Cuidar

to take care

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

cuidar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

cuidando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

cuidado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuido I take care	I take care
tú	cuidas you take care	you take care
él/ella/usted	cuida he/she/you take cares	he/she/you take cares
nosotros	cuidamos we take care	we take care
vosotros	cuidáis you all take care	you all take care
ellos/ustedes	cuidan they/you all take care	they/you all take care

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuidaba I used to take care	I used to take care
tú	cuidabas you used to take care	you used to take care
él/ella/usted	cuidaba he/she/you used to take care	he/she/you used to take care
nosotros	cuidábamos we used to take care	we used to take care
vosotros	cuidabais you all used to take care	you all used to take care
ellos/ustedes	cuidaban they/you all used to take care	they/you all used to take care

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuidé I take cared	I take cared
tú	cuidaste you take cared	you take cared
él/ella/usted	cuidó he/she/you take cared	he/she/you take cared
nosotros	cuidamos we take cared	we take cared
vosotros	cuidasteis you all take cared	you all take cared
ellos/ustedes	cuidaron they/you all take cared	they/you all take cared

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuidaré I will take care	I will take care
tú	cuidarás you will take care	you will take care
él/ella/usted	cuidará he/she/you will take care	he/she/you will take care
nosotros	cuidaremos we will take care	we will take care
vosotros	cuidaréis you all will take care	you all will take care
ellos/ustedes	cuidarán they/you all will take care	they/you all will take care

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuidaría I would take care	I would take care
tú	cuidarías you would take care	you would take care
él/ella/usted	cuidaría he/she/you would take care	he/she/you would take care
nosotros	cuidaríamos we would take care	we would take care
vosotros	cuidaríais you all would take care	you all would take care
ellos/ustedes	cuidarían they/you all would take care	they/you all would take care

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuide that I take care	that I take care
tú	cuides that you take care	that you take care
él/ella/usted	cuide that he/she/you take care	that he/she/you take care
nosotros	cuidemos that we take care	that we take care
vosotros	cuidéis that you all take care	that you all take care
ellos/ustedes	cuiden that they/you all take care	that they/you all take care

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cuidara or cuidase that I take cared	that I take cared
tú	cuidaras or cuidases that you take cared	that you take cared
él/ella/usted	cuidara or cuidase that he/she/you take cared	that he/she/you take cared
nosotros	cuidáramos or cuidásemos that we take cared	that we take cared
vosotros	cuidarais or cuidaseis that you all take cared	that you all take cared
ellos/ustedes	cuidaran or cuidasen that they/you all take cared	that they/you all take cared

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	cuida	take care! (you)
usted	cuide	take care! (you formal)
nosotros	cuidemos	let's take care!
vosotros	cuidad	take care! (you all)
ustedes	cuiden	take care! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no cuides	don't take care! (you)
usted	no cuide	don't take care! (you formal)
nosotros	no cuidemos	let's not take care!
vosotros	no cuidéis	don't take care! (you all)
ustedes	no cuiden	don't take care! (you all)

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