Ella Verbsalmorzar to have lunch, to eat lunch Irregular Verb
At a glance: Almorzar (to have lunch, to eat lunch) is a widely used irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: almuerzo, almuerzas, almuerza, almorzamos, almorzáis, almuerzan. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (almuerzo, almuerzas, almuerza, almuerzan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (almorcé) and present subjunctive (almuerce).

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The Indicative Present of almorzar 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, “almuerzo”, meaning “I have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almuerzo | I have lunch |
| Tú | almuerzas | you have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almuerza | s/he has lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzamos | we have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzáis | you (plural) have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almuerzan | they have lunch |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (almuerzo, almuerzas, almuerza, almuerzan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Preterite of almorzar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “almorcé”, meaning “I had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almorcé | I had lunch |
| Tú | almorzaste | you had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almorzó | s/he had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzamos | we had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzasteis | you (plural) had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almorzaron | they had lunch |
How it’s built: Yo changes z to c (almorcé); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of almorzar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “almorzaba”, meaning “I used to have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almorzaba | I used to have lunch |
| Tú | almorzabas | you used to have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almorzaba | s/he used to have lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzábamos | we used to have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzabais | you (plural) used to have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almorzaban | they used to have lunch |
How it’s built: Regular: stem almorz- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of almorzar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy almorzando”, meaning “I am having lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy almorzando | I am having lunch |
| Tú | estás almorzando | you are having lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está almorzando | s/he is having lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos almorzando | we are having lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis almorzando | you (plural) are having lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están almorzando | they are having lunch |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund almorzando.
The Indicative Informal Future of almorzar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a almorzar”, meaning “I am going to have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a almorzar | I am going to have lunch |
| Tú | vas a almorzar | you are going to have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a almorzar | s/he is going to have lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a almorzar | we are going to have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a almorzar | you (plural) are going to have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a almorzar | they are going to have lunch |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive almorzar.
The Indicative Future of almorzar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “almorzaré”, meaning “I will have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almorzaré | I will have lunch |
| Tú | almorzarás | you will have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almorzará | s/he will have lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzaremos | we will have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzaréis | you (plural) will have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almorzarán | they will have lunch |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive almorzar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of almorzar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “almorzaría”, meaning “I would have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almorzaría | I would have lunch |
| Tú | almorzarías | you would have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almorzaría | s/he would have lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzaríamos | we would have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzaríais | you (plural) would have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almorzarían | they would have lunch |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive almorzar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of almorzar 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 almorzado”, meaning “I have had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he almorzado | I have had lunch |
| Tú | has almorzado | you have had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha almorzado | s/he has had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos almorzado | we have had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis almorzado | you (plural) have had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han almorzado | they have had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle almorzado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of almorzar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había almorzado”, meaning “I had had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había almorzado | I had had lunch |
| Tú | habías almorzado | you had had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había almorzado | s/he had had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos almorzado | we had had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais almorzado | you (plural) had had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían almorzado | they had had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle almorzado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of almorzar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré almorzado”, meaning “I will have had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré almorzado | I will have had lunch |
| Tú | habrás almorzado | you will have had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá almorzado | s/he will have had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos almorzado | we will have had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis almorzado | you (plural) will have had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán almorzado | they will have had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle almorzado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of almorzar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría almorzado”, meaning “I would have had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría almorzado | I would have had lunch |
| Tú | habrías almorzado | you would have had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría almorzado | s/he would have had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos almorzado | we would have had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais almorzado | you (plural) would have had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían almorzado | they would have had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle almorzado.
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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, “almuerce”, meaning “I have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almuerce | I have lunch |
| Tú | almuerces | you have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almuerce | s/he has lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorcemos | we have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorcéis | you (plural) have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almuercen | they have lunch |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue and z to c (almuerce, almuerces, almuerce, almuercen); nosotros and vosotros change z to c (almorcemos, almorcéis).
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, “almorzara”, meaning “I had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almorzara | I had lunch |
| Tú | almorzaras | you had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almorzara | s/he had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzáramos | we had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzarais | you (plural) had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almorzaran | they had lunch |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, almorzaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (almorzáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “almorzare”, meaning “I will have lunch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almorzare | I will have lunch |
| Tú | almorzares | you will have lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almorzare | s/he will have lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorzáremos | we will have lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzareis | you (plural) will have lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almorzaren | they will have lunch |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, almorzaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (almorzáremos).
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 almorzado”, meaning “I have had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya almorzado | I have had lunch |
| Tú | hayas almorzado | you have had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya almorzado | s/he has had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos almorzado | we have had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis almorzado | you (plural) have had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan almorzado | they have had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle almorzado.
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 almorzado”, meaning “I had had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera almorzado | I had had lunch |
| Tú | hubieras almorzado | you had had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera almorzado | s/he had had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos almorzado | we had had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais almorzado | you (plural) had had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran almorzado | they had had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle almorzado.
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 almorzado”, meaning “I will have had lunch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere almorzado | I will have had lunch |
| Tú | hubieres almorzado | you will have had lunch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere almorzado | s/he will have had lunch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos almorzado | we will have had lunch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis almorzado | you (plural) will have had lunch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren almorzado | they will have had lunch |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle almorzado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “almuerce”, meaning “(to you formal) have lunch!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | almuerza | (to you) have lunch! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | almuerce | (to you formal) have lunch! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | almorcemos | let's have lunch! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | almorzad | (to you plural) have lunch! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | almuercen | (to you plural formal) have lunch! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (almuerza); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (almuerce, almorcemos, almuercen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (almorzad).
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 almuerce”, meaning “(to you formal) don't have lunch!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no almuerces | (to you) don't have lunch! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no almuerce | (to you formal) don't have lunch! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no almorcemos | let's not have lunch! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no almorcéis | (to you plural) don't have lunch! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no almuercen | (to you plural formal) don't have lunch! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no almuerces, no almuerce, no almorcemos, no almorcéis, no almuercen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Almorzar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (almuerzo, almuerzas, almuerza, almuerzan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (almorcé) and present subjunctive (almuerce).
In the present tense (presente), almorzar is conjugated as: yo almuerzo, tú almuerzas, él/ella/usted almuerza, nosotros almorzamos, vosotros almorzáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes almuerzan. 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), almorzar is conjugated as: yo almorcé, tú almorzaste, él/ella/usted almorzó, nosotros almorzamos, vosotros almorzasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes almorzaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), almorzar is conjugated as: yo almorzaba, tú almorzabas, él/ella/usted almorzaba, nosotros almorzábamos, vosotros almorzabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes almorzaban. 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), almorzar is conjugated as: yo almorzaré, tú almorzarás, él/ella/usted almorzará, nosotros almorzaremos, vosotros almorzaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes almorzarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), almorzar is conjugated as: yo almuerce, tú almuerces, él/ella/usted almuerce, nosotros almorcemos, vosotros almorcéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes almuercen. 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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