Colar

to filter

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

colar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

colando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

colado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	colo I filter	I filter
tú	colas you filter	you filter
él/ella/usted	cola he/she/you filters	he/she/you filters
nosotros	colamos we filter	we filter
vosotros	coláis you all filter	you all filter
ellos/ustedes	colan they/you all filter	they/you all filter

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	colaba I used to filter	I used to filter
tú	colabas you used to filter	you used to filter
él/ella/usted	colaba he/she/you used to filter	he/she/you used to filter
nosotros	colábamos we used to filter	we used to filter
vosotros	colabais you all used to filter	you all used to filter
ellos/ustedes	colaban they/you all used to filter	they/you all used to filter

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	colé I filtered	I filtered
tú	colaste you filtered	you filtered
él/ella/usted	coló he/she/you filtered	he/she/you filtered
nosotros	colamos we filtered	we filtered
vosotros	colasteis you all filtered	you all filtered
ellos/ustedes	colaron they/you all filtered	they/you all filtered

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	colaré I will filter	I will filter
tú	colarás you will filter	you will filter
él/ella/usted	colará he/she/you will filter	he/she/you will filter
nosotros	colaremos we will filter	we will filter
vosotros	colaréis you all will filter	you all will filter
ellos/ustedes	colarán they/you all will filter	they/you all will filter

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	colaría I would filter	I would filter
tú	colarías you would filter	you would filter
él/ella/usted	colaría he/she/you would filter	he/she/you would filter
nosotros	colaríamos we would filter	we would filter
vosotros	colaríais you all would filter	you all would filter
ellos/ustedes	colarían they/you all would filter	they/you all would filter

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cole that I filter	that I filter
tú	coles that you filter	that you filter
él/ella/usted	cole that he/she/you filter	that he/she/you filter
nosotros	colemos that we filter	that we filter
vosotros	coléis that you all filter	that you all filter
ellos/ustedes	colen that they/you all filter	that they/you all filter

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	colara or colase that I filtered	that I filtered
tú	colaras or colases that you filtered	that you filtered
él/ella/usted	colara or colase that he/she/you filtered	that he/she/you filtered
nosotros	coláramos or colásemos that we filtered	that we filtered
vosotros	colarais or colaseis that you all filtered	that you all filtered
ellos/ustedes	colaran or colasen that they/you all filtered	that they/you all filtered

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	cola	filter! (you)
usted	cole	filter! (you formal)
nosotros	colemos	let's filter!
vosotros	colad	filter! (you all)
ustedes	colen	filter! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no coles	don't filter! (you)
usted	no cole	don't filter! (you formal)
nosotros	no colemos	let's not filter!
vosotros	no coléis	don't filter! (you all)
ustedes	no colen	don't filter! (you all)

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