Explotar

to exploit

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

explotar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

explotando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

explotado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	exploto I exploit	I exploit
tú	explotas you exploit	you exploit
él/ella/usted	explota he/she/you exploits	he/she/you exploits
nosotros	explotamos we exploit	we exploit
vosotros	explotáis you all exploit	you all exploit
ellos/ustedes	explotan they/you all exploit	they/you all exploit

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	explotaba I used to exploit	I used to exploit
tú	explotabas you used to exploit	you used to exploit
él/ella/usted	explotaba he/she/you used to exploit	he/she/you used to exploit
nosotros	explotábamos we used to exploit	we used to exploit
vosotros	explotabais you all used to exploit	you all used to exploit
ellos/ustedes	explotaban they/you all used to exploit	they/you all used to exploit

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	exploté I exploited	I exploited
tú	explotaste you exploited	you exploited
él/ella/usted	explotó he/she/you exploited	he/she/you exploited
nosotros	explotamos we exploited	we exploited
vosotros	explotasteis you all exploited	you all exploited
ellos/ustedes	explotaron they/you all exploited	they/you all exploited

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	explotaré I will exploit	I will exploit
tú	explotarás you will exploit	you will exploit
él/ella/usted	explotará he/she/you will exploit	he/she/you will exploit
nosotros	explotaremos we will exploit	we will exploit
vosotros	explotaréis you all will exploit	you all will exploit
ellos/ustedes	explotarán they/you all will exploit	they/you all will exploit

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	explotaría I would exploit	I would exploit
tú	explotarías you would exploit	you would exploit
él/ella/usted	explotaría he/she/you would exploit	he/she/you would exploit
nosotros	explotaríamos we would exploit	we would exploit
vosotros	explotaríais you all would exploit	you all would exploit
ellos/ustedes	explotarían they/you all would exploit	they/you all would exploit

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	explote that I exploit	that I exploit
tú	explotes that you exploit	that you exploit
él/ella/usted	explote that he/she/you exploit	that he/she/you exploit
nosotros	explotemos that we exploit	that we exploit
vosotros	explotéis that you all exploit	that you all exploit
ellos/ustedes	exploten that they/you all exploit	that they/you all exploit

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	explotara or explotase that I exploited	that I exploited
tú	explotaras or explotases that you exploited	that you exploited
él/ella/usted	explotara or explotase that he/she/you exploited	that he/she/you exploited
nosotros	explotáramos or explotásemos that we exploited	that we exploited
vosotros	explotarais or explotaseis that you all exploited	that you all exploited
ellos/ustedes	explotaran or explotasen that they/you all exploited	that they/you all exploited

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	explota	exploit! (you)
usted	explote	exploit! (you formal)
nosotros	explotemos	let's exploit!
vosotros	explotad	exploit! (you all)
ustedes	exploten	exploit! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no explotes	don't exploit! (you)
usted	no explote	don't exploit! (you formal)
nosotros	no explotemos	let's not exploit!
vosotros	no explotéis	don't exploit! (you all)
ustedes	no exploten	don't exploit! (you all)

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