Calar

to penetrate

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

calar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

calando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

calado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calo I penetrate	I penetrate
tú	calas you penetrate	you penetrate
él/ella/usted	cala he/she/you penetrates	he/she/you penetrates
nosotros	calamos we penetrate	we penetrate
vosotros	caláis you all penetrate	you all penetrate
ellos/ustedes	calan they/you all penetrate	they/you all penetrate

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calaba I used to penetrate	I used to penetrate
tú	calabas you used to penetrate	you used to penetrate
él/ella/usted	calaba he/she/you used to penetrate	he/she/you used to penetrate
nosotros	calábamos we used to penetrate	we used to penetrate
vosotros	calabais you all used to penetrate	you all used to penetrate
ellos/ustedes	calaban they/you all used to penetrate	they/you all used to penetrate

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calé I penetrated	I penetrated
tú	calaste you penetrated	you penetrated
él/ella/usted	caló he/she/you penetrated	he/she/you penetrated
nosotros	calamos we penetrated	we penetrated
vosotros	calasteis you all penetrated	you all penetrated
ellos/ustedes	calaron they/you all penetrated	they/you all penetrated

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calaré I will penetrate	I will penetrate
tú	calarás you will penetrate	you will penetrate
él/ella/usted	calará he/she/you will penetrate	he/she/you will penetrate
nosotros	calaremos we will penetrate	we will penetrate
vosotros	calaréis you all will penetrate	you all will penetrate
ellos/ustedes	calarán they/you all will penetrate	they/you all will penetrate

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calaría I would penetrate	I would penetrate
tú	calarías you would penetrate	you would penetrate
él/ella/usted	calaría he/she/you would penetrate	he/she/you would penetrate
nosotros	calaríamos we would penetrate	we would penetrate
vosotros	calaríais you all would penetrate	you all would penetrate
ellos/ustedes	calarían they/you all would penetrate	they/you all would penetrate

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cale that I penetrate	that I penetrate
tú	cales that you penetrate	that you penetrate
él/ella/usted	cale that he/she/you penetrate	that he/she/you penetrate
nosotros	calemos that we penetrate	that we penetrate
vosotros	caléis that you all penetrate	that you all penetrate
ellos/ustedes	calen that they/you all penetrate	that they/you all penetrate

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calara or calase that I penetrated	that I penetrated
tú	calaras or calases that you penetrated	that you penetrated
él/ella/usted	calara or calase that he/she/you penetrated	that he/she/you penetrated
nosotros	caláramos or calásemos that we penetrated	that we penetrated
vosotros	calarais or calaseis that you all penetrated	that you all penetrated
ellos/ustedes	calaran or calasen that they/you all penetrated	that they/you all penetrated

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	cala	penetrate! (you)
usted	cale	penetrate! (you formal)
nosotros	calemos	let's penetrate!
vosotros	calad	penetrate! (you all)
ustedes	calen	penetrate! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no cales	don't penetrate! (you)
usted	no cale	don't penetrate! (you formal)
nosotros	no calemos	let's not penetrate!
vosotros	no caléis	don't penetrate! (you all)
ustedes	no calen	don't penetrate! (you all)

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