Gustar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
gustar — to like
Present tense
gusto, gustas, gusta, gustamos, gustáis, gustan
Participle gustado · gerund gustando
gustar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | gusto |
| tú | gustas |
| él / ella / usted | gusta |
| nosotros | gustamos |
| vosotros | gustáis |
| ellos / ustedes | gustan |
gustar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | gusté |
| tú | gustaste |
| él / ella / usted | gustó |
| nosotros | gustamos |
| vosotros | gustasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | gustaron |
gustar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | gustaba |
| tú | gustabas |
| él / ella / usted | gustaba |
| nosotros | gustábamos |
| vosotros | gustabais |
| ellos / ustedes | gustaban |
gustar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | gustaré |
| tú | gustarás |
| él / ella / usted | gustará |
| nosotros | gustaremos |
| vosotros | gustaréis |
| ellos / ustedes | gustarán |
gustar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | gustaría |
| tú | gustarías |
| él / ella / usted | gustaría |
| nosotros | gustaríamos |
| vosotros | gustaríais |
| ellos / ustedes | gustarían |
gustar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | guste |
| tú | gustes |
| él / ella / usted | guste |
| nosotros | gustemos |
| vosotros | gustéis |
| ellos / ustedes | gusten |
gustar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | gustara |
| tú | gustaras |
| él / ella / usted | gustara |
| nosotros | gustáramos |
| vosotros | gustarais |
| ellos / ustedes | gustaran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: gustase, gustases, gustase…
gustar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | gusta | no gustes |
| él / ella / usted | guste | no guste |
| nosotros | gustemos | no gustemos |
| vosotros | gustad | no gustéis |
| ellos / ustedes | gusten | no gusten |
gustar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle gustado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he gustado |
| Past perfect | había gustado |
| Future perfect | habré gustado |
| Conditional perfect | habría gustado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya gustado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera gustado |
Conjugate it yourself
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gustar — yo · present
A chart you read once is a chart you forget
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