to dance
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Bailo salsa todos los viernes.
I dance salsa every Friday.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Bailamos hasta la madrugada.
We danced until the early morning.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mis padres bailaban son en las fiestas.
My parents used to dance son at parties.
Futuro · What will happen
En la boda bailarás con tu abuela.
At the wedding you'll dance with your grandmother.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo bailaría contigo.
I'd dance with you.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
¿Has bailado merengue alguna vez?
Have you ever danced merengue?
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ella nunca había bailado en público.
She had never danced in public.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Para el amanecer habremos bailado toda la noche.
By dawn we will have danced all night.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Ellos habrían bailado más.
They would have danced more.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que bailes conmigo.
I want you to dance with me.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Ojalá mi esposo bailara mejor.
I wish my husband danced better.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Pedimos que bailasen una bachata.
We asked them to dance a bachata.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Me encanta que haya bailado con su abuela.
I love that she danced with her grandmother.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiéramos bailado más, no tendríamos frío.
If we had danced more, we wouldn't be cold.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Baila, que la vida es corta.
Dance, life is short.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No bailes así, te vas a caer.
Don't dance like that, you're going to fall.