to heat up
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Caliento la comida en el microondas.
I heat up the food in the microwave.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Calenté el café.
I heated up the coffee.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi abuela calentaba la leche en la estufa.
My grandmother used to heat milk on the stove.
Futuro · What will happen
Calentaré la sopa.
I'll heat up the soup.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo calentaría el arroz.
I'd heat up the rice.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
¿Has calentado la comida?
Have you heated up the food?
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ya había calentado el aceite.
She had already heated the oil.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Te habría calentado la comida.
I would have heated up the food for you.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que calientes el agua.
I want you to heat the water.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le pedí que calentara la sopa.
I asked him to heat up the soup.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Rarely used with this verb.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Espero que hayas calentado la cena.
I hope you've heated up dinner.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera calentado el aceite, el pollo estaría mejor.
If I had heated the oil, the chicken would be better.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Calienta el aceite.
Heat the oil.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.