Ella Verbsalargar 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).

Get the Alargar conjugation tables by email
Want a handy PDF of alargar conjugations? Enter your email and we’ll send it straight to your inbox!
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargo | I lengthen |
| Tú | alargas | you lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alarga | s/he lengthens |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargamos | we lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargáis | you (plural) lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargan | they lengthen |
How it’s built: Regular: stem alarg- plus the -ar endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargué | I lengthened |
| Tú | alargaste | you lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargó | s/he lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargamos | we lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargasteis | you (plural) lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargaron | they lengthened |
How it’s built: Yo adds a u (alargué); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargaba | I used to lengthen |
| Tú | alargabas | you used to lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargaba | s/he used to lengthen |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargábamos | we used to lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargabais | you (plural) used to lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargaban | they used to lengthen |
How it’s built: Regular: stem alarg- plus the -ar endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy alargando | I am lengthening |
| Tú | estás alargando | you are lengthening |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está alargando | s/he is lengthening |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos alargando | we are lengthening |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis alargando | you (plural) are lengthening |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están alargando | they are lengthening |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund alargando.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a alargar | I am going to lengthen |
| Tú | vas a alargar | you are going to lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a alargar | s/he is going to lengthen |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a alargar | we are going to lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a alargar | you (plural) are going to lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a alargar | they are going to lengthen |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive alargar.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargaré | I will lengthen |
| Tú | alargarás | you will lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargará | s/he will lengthen |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargaremos | we will lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargaréis | you (plural) will lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargarán | they will lengthen |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive alargar plus the future endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargaría | I would lengthen |
| Tú | alargarías | you would lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargaría | s/he would lengthen |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargaríamos | we would lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargaríais | you (plural) would lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargarían | they would lengthen |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive alargar plus the conditional endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he alargado | I have lengthened |
| Tú | has alargado | you have lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha alargado | s/he has lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos alargado | we have lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis alargado | you (plural) have lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han alargado | they have lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle alargado.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había alargado | I had lengthened |
| Tú | habías alargado | you had lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había alargado | s/he had lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos alargado | we had lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais alargado | you (plural) had lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían alargado | they had lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle alargado.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré alargado | I will have lengthened |
| Tú | habrás alargado | you will have lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá alargado | s/he will have lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos alargado | we will have lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis alargado | you (plural) will have lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán alargado | they will have lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle alargado.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría alargado | I would have lengthened |
| Tú | habrías alargado | you would have lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría alargado | s/he would have lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos alargado | we would have lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais alargado | you (plural) would have lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían alargado | they would have lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle alargado.
Want alargar to come out without thinking?
The app teaches the “G to GU” pattern step by step, then quizzes you until forms like alargué are automatic.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargue | I lengthen |
| Tú | alargues | you lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargue | s/he lengthens |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alarguemos | we lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alarguéis | you (plural) lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alarguen | they lengthen |
How it’s built: Every form adds a u (alargue, alargues, alargue, alarguemos, alarguéis, alarguen).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargara | I lengthened |
| Tú | alargaras | you lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargara | s/he lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargáramos | we lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargarais | you (plural) lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargaran | they lengthened |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, alargaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (alargáramos).
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargare | I will lengthen |
| Tú | alargares | you will lengthen |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargare | s/he will lengthen |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alargáremos | we will lengthen |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargareis | you (plural) will lengthen |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alargaren | they will lengthen |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, alargaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (alargáremos).
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya alargado | I have lengthened |
| Tú | hayas alargado | you have lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya alargado | s/he has lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos alargado | we have lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis alargado | you (plural) have lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan alargado | they have lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle alargado.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera alargado | I had lengthened |
| Tú | hubieras alargado | you had lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera alargado | s/he had lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos alargado | we had lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais alargado | you (plural) had lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran alargado | they had lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle alargado.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere alargado | I will have lengthened |
| Tú | hubieres alargado | you will have lengthened |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere alargado | s/he will have lengthened |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos alargado | we will have lengthened |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis alargado | you (plural) will have lengthened |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren alargado | they will have lengthened |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle alargado.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | alarga | (to you) lengthen! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | alargue | (to you formal) lengthen! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | alarguemos | let's lengthen! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | alargad | (to you plural) lengthen! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | alarguen | (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).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no alargues | (to you) don't lengthen! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no alargue | (to you formal) don't lengthen! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no alarguemos | let's not lengthen! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no alarguéis | (to you plural) don't lengthen! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no 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.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Download and print a cheat sheet of Alargar Spanish conjugation tables in image or PDF format:

Get full conjugation tables for Alargar and 2,500+ other verbs on-the-go with Ella Verbs for iOS, Android, and web.
We also guide you through learning all Spanish tenses and test your knowledge with conjugation quizzes. Download it for free!

👋 Hola! We built Ella Verbs to help people (and ourselves!) master one of the hardest parts of Spanish – verb conjugation. It guides you through learning all tenses in an easy-to-follow way, giving you levels of bite-sized lessons and fun quizzes. Here is a 6 minute overview of all of the app’s features:
It has changed a lot over the 9+ years we have been working on it, but the goal remains the same – to help you master Spanish conjugation! You can download and try it for free, and, if you do, please send any and all feedback our way!
– Jane & Brian
Why not check out Albergar – to house, to harbour, to be home to or see the complete list of verbs here.

Join 250,000+ others and master your Spanish conjugation with the top-rated verb app, Ella Verbs
Great program that has and is helping me immensely. Four years [studying Spanish] and after just a couple of days with this app I finally am 'getting' the verb thing into my head. After the first couple of lessons I finally feel comfortable conversing with the natives here in Panama. I still have a long way to go but this application was the key for me. Thank you!
Google Play Store