to fit
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
No quepo en este asiento.
I don't fit in this seat.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
La maleta no cupo en el carro.
The suitcase didn't fit in the car.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
En ese carro cabían siete personas.
Seven people fit in that car.
Futuro · What will happen
¿Cabrá todo en la caja?
Will everything fit in the box?
Condicional · What would happen
Esa mesa no cabría en la sala.
That table wouldn't fit in the living room.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Nunca ha cabido tanta gente aquí.
So many people have never fit here.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
El sofá no había cabido por la puerta.
The sofa hadn't fit through the door.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Con otra caja, todo habría cabido.
With another box, everything would have fit.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Espero que quepa en el carro.
I hope it fits in the car.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Compramos un carro más grande para que cupiera toda la familia.
We bought a bigger car so the whole family would fit.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Temía que no cupiesen todos.
I was afraid they wouldn't all fit.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Dudo que haya cabido todo.
I doubt it has all fit.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera cabido, lo habría llevado.
If it had fit, I would have taken it.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Rarely used with this verb.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.