Pretextar

to use as pretext

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

pretextar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

pretextando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

pretextado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretexto I use as pretext	I use as pretext
tú	pretextas you use as pretext	you use as pretext
él/ella/usted	pretexta he/she/you use as pretexts	he/she/you use as pretexts
nosotros	pretextamos we use as pretext	we use as pretext
vosotros	pretextáis you all use as pretext	you all use as pretext
ellos/ustedes	pretextan they/you all use as pretext	they/you all use as pretext

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretextaba I used to use as pretext	I used to use as pretext
tú	pretextabas you used to use as pretext	you used to use as pretext
él/ella/usted	pretextaba he/she/you used to use as pretext	he/she/you used to use as pretext
nosotros	pretextábamos we used to use as pretext	we used to use as pretext
vosotros	pretextabais you all used to use as pretext	you all used to use as pretext
ellos/ustedes	pretextaban they/you all used to use as pretext	they/you all used to use as pretext

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretexté I use as pretexted	I use as pretexted
tú	pretextaste you use as pretexted	you use as pretexted
él/ella/usted	pretextó he/she/you use as pretexted	he/she/you use as pretexted
nosotros	pretextamos we use as pretexted	we use as pretexted
vosotros	pretextasteis you all use as pretexted	you all use as pretexted
ellos/ustedes	pretextaron they/you all use as pretexted	they/you all use as pretexted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretextaré I will use as pretext	I will use as pretext
tú	pretextarás you will use as pretext	you will use as pretext
él/ella/usted	pretextará he/she/you will use as pretext	he/she/you will use as pretext
nosotros	pretextaremos we will use as pretext	we will use as pretext
vosotros	pretextaréis you all will use as pretext	you all will use as pretext
ellos/ustedes	pretextarán they/you all will use as pretext	they/you all will use as pretext

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretextaría I would use as pretext	I would use as pretext
tú	pretextarías you would use as pretext	you would use as pretext
él/ella/usted	pretextaría he/she/you would use as pretext	he/she/you would use as pretext
nosotros	pretextaríamos we would use as pretext	we would use as pretext
vosotros	pretextaríais you all would use as pretext	you all would use as pretext
ellos/ustedes	pretextarían they/you all would use as pretext	they/you all would use as pretext

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretexte that I use as pretext	that I use as pretext
tú	pretextes that you use as pretext	that you use as pretext
él/ella/usted	pretexte that he/she/you use as pretext	that he/she/you use as pretext
nosotros	pretextemos that we use as pretext	that we use as pretext
vosotros	pretextéis that you all use as pretext	that you all use as pretext
ellos/ustedes	pretexten that they/you all use as pretext	that they/you all use as pretext

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	pretextara or pretextase that I use as pretexted	that I use as pretexted
tú	pretextaras or pretextases that you use as pretexted	that you use as pretexted
él/ella/usted	pretextara or pretextase that he/she/you use as pretexted	that he/she/you use as pretexted
nosotros	pretextáramos or pretextásemos that we use as pretexted	that we use as pretexted
vosotros	pretextarais or pretextaseis that you all use as pretexted	that you all use as pretexted
ellos/ustedes	pretextaran or pretextasen that they/you all use as pretexted	that they/you all use as pretexted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	pretexta	use as pretext! (you)
usted	pretexte	use as pretext! (you formal)
nosotros	pretextemos	let's use as pretext!
vosotros	pretextad	use as pretext! (you all)
ustedes	pretexten	use as pretext! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no pretextes	don't use as pretext! (you)
usted	no pretexte	don't use as pretext! (you formal)
nosotros	no pretextemos	let's not use as pretext!
vosotros	no pretextéis	don't use as pretext! (you all)
ustedes	no pretexten	don't use as pretext! (you all)

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