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How to conjugate Alargar in Spanish

alargar to lengthen, to extend Irregular Verb

At a glance: Alargar (to lengthen, to extend) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: alargo, alargas, alarga, alargamos, alargáis, alargan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo adds a u (alargué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (alargue).

Past participle
alargado lengthened
Gerund
alargando lengthening
Similar
extender, prolongar, prorrogar
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Indicative tenses of Alargar

Alargar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of alargar 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, “alargo”, meaning “I lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargoI lengthen
Túalargasyou lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedalargas/he lengthens
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargamoswe lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargáisyou (plural) lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalarganthey lengthen

How it’s built: Regular: stem alarg- plus the -ar endings.

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Alargar in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of alargar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “alargué”, meaning “I lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalarguéI lengthened
Túalargasteyou lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedalargós/he lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargamoswe lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargasteisyou (plural) lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalargaronthey lengthened

How it’s built: Yo adds a u (alargué); the other forms are regular.

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Alargar in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of alargar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “alargaba”, meaning “I used to lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargabaI used to lengthen
Túalargabasyou used to lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedalargabas/he used to lengthen
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargábamoswe used to lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargabaisyou (plural) used to lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalargabanthey used to lengthen

How it’s built: Regular: stem alarg- plus the -ar endings.

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Alargar in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of alargar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy alargando”, meaning “I am lengthening”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy alargandoI am lengthening
Túestás alargandoyou are lengthening
Ella / Él / Ustedestá alargandos/he is lengthening
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos alargandowe are lengthening
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis alargandoyou (plural) are lengthening
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán alargandothey are lengthening

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund alargando.

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Alargar in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of alargar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a alargar”, meaning “I am going to lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a alargarI am going to lengthen
Túvas a alargaryou are going to lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedva a alargars/he is going to lengthen
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a alargarwe are going to lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a alargaryou (plural) are going to lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a alargarthey are going to lengthen

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive alargar.

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Alargar in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of alargar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “alargaré”, meaning “I will lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargaréI will lengthen
Túalargarásyou will lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedalargarás/he will lengthen
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargaremoswe will lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargaréisyou (plural) will lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalargaránthey will lengthen

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive alargar plus the future endings.

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Alargar in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of alargar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “alargaría”, meaning “I would lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargaríaI would lengthen
Túalargaríasyou would lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedalargarías/he would lengthen
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargaríamoswe would lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargaríaisyou (plural) would lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalargaríanthey would lengthen

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive alargar plus the conditional endings.

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Alargar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of alargar 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 alargado”, meaning “I have lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe alargadoI have lengthened
Túhas alargadoyou have lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedha alargados/he has lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos alargadowe have lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis alargadoyou (plural) have lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan alargadothey have lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle alargado.

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Alargar in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of alargar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había alargado”, meaning “I had lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía alargadoI had lengthened
Túhabías alargadoyou had lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía alargados/he had lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos alargadowe had lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais alargadoyou (plural) had lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían alargadothey had lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle alargado.

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Alargar in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of alargar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré alargado”, meaning “I will have lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré alargadoI will have lengthened
Túhabrás alargadoyou will have lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá alargados/he will have lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos alargadowe will have lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis alargadoyou (plural) will have lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán alargadothey will have lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle alargado.

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Alargar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of alargar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría alargado”, meaning “I would have lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría alargadoI would have lengthened
Túhabrías alargadoyou would have lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría alargados/he would have lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos alargadowe would have lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais alargadoyou (plural) would have lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían alargadothey would have lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle alargado.

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Subjunctive tenses of Alargar

Alargar 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, “alargue”, meaning “I lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargueI lengthen
Túalarguesyou lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedalargues/he lengthens
Nosotras / Nosotrosalarguemoswe lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosalarguéisyou (plural) lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalarguenthey lengthen

How it’s built: Every form adds a u (alargue, alargues, alargue, alarguemos, alarguéis, alarguen).

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Alargar 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, “alargara”, meaning “I lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargaraI lengthened
Túalargarasyou lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedalargaras/he lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargáramoswe lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargaraisyou (plural) lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalargaranthey lengthened

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, alargaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (alargáramos).

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Alargar 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, “alargare”, meaning “I will lengthen”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoalargareI will lengthen
Túalargaresyou will lengthen
Ella / Él / Ustedalargares/he will lengthen
Nosotras / Nosotrosalargáremoswe will lengthen
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargareisyou (plural) will lengthen
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalargarenthey will lengthen

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, alargaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (alargáremos).

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Alargar 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 alargado”, meaning “I have lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya alargadoI have lengthened
Túhayas alargadoyou have lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya alargados/he has lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos alargadowe have lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis alargadoyou (plural) have lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan alargadothey have lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle alargado.

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Alargar 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 alargado”, meaning “I had lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera alargadoI had lengthened
Túhubieras alargadoyou had lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera alargados/he had lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos alargadowe had lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais alargadoyou (plural) had lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran alargadothey had lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle alargado.

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Alargar 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 alargado”, meaning “I will have lengthened”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere alargadoI will have lengthened
Túhubieres alargadoyou will have lengthened
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere alargados/he will have lengthened
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos alargadowe will have lengthened
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis alargadoyou (plural) will have lengthened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren alargadothey will have lengthened

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle alargado.

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Imperative tenses of Alargar

Alargar in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “alargue”, meaning “(to you formal) lengthen!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túalarga(to you) lengthen!
Ella / Él / Ustedalargue(to you formal) lengthen!
Nosotras / Nosotrosalarguemoslet's lengthen!
Vosotras / Vosotrosalargad(to you plural) lengthen!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesalarguen(to you plural formal) lengthen!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (alarga); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (alargue, alarguemos, alarguen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (alargad).

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Alargar in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no alargue”, meaning “(to you formal) don't lengthen!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno alargues(to you) don't lengthen!
Ella / Él / Ustedno alargue(to you formal) don't lengthen!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno alarguemoslet's not lengthen!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno alarguéis(to you plural) don't lengthen!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno alarguen(to you plural formal) don't lengthen!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no alargues, no alargue, no alarguemos, no alarguéis, no alarguen.

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Frequently asked questions about Alargar

Is alargar a regular or irregular verb?

Alargar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo adds a u (alargué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (alargue).

How do you conjugate alargar in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), alargar is conjugated as: yo alargo, tú alargas, él/ella/usted alarga, nosotros alargamos, vosotros alargáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alargan. 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.

How do you conjugate alargar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), alargar is conjugated as: yo alargué, tú alargaste, él/ella/usted alargó, nosotros alargamos, vosotros alargasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alargaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate alargar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), alargar is conjugated as: yo alargaba, tú alargabas, él/ella/usted alargaba, nosotros alargábamos, vosotros alargabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes alargaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate alargar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), alargar is conjugated as: yo alargaré, tú alargarás, él/ella/usted alargará, nosotros alargaremos, vosotros alargaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alargarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate alargar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), alargar is conjugated as: yo alargue, tú alargues, él/ella/usted alargue, nosotros alarguemos, vosotros alarguéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes alarguen. 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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