Catar

to taste

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

catar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

catando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

catado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cato I taste	I taste
tú	catas you taste	you taste
él/ella/usted	cata he/she/you tastes	he/she/you tastes
nosotros	catamos we taste	we taste
vosotros	catáis you all taste	you all taste
ellos/ustedes	catan they/you all taste	they/you all taste

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cataba I used to taste	I used to taste
tú	catabas you used to taste	you used to taste
él/ella/usted	cataba he/she/you used to taste	he/she/you used to taste
nosotros	catábamos we used to taste	we used to taste
vosotros	catabais you all used to taste	you all used to taste
ellos/ustedes	cataban they/you all used to taste	they/you all used to taste

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	caté I tasted	I tasted
tú	cataste you tasted	you tasted
él/ella/usted	cató he/she/you tasted	he/she/you tasted
nosotros	catamos we tasted	we tasted
vosotros	catasteis you all tasted	you all tasted
ellos/ustedes	cataron they/you all tasted	they/you all tasted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cataré I will taste	I will taste
tú	catarás you will taste	you will taste
él/ella/usted	catará he/she/you will taste	he/she/you will taste
nosotros	cataremos we will taste	we will taste
vosotros	cataréis you all will taste	you all will taste
ellos/ustedes	catarán they/you all will taste	they/you all will taste

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cataría I would taste	I would taste
tú	catarías you would taste	you would taste
él/ella/usted	cataría he/she/you would taste	he/she/you would taste
nosotros	cataríamos we would taste	we would taste
vosotros	cataríais you all would taste	you all would taste
ellos/ustedes	catarían they/you all would taste	they/you all would taste

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cate that I taste	that I taste
tú	cates that you taste	that you taste
él/ella/usted	cate that he/she/you taste	that he/she/you taste
nosotros	catemos that we taste	that we taste
vosotros	catéis that you all taste	that you all taste
ellos/ustedes	caten that they/you all taste	that they/you all taste

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	catara or catase that I tasted	that I tasted
tú	cataras or catases that you tasted	that you tasted
él/ella/usted	catara or catase that he/she/you tasted	that he/she/you tasted
nosotros	catáramos or catásemos that we tasted	that we tasted
vosotros	catarais or cataseis that you all tasted	that you all tasted
ellos/ustedes	cataran or catasen that they/you all tasted	that they/you all tasted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	cata	taste! (you)
usted	cate	taste! (you formal)
nosotros	catemos	let's taste!
vosotros	catad	taste! (you all)
ustedes	caten	taste! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no cates	don't taste! (you)
usted	no cate	don't taste! (you formal)
nosotros	no catemos	let's not taste!
vosotros	no catéis	don't taste! (you all)
ustedes	no caten	don't taste! (you all)

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