Calentar

to heat

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

calentar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

calentando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

calentado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calento I heat	I heat
tú	calentas you heat	you heat
él/ella/usted	calenta he/she/you heats	he/she/you heats
nosotros	calentamos we heat	we heat
vosotros	calentáis you all heat	you all heat
ellos/ustedes	calentan they/you all heat	they/you all heat

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calentaba I used to heat	I used to heat
tú	calentabas you used to heat	you used to heat
él/ella/usted	calentaba he/she/you used to heat	he/she/you used to heat
nosotros	calentábamos we used to heat	we used to heat
vosotros	calentabais you all used to heat	you all used to heat
ellos/ustedes	calentaban they/you all used to heat	they/you all used to heat

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calenté I heated	I heated
tú	calentaste you heated	you heated
él/ella/usted	calentó he/she/you heated	he/she/you heated
nosotros	calentamos we heated	we heated
vosotros	calentasteis you all heated	you all heated
ellos/ustedes	calentaron they/you all heated	they/you all heated

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calentaré I will heat	I will heat
tú	calentarás you will heat	you will heat
él/ella/usted	calentará he/she/you will heat	he/she/you will heat
nosotros	calentaremos we will heat	we will heat
vosotros	calentaréis you all will heat	you all will heat
ellos/ustedes	calentarán they/you all will heat	they/you all will heat

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calentaría I would heat	I would heat
tú	calentarías you would heat	you would heat
él/ella/usted	calentaría he/she/you would heat	he/she/you would heat
nosotros	calentaríamos we would heat	we would heat
vosotros	calentaríais you all would heat	you all would heat
ellos/ustedes	calentarían they/you all would heat	they/you all would heat

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calente that I heat	that I heat
tú	calentes that you heat	that you heat
él/ella/usted	calente that he/she/you heat	that he/she/you heat
nosotros	calentemos that we heat	that we heat
vosotros	calentéis that you all heat	that you all heat
ellos/ustedes	calenten that they/you all heat	that they/you all heat

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	calentara or calentase that I heated	that I heated
tú	calentaras or calentases that you heated	that you heated
él/ella/usted	calentara or calentase that he/she/you heated	that he/she/you heated
nosotros	calentáramos or calentásemos that we heated	that we heated
vosotros	calentarais or calentaseis that you all heated	that you all heated
ellos/ustedes	calentaran or calentasen that they/you all heated	that they/you all heated

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	calenta	heat! (you)
usted	calente	heat! (you formal)
nosotros	calentemos	let's heat!
vosotros	calentad	heat! (you all)
ustedes	calenten	heat! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no calentes	don't heat! (you)
usted	no calente	don't heat! (you formal)
nosotros	no calentemos	let's not heat!
vosotros	no calentéis	don't heat! (you all)
ustedes	no calenten	don't heat! (you all)

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