Mirar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
mirar — to look, to watch
Present tense
miro, miras, mira, miramos, miráis, miran
Participle mirado · gerund mirando
mirar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | miro |
| tú | miras |
| él / ella / usted | mira |
| nosotros | miramos |
| vosotros | miráis |
| ellos / ustedes | miran |
mirar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | miré |
| tú | miraste |
| él / ella / usted | miró |
| nosotros | miramos |
| vosotros | mirasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | miraron |
mirar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | miraba |
| tú | mirabas |
| él / ella / usted | miraba |
| nosotros | mirábamos |
| vosotros | mirabais |
| ellos / ustedes | miraban |
mirar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | miraré |
| tú | mirarás |
| él / ella / usted | mirará |
| nosotros | miraremos |
| vosotros | miraréis |
| ellos / ustedes | mirarán |
mirar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | miraría |
| tú | mirarías |
| él / ella / usted | miraría |
| nosotros | miraríamos |
| vosotros | miraríais |
| ellos / ustedes | mirarían |
mirar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | mire |
| tú | mires |
| él / ella / usted | mire |
| nosotros | miremos |
| vosotros | miréis |
| ellos / ustedes | miren |
mirar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | mirara |
| tú | miraras |
| él / ella / usted | mirara |
| nosotros | miráramos |
| vosotros | mirarais |
| ellos / ustedes | miraran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: mirase, mirases, mirase…
mirar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | mira | no mires |
| él / ella / usted | mire | no mire |
| nosotros | miremos | no miremos |
| vosotros | mirad | no miréis |
| ellos / ustedes | miren | no miren |
mirar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle mirado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he mirado |
| Past perfect | había mirado |
| Future perfect | habré mirado |
| Conditional perfect | habría mirado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya mirado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera mirado |
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mirar — yo · present
A chart you read once is a chart you forget
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