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Infinitive (infinitivo)
Base form of the verb
recetar
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Gerund (gerundio)
Present participle (-ing form)
recetando
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Past Participle
Used in compound tenses
recetado
Simple Tenses
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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)
Present actions and habitual activities
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | receto I prescribe |
tú | recetas you prescribe |
él/ella/usted | receta he/she/you prescribes |
nosotros | recetamos we prescribe |
vosotros | recetáis you all prescribe |
ellos/ustedes | recetan they/you all prescribe |
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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)
Ongoing past actions and descriptions
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | recetaba I used to prescribe |
tú | recetabas you used to prescribe |
él/ella/usted | recetaba he/she/you used to prescribe |
nosotros | recetábamos we used to prescribe |
vosotros | recetabais you all used to prescribe |
ellos/ustedes | recetaban they/you all used to prescribe |
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Preterit (pretérito)
Completed past actions
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | receté I prescribed |
tú | recetaste you prescribed |
él/ella/usted | recetó he/she/you prescribed |
nosotros | recetamos we prescribed |
vosotros | recetasteis you all prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | recetaron they/you all prescribed |
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Future (futuro)
Future actions and intentions
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | recetaré I will prescribe |
tú | recetarás you will prescribe |
él/ella/usted | recetará he/she/you will prescribe |
nosotros | recetaremos we will prescribe |
vosotros | recetaréis you all will prescribe |
ellos/ustedes | recetarán they/you all will prescribe |
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Conditional (potencial simple)
Hypothetical and conditional actions
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | recetaría I would prescribe |
tú | recetarías you would prescribe |
él/ella/usted | recetaría he/she/you would prescribe |
nosotros | recetaríamos we would prescribe |
vosotros | recetaríais you all would prescribe |
ellos/ustedes | recetarían they/you all would prescribe |
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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)
Subjective present actions and desires
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | recete that I prescribe |
tú | recetes that you prescribe |
él/ella/usted | recete that he/she/you prescribe |
nosotros | recetemos that we prescribe |
vosotros | recetéis that you all prescribe |
ellos/ustedes | receten that they/you all prescribe |
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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)
Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | recetara or recetase that I prescribed |
tú | recetaras or recetases that you prescribed |
él/ella/usted | recetara or recetase that he/she/you prescribed |
nosotros | recetáramos or recetásemos that we prescribed |
vosotros | recetarais or recetaseis that you all prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | recetaran or recetasen 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 |
|---|---|
yo | he recetado I have prescribed |
tú | has recetado you have prescribed |
él/ella/usted | ha recetado he/she/you have prescribed |
nosotros | hemos recetado we have prescribed |
vosotros | habéis recetado you all have prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | han recetado they/you all have prescribed |
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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)
Actions completed before another past action
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | había recetado I had prescribed |
tú | habías recetado you had prescribed |
él/ella/usted | había recetado he/she/you had prescribed |
nosotros | habíamos recetado we had prescribed |
vosotros | habíais recetado you all had prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | habían recetado they/you all had prescribed |
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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)
Actions completed immediately before another past action
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | hube recetado I had prescribed |
tú | hubiste recetado you had prescribed |
él/ella/usted | hubo recetado he/she/you had prescribed |
nosotros | hubimos recetado we had prescribed |
vosotros | hubisteis recetado you all had prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | hubieron recetado they/you all had prescribed |
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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)
Actions that will be completed by a future time
| Person | Conjugation |
|---|---|
yo | habré recetado I will have prescribed |
tú | habrás recetado you will have prescribed |
él/ella/usted | habrá recetado he/she/you will have prescribed |
nosotros | habremos recetado we will have prescribed |
vosotros | habréis recetado you all will have prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | habrán recetado 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 |
|---|---|
yo | habría recetado I would have prescribed |
tú | habrías recetado you would have prescribed |
él/ella/usted | habría recetado he/she/you would have prescribed |
nosotros | habríamos recetado we would have prescribed |
vosotros | habríais recetado you all would have prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | habrían recetado 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 |
|---|---|
yo | haya recetado that I have prescribed |
tú | hayas recetado that you have prescribed |
él/ella/usted | haya recetado that he/she/you have prescribed |
nosotros | hayamos recetado that we have prescribed |
vosotros | hayáis recetado that you all have prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | hayan recetado 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 |
|---|---|
yo | hubiera recetado that I had prescribed |
tú | hubieras recetado that you had prescribed |
él/ella/usted | hubiera recetado that he/she/you had prescribed |
nosotros | hubiéramos recetado that we had prescribed |
vosotros | hubierais recetado that you all had prescribed |
ellos/ustedes | hubieran recetado that they/you all had prescribed |
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Commands (imperativo)
Commands and direct orders
| Person | Command | English |
|---|---|---|
tú | receta | prescribe! (you) |
usted | recete | prescribe! (you formal) |
nosotros | recetemos | let's prescribe! |
vosotros | recetad | prescribe! (you all) |
ustedes | receten | prescribe! (you all) |
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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)
Negative commands and prohibitions
| Person | Command | English |
|---|---|---|
tú | no recetes | don't prescribe! (you) |
usted | no recete | don't prescribe! (you formal) |
nosotros | no recetemos | let's not prescribe! |
vosotros | no recetéis | don't prescribe! (you all) |
ustedes | no receten | don't prescribe! (you all) |
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