Tomar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
tomar — to take, to drink
Present tense
tomo, tomas, toma, tomamos, tomáis, toman
Participle tomado · gerund tomando
tomar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | tomo |
| tú | tomas |
| él / ella / usted | toma |
| nosotros | tomamos |
| vosotros | tomáis |
| ellos / ustedes | toman |
tomar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | tomé |
| tú | tomaste |
| él / ella / usted | tomó |
| nosotros | tomamos |
| vosotros | tomasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | tomaron |
tomar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | tomaba |
| tú | tomabas |
| él / ella / usted | tomaba |
| nosotros | tomábamos |
| vosotros | tomabais |
| ellos / ustedes | tomaban |
tomar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | tomaré |
| tú | tomarás |
| él / ella / usted | tomará |
| nosotros | tomaremos |
| vosotros | tomaréis |
| ellos / ustedes | tomarán |
tomar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | tomaría |
| tú | tomarías |
| él / ella / usted | tomaría |
| nosotros | tomaríamos |
| vosotros | tomaríais |
| ellos / ustedes | tomarían |
tomar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | tome |
| tú | tomes |
| él / ella / usted | tome |
| nosotros | tomemos |
| vosotros | toméis |
| ellos / ustedes | tomen |
tomar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | tomara |
| tú | tomaras |
| él / ella / usted | tomara |
| nosotros | tomáramos |
| vosotros | tomarais |
| ellos / ustedes | tomaran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: tomase, tomases, tomase…
tomar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | toma | no tomes |
| él / ella / usted | tome | no tome |
| nosotros | tomemos | no tomemos |
| vosotros | tomad | no toméis |
| ellos / ustedes | tomen | no tomen |
tomar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle tomado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he tomado |
| Past perfect | había tomado |
| Future perfect | habré tomado |
| Conditional perfect | habría tomado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya tomado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera tomado |
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tomar — yo · present
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