling
(... que) vosotros contarais(... that) you were telling
(... que) ellos contaran(... that) they were telling
(... que) ellas contaran(... that) they were telling

ImperativeScored
contemosLet's tell

Present ParticipleScored
contando telling

Past ParticipleScored
contado told

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