Ella VerbsTo guess, to predict, to perceive Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Adivinar (to guess, to predict, to perceive) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: adivino, adivinas, adivina, adivinamos, adivináis, adivinan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
Adivinar is the Spanish verb for "to guess, to predict, to perceive". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to adivinar include: entrever, suponer, predecir, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar, percibir.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | adivinar | to guess, to predict, to perceive |
| Past participle | adivinado | guessed |
| Gerund | adivinando | guessing |
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The Indicative Present of adivinar 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, "adivino", meaning "I guess".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivino | I guess |
| Tú | adivinas | you guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivina | s/he guesses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinamos | we guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivináis | you (plural) guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinan | they guess |
The Indicative Preterite of adivinar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "adiviné", meaning "I guessed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adiviné | I guessed |
| Tú | adivinaste | you guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivinó | s/he guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinamos | we guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinasteis | you (plural) guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinaron | they guessed |
The Indicative Imperfect of adivinar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "adivinaba", meaning "I used to guess".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivinaba | I used to guess |
| Tú | adivinabas | you used to guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivinaba | s/he used to guess |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinábamos | we used to guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinabais | you (plural) used to guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinaban | they used to guess |
The Indicative Present Continuous of adivinar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy adivinando", meaning "I am guessing".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy adivinando | I am guessing |
| Tú | estás adivinando | you are guessing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está adivinando | s/he is guessing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos adivinando | we are guessing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis adivinando | you (plural) are guessing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están adivinando | they are guessing |
The Indicative Informal Future of adivinar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a adivinar", meaning "I am going to guess".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a adivinar | I am going to guess |
| Tú | vas a adivinar | you are going to guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a adivinar | s/he is going to guess |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a adivinar | we are going to guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a adivinar | you (plural) are going to guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a adivinar | they are going to guess |
The Indicative Future of adivinar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "adivinaré", meaning "I will guess".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivinaré | I will guess |
| Tú | adivinarás | you will guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivinará | s/he will guess |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinaremos | we will guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinaréis | you (plural) will guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinarán | they will guess |
The Indicative Conditional of adivinar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "adivinaría", meaning "I would guess".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivinaría | I would guess |
| Tú | adivinarías | you would guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivinaría | s/he would guess |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinaríamos | we would guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinaríais | you (plural) would guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinarían | they would guess |
The Indicative Present Perfect of adivinar 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 adivinado", meaning "I have guessed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he adivinado | I have guessed |
| Tú | has adivinado | you have guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha adivinado | s/he has guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos adivinado | we have guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis adivinado | you (plural) have guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han adivinado | they have guessed |
The Indicative Past Perfect of adivinar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había adivinado", meaning "I had guessed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había adivinado | I had guessed |
| Tú | habías adivinado | you had guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había adivinado | s/he had guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos adivinado | we had guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais adivinado | you (plural) had guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían adivinado | they had guessed |
The Indicative Future Perfect of adivinar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré adivinado", meaning "I will have guessed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré adivinado | I will have guessed |
| Tú | habrás adivinado | you will have guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá adivinado | s/he will have guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos adivinado | we will have guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis adivinado | you (plural) will have guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán adivinado | they will have guessed |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of adivinar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría adivinado", meaning "I would have guessed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría adivinado | I would have guessed |
| Tú | habrías adivinado | you would have guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría adivinado | s/he would have guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos adivinado | we would have guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais adivinado | you (plural) would have guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían adivinado | they would have guessed |
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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, "adivine", meaning "I guess".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivine | I guess |
| Tú | adivines | you guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivine | s/he guesses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinemos | we guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinéis | you (plural) guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinen | they guess |
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, "adivinara", meaning "I guessed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivinara | I guessed |
| Tú | adivinaras | you guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivinara | s/he guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivináramos | we guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinarais | you (plural) guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinaran | they guessed |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "adivinare", meaning "I will guess".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adivinare | I will guess |
| Tú | adivinares | you will guess |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivinare | s/he will guess |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivináremos | we will guess |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinareis | you (plural) will guess |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinaren | they will guess |
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 adivinado", meaning "I have guessed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya adivinado | I have guessed |
| Tú | hayas adivinado | you have guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya adivinado | s/he has guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos adivinado | we have guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis adivinado | you (plural) have guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan adivinado | they have guessed |
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 adivinado", meaning "I had guessed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera adivinado | I had guessed |
| Tú | hubieras adivinado | you had guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera adivinado | s/he had guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos adivinado | we had guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais adivinado | you (plural) had guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran adivinado | they had guessed |
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 adivinado", meaning "I will have guessed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere adivinado | I will have guessed |
| Tú | hubieres adivinado | you will have guessed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere adivinado | s/he will have guessed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos adivinado | we will have guessed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis adivinado | you (plural) will have guessed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren adivinado | they will have guessed |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "adivine", meaning "(to you formal) guess!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | adivina | (to you) guess! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | adivine | (to you formal) guess! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | adivinemos | let's guess! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | adivinad | (to you plural) guess! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | adivinen | (to you plural formal) guess! |
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no adivine", meaning "(to you formal) don't guess!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no adivines | (to you) don't guess! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no adivine | (to you formal) don't guess! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no adivinemos | let's not guess! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no adivinéis | (to you plural) don't guess! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no adivinen | (to you plural formal) don't guess! |
Adivinar is a fully regular -AR verb. It follows the standard -AR conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -AR conjugation system.
In the present tense (presente), adivinar is conjugated as: yo adivino, tú adivinas, él/ella/usted adivina, nosotros adivinamos, vosotros adivináis, ellos/ellas/ustedes adivinan. The present tense 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.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), adivinar is conjugated as: yo adiviné, tú adivinaste, él/ella/usted adivinó, nosotros adivinamos, vosotros adivinasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes adivinaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), adivinar is conjugated as: yo adivinaba, tú adivinabas, él/ella/usted adivinaba, nosotros adivinábamos, vosotros adivinabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes adivinaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), adivinar is conjugated as: yo adivinaré, tú adivinarás, él/ella/usted adivinará, nosotros adivinaremos, vosotros adivinaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes adivinarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), adivinar is conjugated as: yo adivine, tú adivines, él/ella/usted adivine, nosotros adivinemos, vosotros adivinéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes adivinen. The present subjunctive 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.
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