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How to conjugate Apostar in Spanish

apostar to bet, to wager Irregular Verb

At a glance: Apostar (to bet, to wager) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: apuesto, apuestas, apuesta, apostamos, apostáis, apuestan. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (apuesto, apuestas, apuesta, apuestan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (apueste).

Past participle
apostado bet
Gerund
apostando betting
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Indicative tenses of Apostar

Apostar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of apostar 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, “apuesto”, meaning “I bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapuestoI bet
Túapuestasyou bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapuestas/he bets
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostamoswe bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostáisyou (plural) bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapuestanthey bet

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (apuesto, apuestas, apuesta, apuestan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Apostar in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapostéI bet
Túapostasteyou bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapostós/he bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostamoswe bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostasteisyou (plural) bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapostaronthey bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapostabaI used to bet
Túapostabasyou used to bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapostabas/he used to bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostábamoswe used to bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostabaisyou (plural) used to bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapostabanthey used to bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy apostandoI am betting
Túestás apostandoyou are betting
Ella / Él / Ustedestá apostandos/he is betting
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos apostandowe are betting
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis apostandoyou (plural) are betting
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán apostandothey are betting

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a apostarI am going to bet
Túvas a apostaryou are going to bet
Ella / Él / Ustedva a apostars/he is going to bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a apostarwe are going to bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a apostaryou (plural) are going to bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a apostarthey are going to bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapostaréI will bet
Túapostarásyou will bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapostarás/he will bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostaremoswe will bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostaréisyou (plural) will bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapostaránthey will bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapostaríaI would bet
Túapostaríasyou would bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapostarías/he would bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostaríamoswe would bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostaríaisyou (plural) would bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapostaríanthey would bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of apostar 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 apostado”, meaning “I have bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe apostadoI have bet
Túhas apostadoyou have bet
Ella / Él / Ustedha apostados/he has bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos apostadowe have bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis apostadoyou (plural) have bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan apostadothey have bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía apostadoI had bet
Túhabías apostadoyou had bet
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía apostados/he had bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos apostadowe had bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais apostadoyou (plural) had bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían apostadothey had bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré apostadoI will have bet
Túhabrás apostadoyou will have bet
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá apostados/he will have bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos apostadowe will have bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis apostadoyou (plural) will have bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán apostadothey will have bet

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

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Apostar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría apostadoI would have bet
Túhabrías apostadoyou would have bet
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría apostados/he would have bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos apostadowe would have bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais apostadoyou (plural) would have bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían apostadothey would have bet

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Apostar

Apostar 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, “apueste”, meaning “I bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapuesteI bet
Túapuestesyou bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapuestes/he bets
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostemoswe bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostéisyou (plural) bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapuestenthey bet

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, apuesto (apueste, apuestes, apueste, apuesten); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Apostar 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, “apostara”, meaning “I bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapostaraI bet
Túapostarasyou bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapostaras/he bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostáramoswe bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostaraisyou (plural) bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapostaranthey bet

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

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Apostar 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, “apostare”, meaning “I will bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoapostareI will bet
Túapostaresyou will bet
Ella / Él / Ustedapostares/he will bet
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostáremoswe will bet
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostareisyou (plural) will bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapostarenthey will bet

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

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Apostar 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 apostado”, meaning “I have bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya apostadoI have bet
Túhayas apostadoyou have bet
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya apostados/he has bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos apostadowe have bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis apostadoyou (plural) have bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan apostadothey have bet

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

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Apostar 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 apostado”, meaning “I had bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera apostadoI had bet
Túhubieras apostadoyou had bet
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera apostados/he had bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos apostadowe had bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais apostadoyou (plural) had bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran apostadothey had bet

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

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Apostar 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 apostado”, meaning “I will have bet”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere apostadoI will have bet
Túhubieres apostadoyou will have bet
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere apostados/he will have bet
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos apostadowe will have bet
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis apostadoyou (plural) will have bet
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren apostadothey will have bet

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

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Imperative tenses of Apostar

Apostar in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túapuesta(to you) bet!
Ella / Él / Ustedapueste(to you formal) bet!
Nosotras / Nosotrosapostemoslet's bet!
Vosotras / Vosotrosapostad(to you plural) bet!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesapuesten(to you plural formal) bet!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (apuesta); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (apueste, apostemos, apuesten); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (apostad).

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Apostar in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno apuestes(to you) don't bet!
Ella / Él / Ustedno apueste(to you formal) don't bet!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno apostemoslet's not bet!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno apostéis(to you plural) don't bet!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno apuesten(to you plural formal) don't bet!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no apuestes, no apueste, no apostemos, no apostéis, no apuesten.

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Frequently asked questions about Apostar

Is apostar a regular or irregular verb?

Apostar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (apuesto, apuestas, apuesta, apuestan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (apueste).

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

In the present tense (presente), apostar is conjugated as: yo apuesto, tú apuestas, él/ella/usted apuesta, nosotros apostamos, vosotros apostáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes apuestan. 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 apostar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), apostar is conjugated as: yo aposté, tú apostaste, él/ella/usted apostó, nosotros apostamos, vosotros apostasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes apostaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), apostar is conjugated as: yo apostaba, tú apostabas, él/ella/usted apostaba, nosotros apostábamos, vosotros apostabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes apostaban. 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 apostar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), apostar is conjugated as: yo apostaré, tú apostarás, él/ella/usted apostará, nosotros apostaremos, vosotros apostaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes apostarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), apostar is conjugated as: yo apueste, tú apuestes, él/ella/usted apueste, nosotros apostemos, vosotros apostéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes apuesten. 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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