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Conjugation of the Spanish verb empezar

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

empezar is an irregular verb


InfinitiveScored
empezarto start

PresentScored
yo empiezoI start
tú empiezasyou start
él empiezahe starts
ella empiezashe starts
nosotros empezamoswe start
vosotros empezáisyou start
ellos empiezanthey start
ellas empiezanthey start

ImperfectScored
yo empezabaI was starting
tú empezabasyou were starting
él empezabahe was starting
ella empezabashe was starting
nosotros empezábamoswe were starting
vosotros empezabaisyou were starting
ellos empezabanthey were starting
ellas empezabanthey were starting

PreteriteScored
yo empecéI started
tú empezasteyou started
él empezóhe started
ella empezóshe started
nosotros empezamoswe started
vosotros empezasteisyou started
ellos empezaronthey started
ellas empezaronthey started

Present perfect/Pretérito perfectoScored
yo he empezadoI have started
tú has empezadoyou have started
él ha empezadohe has started
ella ha empezadoshe has started
nosotros hemos empezadowe have started
vosotros habéis empezadoyou have started
ellos han empezadothey have started
ellas han empezadothey have started

Pluperfect / Pretérito pluscuamperfectoScored
yo había empezadoI had started
tú habías empezadoyou had started
él había empezadohe had started
ella había empezadoshe had started
nosotros habíamos empezadowe had started
vosotros habíais empezadoyou had started
ellos habían empezadothey had started
ellas habían empezadothey had started

FutureScored
yo empezaréI will start
tú empezarásyou will start
él empezaráhe will start
ella empezaráshe will start
nosotros empezaremoswe will start
vosotros empezaréisyou will start
ellos empezaránthey will start
ellas empezaránthey will start

Future Perfect / Futuro perfectoScored
yo habré empezadoI will have started
tú habrás empezadoyou will have started
él habrá empezadohe will have started
ella habrá empezadoshe will have started
nosotros habremos empezadowe will have started
vosotros habréis empezadoyou will have started
ellos habrán empezadothey will have started
ellas habrán empezadothey will have started

ConditionalScored
yo empezaríaI would start
tú empezaríasyou would start
él empezaríahe would start
ella empezaríashe would start
nosotros empezaríamoswe would start
vosotros empezaríaisyou would start
ellos empezaríanthey would start
ellas empezaríanthey would start

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 empezadoI would have started
tú habrías empezadoyou would have started
él habría empezadohe would have started
ella habría empezadoshe would have started
nosotros habríamos empezadowe would have started
vosotros habríais empezadoyou would have started
ellos habrían empezadothey would have started
ellas habrían empezadothey would have started

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo empiece(... that) I start
(... que) tú empieces(... that) you start
(... que) él empiece(... that) he starts
(... que) ella empiece(... that) she starts
(... que) nosotros empecemos(... that) we start
(... que) vosotros empecéis(... that) you start
(... que) ellos empiecen(... that) they start
(... que) ellas empiecen(... that) they start

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo empezara(... that) I was starting
(... que) tú empezaras(... that) you were starting
(... que) él empezara(... that) he was starting
(... que) ella empezara(... that) she was starting
(... que) nosotros empezáramos(... that) we were starting
(... que) vosotros empezarais(... that) you were starting
(... que) ellos empezaran(... that) they were starting
(... que) ellas empezaran(... that) they were starting

ImperativeScored
empecemosLet's start

Present ParticipleScored
empezando starting

Past ParticipleScored
empezado started

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