Alentar

to encourage

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

alentar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

alentando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

alentado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alento I encourage	I encourage
tú	alentas you encourage	you encourage
él/ella/usted	alenta he/she/you encourages	he/she/you encourages
nosotros	alentamos we encourage	we encourage
vosotros	alentáis you all encourage	you all encourage
ellos/ustedes	alentan they/you all encourage	they/you all encourage

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alentaba I used to encourage	I used to encourage
tú	alentabas you used to encourage	you used to encourage
él/ella/usted	alentaba he/she/you used to encourage	he/she/you used to encourage
nosotros	alentábamos we used to encourage	we used to encourage
vosotros	alentabais you all used to encourage	you all used to encourage
ellos/ustedes	alentaban they/you all used to encourage	they/you all used to encourage

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alenté I encouraged	I encouraged
tú	alentaste you encouraged	you encouraged
él/ella/usted	alentó he/she/you encouraged	he/she/you encouraged
nosotros	alentamos we encouraged	we encouraged
vosotros	alentasteis you all encouraged	you all encouraged
ellos/ustedes	alentaron they/you all encouraged	they/you all encouraged

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alentaré I will encourage	I will encourage
tú	alentarás you will encourage	you will encourage
él/ella/usted	alentará he/she/you will encourage	he/she/you will encourage
nosotros	alentaremos we will encourage	we will encourage
vosotros	alentaréis you all will encourage	you all will encourage
ellos/ustedes	alentarán they/you all will encourage	they/you all will encourage

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alentaría I would encourage	I would encourage
tú	alentarías you would encourage	you would encourage
él/ella/usted	alentaría he/she/you would encourage	he/she/you would encourage
nosotros	alentaríamos we would encourage	we would encourage
vosotros	alentaríais you all would encourage	you all would encourage
ellos/ustedes	alentarían they/you all would encourage	they/you all would encourage

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alente that I encourage	that I encourage
tú	alentes that you encourage	that you encourage
él/ella/usted	alente that he/she/you encourage	that he/she/you encourage
nosotros	alentemos that we encourage	that we encourage
vosotros	alentéis that you all encourage	that you all encourage
ellos/ustedes	alenten that they/you all encourage	that they/you all encourage

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	alentara or alentase that I encouraged	that I encouraged
tú	alentaras or alentases that you encouraged	that you encouraged
él/ella/usted	alentara or alentase that he/she/you encouraged	that he/she/you encouraged
nosotros	alentáramos or alentásemos that we encouraged	that we encouraged
vosotros	alentarais or alentaseis that you all encouraged	that you all encouraged
ellos/ustedes	alentaran or alentasen that they/you all encouraged	that they/you all encouraged

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he alentado I have encouraged	I have encouraged
tú	has alentado you have encouraged	you have encouraged
él/ella/usted	ha alentado he/she/you have encouraged	he/she/you have encouraged
nosotros	hemos alentado we have encouraged	we have encouraged
vosotros	habéis alentado you all have encouraged	you all have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	han alentado they/you all have encouraged	they/you all have encouraged

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había alentado I had encouraged	I had encouraged
tú	habías alentado you had encouraged	you had encouraged
él/ella/usted	había alentado he/she/you had encouraged	he/she/you had encouraged
nosotros	habíamos alentado we had encouraged	we had encouraged
vosotros	habíais alentado you all had encouraged	you all had encouraged
ellos/ustedes	habían alentado they/you all had encouraged	they/you all had encouraged

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube alentado I had encouraged	I had encouraged
tú	hubiste alentado you had encouraged	you had encouraged
él/ella/usted	hubo alentado he/she/you had encouraged	he/she/you had encouraged
nosotros	hubimos alentado we had encouraged	we had encouraged
vosotros	hubisteis alentado you all had encouraged	you all had encouraged
ellos/ustedes	hubieron alentado they/you all had encouraged	they/you all had encouraged

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré alentado I will have encouraged	I will have encouraged
tú	habrás alentado you will have encouraged	you will have encouraged
él/ella/usted	habrá alentado he/she/you will have encouraged	he/she/you will have encouraged
nosotros	habremos alentado we will have encouraged	we will have encouraged
vosotros	habréis alentado you all will have encouraged	you all will have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	habrán alentado they/you all will have encouraged	they/you all will have encouraged

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría alentado I would have encouraged	I would have encouraged
tú	habrías alentado you would have encouraged	you would have encouraged
él/ella/usted	habría alentado he/she/you would have encouraged	he/she/you would have encouraged
nosotros	habríamos alentado we would have encouraged	we would have encouraged
vosotros	habríais alentado you all would have encouraged	you all would have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	habrían alentado they/you all would have encouraged	they/you all would have encouraged

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya alentado that I have encouraged	that I have encouraged
tú	hayas alentado that you have encouraged	that you have encouraged
él/ella/usted	haya alentado that he/she/you have encouraged	that he/she/you have encouraged
nosotros	hayamos alentado that we have encouraged	that we have encouraged
vosotros	hayáis alentado that you all have encouraged	that you all have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	hayan alentado that they/you all have encouraged	that they/you all have encouraged

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera alentado that I had encouraged	that I had encouraged
tú	hubieras alentado that you had encouraged	that you had encouraged
él/ella/usted	hubiera alentado that he/she/you had encouraged	that he/she/you had encouraged
nosotros	hubiéramos alentado that we had encouraged	that we had encouraged
vosotros	hubierais alentado that you all had encouraged	that you all had encouraged
ellos/ustedes	hubieran alentado that they/you all had encouraged	that they/you all had encouraged

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	alenta	encourage! (you)
usted	alente	encourage! (you formal)
nosotros	alentemos	let's encourage!
vosotros	alentad	encourage! (you all)
ustedes	alenten	encourage! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no alentes	don't encourage! (you)
usted	no alente	don't encourage! (you formal)
nosotros	no alentemos	let's not encourage!
vosotros	no alentéis	don't encourage! (you all)
ustedes	no alenten	don't encourage! (you all)

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