cuidar
B1to look after, take care of (e.g. a house, a person)
cuidar in every tense
All six simple tenses of cuidar, every person included.
Presente (present)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | cuido |
| tú | cuidas |
| él/ella/usted | cuida |
| nosotros | cuidamos |
| vosotros | cuidáis |
| ellos/ustedes | cuidan |
Pretérito indefinido (preterite)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | cuidé |
| tú | cuidaste |
| él/ella/usted | cuidó |
| nosotros | cuidamos |
| vosotros | cuidasteis |
| ellos/ustedes | cuidaron |
Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | cuidaba |
| tú | cuidabas |
| él/ella/usted | cuidaba |
| nosotros | cuidábamos |
| vosotros | cuidabais |
| ellos/ustedes | cuidaban |
Futuro simple (future)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | cuidaré |
| tú | cuidarás |
| él/ella/usted | cuidará |
| nosotros | cuidaremos |
| vosotros | cuidaréis |
| ellos/ustedes | cuidarán |
Condicional simple (conditional)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | cuidaría |
| tú | cuidarías |
| él/ella/usted | cuidaría |
| nosotros | cuidaríamos |
| vosotros | cuidaríais |
| ellos/ustedes | cuidarían |
Presente de subjuntivo (present subjunctive)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | cuide |
| tú | cuides |
| él/ella/usted | cuide |
| nosotros | cuidemos |
| vosotros | cuidéis |
| ellos/ustedes | cuiden |
regular
cuidar in example sentences
Forms of cuidar appear in 218 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. The conjugated form is highlighted.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.
Words from the cuidar family
Forms of cuidar with their own word page:
Nouns and adjectives built on the same stem:
Verbs conjugated like cuidar
The same pattern (regular), nearest in the frequency list:
Make cuidar automatic
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