When to use it
- Actions happening now
- Habits and repeated routines
- Facts and general truths
- Scheduled or near-future plans
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Spanish Present Tense
Use the Spanish present tense for what happens now, repeated routines, general truths, and near-future plans.
How to form it
Remove -ar, -er, or -ir from a regular infinitive and add the present-tense ending that matches the subject.
Spanish Present Tense examples
Hablo español todos los días.
I speak Spanish every day.
Comemos a las dos.
We eat at two.
Viven cerca del centro.
They live near downtown.
Regular spanish present tense conjugations
Compare a model -ar, -er, and -ir verb. The bold portion is the complete conjugated form.