Ella Verbsasesinar to assassinate, to murder Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Asesinar (to assassinate, to murder) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: asesino, asesinas, asesina, asesinamos, asesináis, asesinan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.

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The Indicative Present of asesinar 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, “asesino”, meaning “I assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesino | I assassinate |
| Tú | asesinas | you assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesina | s/he assassinates |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinamos | we assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesináis | you (plural) assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinan | they assassinate |
How it’s built: Regular: stem asesin- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Preterite of asesinar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “asesiné”, meaning “I assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesiné | I assassinated |
| Tú | asesinaste | you assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesinó | s/he assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinamos | we assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinasteis | you (plural) assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinaron | they assassinated |
How it’s built: Regular: stem asesin- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Imperfect of asesinar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “asesinaba”, meaning “I used to assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinaba | I used to assassinate |
| Tú | asesinabas | you used to assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesinaba | s/he used to assassinate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinábamos | we used to assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinabais | you (plural) used to assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinaban | they used to assassinate |
How it’s built: Regular: stem asesin- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of asesinar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy asesinando”, meaning “I am assassinating”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy asesinando | I am assassinating |
| Tú | estás asesinando | you are assassinating |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está asesinando | s/he is assassinating |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos asesinando | we are assassinating |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis asesinando | you (plural) are assassinating |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están asesinando | they are assassinating |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund asesinando.
The Indicative Informal Future of asesinar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a asesinar”, meaning “I am going to assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a asesinar | I am going to assassinate |
| Tú | vas a asesinar | you are going to assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a asesinar | s/he is going to assassinate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a asesinar | we are going to assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a asesinar | you (plural) are going to assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a asesinar | they are going to assassinate |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive asesinar.
The Indicative Future of asesinar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “asesinaré”, meaning “I will assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinaré | I will assassinate |
| Tú | asesinarás | you will assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesinará | s/he will assassinate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinaremos | we will assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinaréis | you (plural) will assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinarán | they will assassinate |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive asesinar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of asesinar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “asesinaría”, meaning “I would assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinaría | I would assassinate |
| Tú | asesinarías | you would assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesinaría | s/he would assassinate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinaríamos | we would assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinaríais | you (plural) would assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinarían | they would assassinate |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive asesinar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of asesinar 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 asesinado”, meaning “I have assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asesinado | I have assassinated |
| Tú | has asesinado | you have assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha asesinado | s/he has assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos asesinado | we have assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis asesinado | you (plural) have assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han asesinado | they have assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle asesinado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of asesinar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había asesinado”, meaning “I had assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había asesinado | I had assassinated |
| Tú | habías asesinado | you had assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había asesinado | s/he had assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos asesinado | we had assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais asesinado | you (plural) had assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían asesinado | they had assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle asesinado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of asesinar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré asesinado”, meaning “I will have assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré asesinado | I will have assassinated |
| Tú | habrás asesinado | you will have assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá asesinado | s/he will have assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos asesinado | we will have assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis asesinado | you (plural) will have assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán asesinado | they will have assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle asesinado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of asesinar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría asesinado”, meaning “I would have assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría asesinado | I would have assassinated |
| Tú | habrías asesinado | you would have assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría asesinado | s/he would have assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos asesinado | we would have assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais asesinado | you (plural) would have assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían asesinado | they would have assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle asesinado.
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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, “asesine”, meaning “I assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesine | I assassinate |
| Tú | asesines | you assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesine | s/he assassinates |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinemos | we assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinéis | you (plural) assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinen | they assassinate |
How it’s built: Regular: stem asesin- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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, “asesinara”, meaning “I assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinara | I assassinated |
| Tú | asesinaras | you assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesinara | s/he assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesináramos | we assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinarais | you (plural) assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinaran | they assassinated |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, asesinaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (asesináramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “asesinare”, meaning “I will assassinate”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinare | I will assassinate |
| Tú | asesinares | you will assassinate |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesinare | s/he will assassinate |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesináremos | we will assassinate |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinareis | you (plural) will assassinate |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinaren | they will assassinate |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, asesinaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (asesináremos).
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 asesinado”, meaning “I have assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya asesinado | I have assassinated |
| Tú | hayas asesinado | you have assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya asesinado | s/he has assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos asesinado | we have assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis asesinado | you (plural) have assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan asesinado | they have assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle asesinado.
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 asesinado”, meaning “I had assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asesinado | I had assassinated |
| Tú | hubieras asesinado | you had assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera asesinado | s/he had assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos asesinado | we had assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais asesinado | you (plural) had assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran asesinado | they had assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle asesinado.
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 asesinado”, meaning “I will have assassinated”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asesinado | I will have assassinated |
| Tú | hubieres asesinado | you will have assassinated |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere asesinado | s/he will have assassinated |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos asesinado | we will have assassinated |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis asesinado | you (plural) will have assassinated |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren asesinado | they will have assassinated |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle asesinado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “asesine”, meaning “(to you formal) assassinate!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | asesina | (to you) assassinate! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | asesine | (to you formal) assassinate! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | asesinemos | let's assassinate! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | asesinad | (to you plural) assassinate! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | asesinen | (to you plural formal) assassinate! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (asesina); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (asesine, asesinemos, asesinen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (asesinad).
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no asesine”, meaning “(to you formal) don't assassinate!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no asesines | (to you) don't assassinate! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no asesine | (to you formal) don't assassinate! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no asesinemos | let's not assassinate! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no asesinéis | (to you plural) don't assassinate! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no asesinen | (to you plural formal) don't assassinate! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no asesines, no asesine, no asesinemos, no asesinéis, no asesinen.
Asesinar 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), asesinar is conjugated as: yo asesino, tú asesinas, él/ella/usted asesina, nosotros asesinamos, vosotros asesináis, ellos/ellas/ustedes asesinan. 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), asesinar is conjugated as: yo asesiné, tú asesinaste, él/ella/usted asesinó, nosotros asesinamos, vosotros asesinasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes asesinaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), asesinar is conjugated as: yo asesinaba, tú asesinabas, él/ella/usted asesinaba, nosotros asesinábamos, vosotros asesinabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes asesinaban. 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), asesinar is conjugated as: yo asesinaré, tú asesinarás, él/ella/usted asesinará, nosotros asesinaremos, vosotros asesinaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes asesinarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), asesinar is conjugated as: yo asesine, tú asesines, él/ella/usted asesine, nosotros asesinemos, vosotros asesinéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes asesinen. 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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