Recostar

to lay down

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

recostar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

recostando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

recostado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recosto I lay down	I lay down
tú	recostas you lay down	you lay down
él/ella/usted	recosta he/she/you lay downs	he/she/you lay downs
nosotros	recostamos we lay down	we lay down
vosotros	recostáis you all lay down	you all lay down
ellos/ustedes	recostan they/you all lay down	they/you all lay down

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recostaba I used to lay down	I used to lay down
tú	recostabas you used to lay down	you used to lay down
él/ella/usted	recostaba he/she/you used to lay down	he/she/you used to lay down
nosotros	recostábamos we used to lay down	we used to lay down
vosotros	recostabais you all used to lay down	you all used to lay down
ellos/ustedes	recostaban they/you all used to lay down	they/you all used to lay down

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recosté I lay downed	I lay downed
tú	recostaste you lay downed	you lay downed
él/ella/usted	recostó he/she/you lay downed	he/she/you lay downed
nosotros	recostamos we lay downed	we lay downed
vosotros	recostasteis you all lay downed	you all lay downed
ellos/ustedes	recostaron they/you all lay downed	they/you all lay downed

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recostaré I will lay down	I will lay down
tú	recostarás you will lay down	you will lay down
él/ella/usted	recostará he/she/you will lay down	he/she/you will lay down
nosotros	recostaremos we will lay down	we will lay down
vosotros	recostaréis you all will lay down	you all will lay down
ellos/ustedes	recostarán they/you all will lay down	they/you all will lay down

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recostaría I would lay down	I would lay down
tú	recostarías you would lay down	you would lay down
él/ella/usted	recostaría he/she/you would lay down	he/she/you would lay down
nosotros	recostaríamos we would lay down	we would lay down
vosotros	recostaríais you all would lay down	you all would lay down
ellos/ustedes	recostarían they/you all would lay down	they/you all would lay down

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recoste that I lay down	that I lay down
tú	recostes that you lay down	that you lay down
él/ella/usted	recoste that he/she/you lay down	that he/she/you lay down
nosotros	recostemos that we lay down	that we lay down
vosotros	recostéis that you all lay down	that you all lay down
ellos/ustedes	recosten that they/you all lay down	that they/you all lay down

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recostara or recostase that I lay downed	that I lay downed
tú	recostaras or recostases that you lay downed	that you lay downed
él/ella/usted	recostara or recostase that he/she/you lay downed	that he/she/you lay downed
nosotros	recostáramos or recostásemos that we lay downed	that we lay downed
vosotros	recostarais or recostaseis that you all lay downed	that you all lay downed
ellos/ustedes	recostaran or recostasen that they/you all lay downed	that they/you all lay downed

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	recosta	lay down! (you)
usted	recoste	lay down! (you formal)
nosotros	recostemos	let's lay down!
vosotros	recostad	lay down! (you all)
ustedes	recosten	lay down! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no recostes	don't lay down! (you)
usted	no recoste	don't lay down! (you formal)
nosotros	no recostemos	let's not lay down!
vosotros	no recostéis	don't lay down! (you all)
ustedes	no recosten	don't lay down! (you all)

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