Caber Conjugation: all tenses with charts
caber — to fit
Present tense
quepo, cabes, cabe, cabemos, cabéis, caben
Participle cabido · gerund cabiendo
caber — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | quepo |
| tú | cabes |
| él / ella / usted | cabe |
| nosotros | cabemos |
| vosotros | cabéis |
| ellos / ustedes | caben |
caber — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | cupe |
| tú | cupiste |
| él / ella / usted | cupo |
| nosotros | cupimos |
| vosotros | cupisteis |
| ellos / ustedes | cupieron |
caber — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | cabía |
| tú | cabías |
| él / ella / usted | cabía |
| nosotros | cabíamos |
| vosotros | cabíais |
| ellos / ustedes | cabían |
caber — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | cabré |
| tú | cabrás |
| él / ella / usted | cabrá |
| nosotros | cabremos |
| vosotros | cabréis |
| ellos / ustedes | cabrán |
caber — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | cabría |
| tú | cabrías |
| él / ella / usted | cabría |
| nosotros | cabríamos |
| vosotros | cabríais |
| ellos / ustedes | cabrían |
caber — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | quepa |
| tú | quepas |
| él / ella / usted | quepa |
| nosotros | quepamos |
| vosotros | quepáis |
| ellos / ustedes | quepan |
caber — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | cupiera |
| tú | cupieras |
| él / ella / usted | cupiera |
| nosotros | cupiéramos |
| vosotros | cupierais |
| ellos / ustedes | cupieran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: cupiese, cupieses, cupiese…
caber — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | cabe | no quepas |
| él / ella / usted | quepa | no quepa |
| nosotros | quepamos | no quepamos |
| vosotros | cabed | no quepáis |
| ellos / ustedes | quepan | no quepan |
caber — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle cabido — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he cabido |
| Past perfect | había cabido |
| Future perfect | habré cabido |
| Conditional perfect | habría cabido |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya cabido |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera cabido |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
caber — yo · present
A chart you read once is a chart you forget
Trazo puts caber into spaced repetition and brings it back exactly when you are about to lose it — next to the grammar and the sentences from your own lessons.