How to conjugate Adaptar in Spanish
To adapt Regular AR Verb
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Adaptar
- Adaptar in the Indicative Present
- Adaptar in the Indicative Preterite
- Adaptar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Adaptar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Adaptar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Adaptar in the Indicative Future
- Adaptar in the Indicative Conditional
- Adaptar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Adaptar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Adaptar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Adaptar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Adaptar
- Imperative tenses of Adaptar
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practice Adaptar conjugations (free mobile app)
Introduction
Adaptar is the Spanish verb for "to adapt". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to adaptar include: adecuar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | adaptar | to adapt |
| Past participle | adaptado | adapted |
| Gerund | adaptando | adapting |
Indicative Tenses of Adaptar
Adaptar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of adaptar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "adapto", meaning "I adapt".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adapto | I adapt |
| Tú | adaptas | you adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adapta | s/he adapts, you (formal) adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptamos | we adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptáis | you (plural) adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptan | they adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of adaptar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "adapté", meaning "I adapted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adapté | I adapted |
| Tú | adaptaste | you adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adaptó | s/he adapted, you (formal) adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptamos | we adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptasteis | you (plural) adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptaron | they adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of adaptar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "adaptaba", meaning "I used to adapt".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adaptaba | I used to adapt |
| Tú | adaptabas | you used to adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adaptaba | s/he used to adapt, you (formal) used to adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptábamos | we used to adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptabais | you (plural) used to adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptaban | they used to adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of adaptar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy adaptando", meaning "I am adapting".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy adaptando | I am adapting |
| Tú | estás adaptando | you are adapting |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está adaptando | s/he is adapting, you (formal) are adapting |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos adaptando | we are adapting |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis adaptando | you (plural) are adapting |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están adaptando | they are adapting, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of adaptar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a adaptar", meaning "I am going to adapt".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a adaptar | I am going to adapt |
| Tú | vas a adaptar | you are going to adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a adaptar | s/he is going to adapt, you (formal) are going to adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a adaptar | we are going to adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a adaptar | you (plural) are going to adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a adaptar | they are going to adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of adaptar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "adaptaré", meaning "I will adapt".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adaptaré | I will adapt |
| Tú | adaptarás | you will adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adaptará | s/he will adapt, you (formal) will adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptaremos | we will adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptaréis | you (plural) will adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptarán | they will adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of adaptar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "adaptaría", meaning "I would adapt".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adaptaría | I would adapt |
| Tú | adaptarías | you would adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adaptaría | s/he would adapt, you (formal) would adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptaríamos | we would adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptaríais | you (plural) would adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptarían | they would adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of adaptar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he adaptado", meaning "I have adapted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he adaptado | I have adapted |
| Tú | has adaptado | you have adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha adaptado | s/he has adapted, you (formal) have adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos adaptado | we have adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis adaptado | you (plural) have adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han adaptado | they have adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of adaptar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había adaptado", meaning "I had adapted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había adaptado | I had adapted |
| Tú | habías adaptado | you had adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había adaptado | s/he had adapted, you (formal) had adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos adaptado | we had adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais adaptado | you (plural) had adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían adaptado | they had adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of adaptar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré adaptado", meaning "I will have adapted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré adaptado | I will have adapted |
| Tú | habrás adaptado | you will have adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá adaptado | s/he will have adapted, you (formal) will have adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos adaptado | we will have adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis adaptado | you (plural) will have adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán adaptado | they will have adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of adaptar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría adaptado", meaning "I would have adapted".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría adaptado | I would have adapted |
| Tú | habrías adaptado | you would have adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría adaptado | s/he would have adapted, you (formal) would have adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos adaptado | we would have adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais adaptado | you (plural) would have adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían adaptado | they would have adapted, |
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Subjunctive Tenses of Adaptar
Adaptar in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "adapte", meaning "I adapt".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adapte | I adapt |
| Tú | adaptes | you adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adapte | s/he adapts, you (formal) adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptemos | we adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptéis | you (plural) adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adapten | they adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "adaptara", meaning "I adapted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adaptara | I adapted |
| Tú | adaptaras | you adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adaptara | s/he adapted, you (formal) adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptáramos | we adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptarais | you (plural) adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptaran | they adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "adaptare", meaning "I will adapt".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adaptare | I will adapt |
| Tú | adaptares | you will adapt |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adaptare | s/he will adapt, you (formal) will adapt |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptáremos | we will adapt |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptareis | you (plural) will adapt |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adaptaren | they will adapt, |
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Adaptar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya adaptado", meaning "I have adapted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya adaptado | I have adapted |
| Tú | hayas adaptado | you have adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya adaptado | s/he has adapted, you (formal) have adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos adaptado | we have adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis adaptado | you (plural) have adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan adaptado | they have adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera adaptado", meaning "I had adapted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera adaptado | I had adapted |
| Tú | hubieras adaptado | you had adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera adaptado | s/he had adapted, you (formal) had adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos adaptado | we had adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais adaptado | you (plural) had adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran adaptado | they had adapted, |
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Adaptar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere adaptado", meaning "I will have adapted".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere adaptado | I will have adapted |
| Tú | hubieres adaptado | you will have adapted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere adaptado | s/he will have adapted, you (formal) will have adapted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos adaptado | we will have adapted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis adaptado | you (plural) will have adapted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren adaptado | they will have adapted, |
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Imperative Tenses of Adaptar
Adaptar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "adapte", meaning "(to you formal) adapt!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | adapta | (to you) adapt! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adapte | (to you formal) adapt! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adaptemos | let's adapt! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adaptad | (to you plural) adapt! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adapten | (to you plural formal) adapt! |
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Adaptar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no adapte", meaning "(to you formal) don't adapt!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no adaptes | (to you) don't adapt! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no adapte | (to you formal) don't adapt! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no adaptemos | let's not adapt! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no adaptéis | (to you plural) don't adapt! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no adapten | (to you plural formal) don't adapt! |
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