Ella Verbsdotar to equip, to provide Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Dotar (to equip, to provide) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: doto, dotas, dota, dotamos, dotáis, dotan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.

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The Indicative Present of dotar 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, “doto”, meaning “I equip”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | doto | I equip |
| Tú | dotas | you equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dota | s/he equips |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotamos | we equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotáis | you (plural) equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotan | they equip |
How it’s built: Regular: stem dot- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Preterite of dotar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “doté”, meaning “I equipped”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | doté | I equipped |
| Tú | dotaste | you equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dotó | s/he equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotamos | we equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotasteis | you (plural) equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotaron | they equipped |
How it’s built: Regular: stem dot- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Imperfect of dotar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “dotaba”, meaning “I used to equip”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dotaba | I used to equip |
| Tú | dotabas | you used to equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dotaba | s/he used to equip |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotábamos | we used to equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotabais | you (plural) used to equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotaban | they used to equip |
How it’s built: Regular: stem dot- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of dotar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy dotando”, meaning “I am equipping”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy dotando | I am equipping |
| Tú | estás dotando | you are equipping |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está dotando | s/he is equipping |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos dotando | we are equipping |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis dotando | you (plural) are equipping |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están dotando | they are equipping |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund dotando.
The Indicative Informal Future of dotar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a dotar”, meaning “I am going to equip”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a dotar | I am going to equip |
| Tú | vas a dotar | you are going to equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a dotar | s/he is going to equip |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a dotar | we are going to equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a dotar | you (plural) are going to equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a dotar | they are going to equip |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive dotar.
The Indicative Future of dotar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “dotaré”, meaning “I will equip”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dotaré | I will equip |
| Tú | dotarás | you will equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dotará | s/he will equip |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotaremos | we will equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotaréis | you (plural) will equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotarán | they will equip |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive dotar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of dotar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “dotaría”, meaning “I would equip”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dotaría | I would equip |
| Tú | dotarías | you would equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dotaría | s/he would equip |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotaríamos | we would equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotaríais | you (plural) would equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotarían | they would equip |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive dotar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of dotar 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 dotado”, meaning “I have equipped”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he dotado | I have equipped |
| Tú | has dotado | you have equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha dotado | s/he has equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos dotado | we have equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis dotado | you (plural) have equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han dotado | they have equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle dotado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of dotar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había dotado”, meaning “I had equipped”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había dotado | I had equipped |
| Tú | habías dotado | you had equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había dotado | s/he had equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos dotado | we had equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais dotado | you (plural) had equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían dotado | they had equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle dotado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of dotar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré dotado”, meaning “I will have equipped”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré dotado | I will have equipped |
| Tú | habrás dotado | you will have equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá dotado | s/he will have equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos dotado | we will have equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis dotado | you (plural) will have equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán dotado | they will have equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle dotado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of dotar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría dotado”, meaning “I would have equipped”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría dotado | I would have equipped |
| Tú | habrías dotado | you would have equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría dotado | s/he would have equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos dotado | we would have equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais dotado | you (plural) would have equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían dotado | they would have equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle dotado.
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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, “dote”, meaning “I equip”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dote | I equip |
| Tú | dotes | you equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dote | s/he equips |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotemos | we equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotéis | you (plural) equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | doten | they equip |
How it’s built: Regular: stem dot- 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, “dotara”, meaning “I equipped”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dotara | I equipped |
| Tú | dotaras | you equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dotara | s/he equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotáramos | we equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotarais | you (plural) equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotaran | they equipped |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, dotaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (dotáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “dotare”, meaning “I will equip”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dotare | I will equip |
| Tú | dotares | you will equip |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dotare | s/he will equip |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotáremos | we will equip |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotareis | you (plural) will equip |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dotaren | they will equip |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, dotaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (dotáremos).
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 dotado”, meaning “I have equipped”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya dotado | I have equipped |
| Tú | hayas dotado | you have equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya dotado | s/he has equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos dotado | we have equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis dotado | you (plural) have equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan dotado | they have equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle dotado.
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 dotado”, meaning “I had equipped”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera dotado | I had equipped |
| Tú | hubieras dotado | you had equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera dotado | s/he had equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos dotado | we had equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais dotado | you (plural) had equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran dotado | they had equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle dotado.
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 dotado”, meaning “I will have equipped”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere dotado | I will have equipped |
| Tú | hubieres dotado | you will have equipped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere dotado | s/he will have equipped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos dotado | we will have equipped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis dotado | you (plural) will have equipped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren dotado | they will have equipped |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle dotado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “dote”, meaning “(to you formal) equip!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | dota | (to you) equip! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dote | (to you formal) equip! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dotemos | let's equip! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dotad | (to you plural) equip! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | doten | (to you plural formal) equip! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (dota); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (dote, dotemos, doten); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (dotad).
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no dote”, meaning “(to you formal) don't equip!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no dotes | (to you) don't equip! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no dote | (to you formal) don't equip! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no dotemos | let's not equip! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no dotéis | (to you plural) don't equip! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no doten | (to you plural formal) don't equip! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no dotes, no dote, no dotemos, no dotéis, no doten.
Dotar 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), dotar is conjugated as: yo doto, tú dotas, él/ella/usted dota, nosotros dotamos, vosotros dotáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes dotan. 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), dotar is conjugated as: yo doté, tú dotaste, él/ella/usted dotó, nosotros dotamos, vosotros dotasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes dotaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), dotar is conjugated as: yo dotaba, tú dotabas, él/ella/usted dotaba, nosotros dotábamos, vosotros dotabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes dotaban. 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), dotar is conjugated as: yo dotaré, tú dotarás, él/ella/usted dotará, nosotros dotaremos, vosotros dotaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes dotarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), dotar is conjugated as: yo dote, tú dotes, él/ella/usted dote, nosotros dotemos, vosotros dotéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes doten. 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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