Prescribir

to prescribe

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

prescribir

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

prescribiendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

prescribido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescribo I prescribe	I prescribe
tú	prescribes you prescribe	you prescribe
él/ella/usted	prescribe he/she/you prescribes	he/she/you prescribes
nosotros	prescribimos we prescribe	we prescribe
vosotros	prescribís you all prescribe	you all prescribe
ellos/ustedes	prescriben they/you all prescribe	they/you all prescribe

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescribía I used to prescribe	I used to prescribe
tú	prescribías you used to prescribe	you used to prescribe
él/ella/usted	prescribía he/she/you used to prescribe	he/she/you used to prescribe
nosotros	prescribíamos we used to prescribe	we used to prescribe
vosotros	prescribíais you all used to prescribe	you all used to prescribe
ellos/ustedes	prescribían they/you all used to prescribe	they/you all used to prescribe

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescribí I prescribed	I prescribed
tú	prescribiste you prescribed	you prescribed
él/ella/usted	prescribió he/she/you prescribed	he/she/you prescribed
nosotros	prescribimos we prescribed	we prescribed
vosotros	prescribisteis you all prescribed	you all prescribed
ellos/ustedes	prescribieron they/you all prescribed	they/you all prescribed

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescribiré I will prescribe	I will prescribe
tú	prescribirás you will prescribe	you will prescribe
él/ella/usted	prescribirá he/she/you will prescribe	he/she/you will prescribe
nosotros	prescribiremos we will prescribe	we will prescribe
vosotros	prescribiréis you all will prescribe	you all will prescribe
ellos/ustedes	prescribirán they/you all will prescribe	they/you all will prescribe

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescribiría I would prescribe	I would prescribe
tú	prescribirías you would prescribe	you would prescribe
él/ella/usted	prescribiría he/she/you would prescribe	he/she/you would prescribe
nosotros	prescribiríamos we would prescribe	we would prescribe
vosotros	prescribiríais you all would prescribe	you all would prescribe
ellos/ustedes	prescribirían they/you all would prescribe	they/you all would prescribe

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescriba that I prescribe	that I prescribe
tú	prescribas that you prescribe	that you prescribe
él/ella/usted	prescriba that he/she/you prescribe	that he/she/you prescribe
nosotros	prescribamos that we prescribe	that we prescribe
vosotros	prescribáis that you all prescribe	that you all prescribe
ellos/ustedes	prescriban that they/you all prescribe	that they/you all prescribe

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prescribiera or prescribiese that I prescribed	that I prescribed
tú	prescribieras or prescribieses that you prescribed	that you prescribed
él/ella/usted	prescribiera or prescribiese that he/she/you prescribed	that he/she/you prescribed
nosotros	prescribiéramos or prescribiésemos that we prescribed	that we prescribed
vosotros	prescribierais or prescribieseis that you all prescribed	that you all prescribed
ellos/ustedes	prescribieran or prescribiesen that they/you all prescribed	that they/you all prescribed

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	prescribe	prescribe! (you)
usted	prescriba	prescribe! (you formal)
nosotros	prescribamos	let's prescribe!
vosotros	prescribid	prescribe! (you all)
ustedes	prescriban	prescribe! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no prescribas	don't prescribe! (you)
usted	no prescriba	don't prescribe! (you formal)
nosotros	no prescribamos	let's not prescribe!
vosotros	no prescribáis	don't prescribe! (you all)
ustedes	no prescriban	don't prescribe! (you all)

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