Respectar

to respect

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

respectar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

respectando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

respectado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respecto I respect	I respect
tú	respectas you respect	you respect
él/ella/usted	respecta he/she/you respects	he/she/you respects
nosotros	respectamos we respect	we respect
vosotros	respectáis you all respect	you all respect
ellos/ustedes	respectan they/you all respect	they/you all respect

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respectaba I used to respect	I used to respect
tú	respectabas you used to respect	you used to respect
él/ella/usted	respectaba he/she/you used to respect	he/she/you used to respect
nosotros	respectábamos we used to respect	we used to respect
vosotros	respectabais you all used to respect	you all used to respect
ellos/ustedes	respectaban they/you all used to respect	they/you all used to respect

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respecté I respected	I respected
tú	respectaste you respected	you respected
él/ella/usted	respectó he/she/you respected	he/she/you respected
nosotros	respectamos we respected	we respected
vosotros	respectasteis you all respected	you all respected
ellos/ustedes	respectaron they/you all respected	they/you all respected

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respectaré I will respect	I will respect
tú	respectarás you will respect	you will respect
él/ella/usted	respectará he/she/you will respect	he/she/you will respect
nosotros	respectaremos we will respect	we will respect
vosotros	respectaréis you all will respect	you all will respect
ellos/ustedes	respectarán they/you all will respect	they/you all will respect

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respectaría I would respect	I would respect
tú	respectarías you would respect	you would respect
él/ella/usted	respectaría he/she/you would respect	he/she/you would respect
nosotros	respectaríamos we would respect	we would respect
vosotros	respectaríais you all would respect	you all would respect
ellos/ustedes	respectarían they/you all would respect	they/you all would respect

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respecte that I respect	that I respect
tú	respectes that you respect	that you respect
él/ella/usted	respecte that he/she/you respect	that he/she/you respect
nosotros	respectemos that we respect	that we respect
vosotros	respectéis that you all respect	that you all respect
ellos/ustedes	respecten that they/you all respect	that they/you all respect

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	respectara or respectase that I respected	that I respected
tú	respectaras or respectases that you respected	that you respected
él/ella/usted	respectara or respectase that he/she/you respected	that he/she/you respected
nosotros	respectáramos or respectásemos that we respected	that we respected
vosotros	respectarais or respectaseis that you all respected	that you all respected
ellos/ustedes	respectaran or respectasen that they/you all respected	that they/you all respected

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	respecta	respect! (you)
usted	respecte	respect! (you formal)
nosotros	respectemos	let's respect!
vosotros	respectad	respect! (you all)
ustedes	respecten	respect! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no respectes	don't respect! (you)
usted	no respecte	don't respect! (you formal)
nosotros	no respectemos	let's not respect!
vosotros	no respectéis	don't respect! (you all)
ustedes	no respecten	don't respect! (you all)

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