Comprar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
comprar — to buy
Present tense
compro, compras, compra, compramos, compráis, compran
Participle comprado · gerund comprando
comprar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | compro |
| tú | compras |
| él / ella / usted | compra |
| nosotros | compramos |
| vosotros | compráis |
| ellos / ustedes | compran |
comprar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | compré |
| tú | compraste |
| él / ella / usted | compró |
| nosotros | compramos |
| vosotros | comprasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | compraron |
comprar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | compraba |
| tú | comprabas |
| él / ella / usted | compraba |
| nosotros | comprábamos |
| vosotros | comprabais |
| ellos / ustedes | compraban |
comprar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | compraré |
| tú | comprarás |
| él / ella / usted | comprará |
| nosotros | compraremos |
| vosotros | compraréis |
| ellos / ustedes | comprarán |
comprar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | compraría |
| tú | comprarías |
| él / ella / usted | compraría |
| nosotros | compraríamos |
| vosotros | compraríais |
| ellos / ustedes | comprarían |
comprar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | compre |
| tú | compres |
| él / ella / usted | compre |
| nosotros | compremos |
| vosotros | compréis |
| ellos / ustedes | compren |
comprar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | comprara |
| tú | compraras |
| él / ella / usted | comprara |
| nosotros | compráramos |
| vosotros | comprarais |
| ellos / ustedes | compraran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: comprase, comprases, comprase…
comprar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | compra | no compres |
| él / ella / usted | compre | no compre |
| nosotros | compremos | no compremos |
| vosotros | comprad | no compréis |
| ellos / ustedes | compren | no compren |
comprar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle comprado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he comprado |
| Past perfect | había comprado |
| Future perfect | habré comprado |
| Conditional perfect | habría comprado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya comprado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera comprado |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
comprar — yo · present
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