Animar

to encourage

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

animar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

animando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

animado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	animo I encourage	I encourage
tú	animas you encourage	you encourage
él/ella/usted	anima he/she/you encourages	he/she/you encourages
nosotros	animamos we encourage	we encourage
vosotros	animáis you all encourage	you all encourage
ellos/ustedes	animan 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	animaba I used to encourage	I used to encourage
tú	animabas you used to encourage	you used to encourage
él/ella/usted	animaba he/she/you used to encourage	he/she/you used to encourage
nosotros	animábamos we used to encourage	we used to encourage
vosotros	animabais you all used to encourage	you all used to encourage
ellos/ustedes	animaban 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	animé I encouraged	I encouraged
tú	animaste you encouraged	you encouraged
él/ella/usted	animó he/she/you encouraged	he/she/you encouraged
nosotros	animamos we encouraged	we encouraged
vosotros	animasteis you all encouraged	you all encouraged
ellos/ustedes	animaron they/you all encouraged	they/you all encouraged

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	animaré I will encourage	I will encourage
tú	animarás you will encourage	you will encourage
él/ella/usted	animará he/she/you will encourage	he/she/you will encourage
nosotros	animaremos we will encourage	we will encourage
vosotros	animaréis you all will encourage	you all will encourage
ellos/ustedes	animarán they/you all will encourage	they/you all will encourage

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	animaría I would encourage	I would encourage
tú	animarías you would encourage	you would encourage
él/ella/usted	animaría he/she/you would encourage	he/she/you would encourage
nosotros	animaríamos we would encourage	we would encourage
vosotros	animaríais you all would encourage	you all would encourage
ellos/ustedes	animarían 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	anime that I encourage	that I encourage
tú	animes that you encourage	that you encourage
él/ella/usted	anime that he/she/you encourage	that he/she/you encourage
nosotros	animemos that we encourage	that we encourage
vosotros	animéis that you all encourage	that you all encourage
ellos/ustedes	animen 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	animara or animase that I encouraged	that I encouraged
tú	animaras or animases that you encouraged	that you encouraged
él/ella/usted	animara or animase that he/she/you encouraged	that he/she/you encouraged
nosotros	animáramos or animásemos that we encouraged	that we encouraged
vosotros	animarais or animaseis that you all encouraged	that you all encouraged
ellos/ustedes	animaran or animasen 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 animado I have encouraged	I have encouraged
tú	has animado you have encouraged	you have encouraged
él/ella/usted	ha animado he/she/you have encouraged	he/she/you have encouraged
nosotros	hemos animado we have encouraged	we have encouraged
vosotros	habéis animado you all have encouraged	you all have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	han animado 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 animado I had encouraged	I had encouraged
tú	habías animado you had encouraged	you had encouraged
él/ella/usted	había animado he/she/you had encouraged	he/she/you had encouraged
nosotros	habíamos animado we had encouraged	we had encouraged
vosotros	habíais animado you all had encouraged	you all had encouraged
ellos/ustedes	habían animado 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 animado I had encouraged	I had encouraged
tú	hubiste animado you had encouraged	you had encouraged
él/ella/usted	hubo animado he/she/you had encouraged	he/she/you had encouraged
nosotros	hubimos animado we had encouraged	we had encouraged
vosotros	hubisteis animado you all had encouraged	you all had encouraged
ellos/ustedes	hubieron animado 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 animado I will have encouraged	I will have encouraged
tú	habrás animado you will have encouraged	you will have encouraged
él/ella/usted	habrá animado he/she/you will have encouraged	he/she/you will have encouraged
nosotros	habremos animado we will have encouraged	we will have encouraged
vosotros	habréis animado you all will have encouraged	you all will have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	habrán animado 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 animado I would have encouraged	I would have encouraged
tú	habrías animado you would have encouraged	you would have encouraged
él/ella/usted	habría animado he/she/you would have encouraged	he/she/you would have encouraged
nosotros	habríamos animado we would have encouraged	we would have encouraged
vosotros	habríais animado you all would have encouraged	you all would have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	habrían animado 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 animado that I have encouraged	that I have encouraged
tú	hayas animado that you have encouraged	that you have encouraged
él/ella/usted	haya animado that he/she/you have encouraged	that he/she/you have encouraged
nosotros	hayamos animado that we have encouraged	that we have encouraged
vosotros	hayáis animado that you all have encouraged	that you all have encouraged
ellos/ustedes	hayan animado 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 animado that I had encouraged	that I had encouraged
tú	hubieras animado that you had encouraged	that you had encouraged
él/ella/usted	hubiera animado that he/she/you had encouraged	that he/she/you had encouraged
nosotros	hubiéramos animado that we had encouraged	that we had encouraged
vosotros	hubierais animado that you all had encouraged	that you all had encouraged
ellos/ustedes	hubieran animado 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	anima	encourage! (you)
usted	anime	encourage! (you formal)
nosotros	animemos	let's encourage!
vosotros	animad	encourage! (you all)
ustedes	animen	encourage! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no animes	don't encourage! (you)
usted	no anime	don't encourage! (you formal)
nosotros	no animemos	let's not encourage!
vosotros	no animéis	don't encourage! (you all)
ustedes	no animen	don't encourage! (you all)

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