Buscar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
buscar — to look for
Present tense
busco, buscas, busca, buscamos, buscáis, buscan
Participle buscado · gerund buscando
buscar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | busco |
| tú | buscas |
| él / ella / usted | busca |
| nosotros | buscamos |
| vosotros | buscáis |
| ellos / ustedes | buscan |
buscar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | busqué |
| tú | buscaste |
| él / ella / usted | buscó |
| nosotros | buscamos |
| vosotros | buscasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | buscaron |
buscar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | buscaba |
| tú | buscabas |
| él / ella / usted | buscaba |
| nosotros | buscábamos |
| vosotros | buscabais |
| ellos / ustedes | buscaban |
buscar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | buscaré |
| tú | buscarás |
| él / ella / usted | buscará |
| nosotros | buscaremos |
| vosotros | buscaréis |
| ellos / ustedes | buscarán |
buscar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | buscaría |
| tú | buscarías |
| él / ella / usted | buscaría |
| nosotros | buscaríamos |
| vosotros | buscaríais |
| ellos / ustedes | buscarían |
buscar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | busque |
| tú | busques |
| él / ella / usted | busque |
| nosotros | busquemos |
| vosotros | busquéis |
| ellos / ustedes | busquen |
buscar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | buscara |
| tú | buscaras |
| él / ella / usted | buscara |
| nosotros | buscáramos |
| vosotros | buscarais |
| ellos / ustedes | buscaran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: buscase, buscases, buscase…
buscar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | busca | no busques |
| él / ella / usted | busque | no busque |
| nosotros | busquemos | no busquemos |
| vosotros | buscad | no busquéis |
| ellos / ustedes | busquen | no busquen |
buscar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle buscado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he buscado |
| Past perfect | había buscado |
| Future perfect | habré buscado |
| Conditional perfect | habría buscado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya buscado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera buscado |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
buscar — yo · present
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