to dry
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Seco la ropa al sol.
I dry the clothes in the sun.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Sequé los platos.
I dried the dishes.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi madre secaba el pescado al sol.
My mother used to dry fish in the sun.
Futuro · What will happen
Secaremos la ropa en el patio.
We'll dry the clothes in the yard.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo secaría eso primero.
I'd dry that first.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
¿Has secado los platos?
Have you dried the dishes?
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
El sol ya había secado la ropa.
The sun had already dried the clothes.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
El sol lo habría secado.
The sun would have dried it.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que seques el piso.
I want you to dry the floor.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le pedí que secara los platos.
I asked him to dry the dishes.
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 secado la ropa.
I hope you've dried the clothes.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera secado el piso, no te habrías caído.
If I had dried the floor, you wouldn't have fallen.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Seca el piso.
Dry the floor.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.