Dar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
dar — to give
Present tense
doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan
Participle dado · gerund dando
dar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | doy |
| tú | das |
| él / ella / usted | da |
| nosotros | damos |
| vosotros | dais |
| ellos / ustedes | dan |
dar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | di |
| tú | diste |
| él / ella / usted | dio |
| nosotros | dimos |
| vosotros | disteis |
| ellos / ustedes | dieron |
dar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | daba |
| tú | dabas |
| él / ella / usted | daba |
| nosotros | dábamos |
| vosotros | dabais |
| ellos / ustedes | daban |
dar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | daré |
| tú | darás |
| él / ella / usted | dará |
| nosotros | daremos |
| vosotros | daréis |
| ellos / ustedes | darán |
dar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | daría |
| tú | darías |
| él / ella / usted | daría |
| nosotros | daríamos |
| vosotros | daríais |
| ellos / ustedes | darían |
dar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | dé |
| tú | des |
| él / ella / usted | dé |
| nosotros | demos |
| vosotros | deis |
| ellos / ustedes | den |
dar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | diera |
| tú | dieras |
| él / ella / usted | diera |
| nosotros | diéramos |
| vosotros | dierais |
| ellos / ustedes | dieran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: diese, dieses, diese…
dar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | da | no des |
| él / ella / usted | dé | no dé |
| nosotros | demos | no demos |
| vosotros | dad | no deis |
| ellos / ustedes | den | no den |
dar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle dado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he dado |
| Past perfect | había dado |
| Future perfect | habré dado |
| Conditional perfect | habría dado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya dado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera dado |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
dar — yo · present
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