Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Escalar in Spanish
escalar to climb Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Escalar (to climb) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: escalo, escalas, escala, escalamos, escaláis, escalan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
- Past participle
- escalado climbed
- Gerund
- escalando climbing
- Similar
- ascender, trepar
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Escalar
- Escalar in the Indicative Present
- Escalar in the Indicative Preterite
- Escalar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Escalar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Escalar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Escalar in the Indicative Future
- Escalar in the Indicative Conditional
- Escalar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Escalar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Escalar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Escalar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Escalar
- Imperative tenses of Escalar
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Escalar
Escalar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of escalar 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, “escalo”, meaning “I climb”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalo | I climb |
| Tú | escalas | you climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escala | s/he climbs |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalamos | we climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escaláis | you (plural) climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalan | they climb |
How it’s built: Regular: stem escal- plus the -ar endings.
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Escalar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of escalar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “escalé”, meaning “I climbed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalé | I climbed |
| Tú | escalaste | you climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escaló | s/he climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalamos | we climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalasteis | you (plural) climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalaron | they climbed |
How it’s built: Regular: stem escal- plus the -ar endings.
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Escalar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of escalar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “escalaba”, meaning “I used to climb”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalaba | I used to climb |
| Tú | escalabas | you used to climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escalaba | s/he used to climb |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalábamos | we used to climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalabais | you (plural) used to climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalaban | they used to climb |
How it’s built: Regular: stem escal- plus the -ar endings.
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Escalar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of escalar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy escalando”, meaning “I am climbing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy escalando | I am climbing |
| Tú | estás escalando | you are climbing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está escalando | s/he is climbing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos escalando | we are climbing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis escalando | you (plural) are climbing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están escalando | they are climbing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund escalando.
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Escalar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of escalar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a escalar”, meaning “I am going to climb”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a escalar | I am going to climb |
| Tú | vas a escalar | you are going to climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a escalar | s/he is going to climb |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a escalar | we are going to climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a escalar | you (plural) are going to climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a escalar | they are going to climb |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive escalar.
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Escalar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of escalar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “escalaré”, meaning “I will climb”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalaré | I will climb |
| Tú | escalarás | you will climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escalará | s/he will climb |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalaremos | we will climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalaréis | you (plural) will climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalarán | they will climb |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive escalar plus the future endings.
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Escalar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of escalar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “escalaría”, meaning “I would climb”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalaría | I would climb |
| Tú | escalarías | you would climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escalaría | s/he would climb |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalaríamos | we would climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalaríais | you (plural) would climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalarían | they would climb |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive escalar plus the conditional endings.
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Escalar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of escalar 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 escalado”, meaning “I have climbed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he escalado | I have climbed |
| Tú | has escalado | you have climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha escalado | s/he has climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos escalado | we have climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis escalado | you (plural) have climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han escalado | they have climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle escalado.
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Escalar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of escalar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había escalado”, meaning “I had climbed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había escalado | I had climbed |
| Tú | habías escalado | you had climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había escalado | s/he had climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos escalado | we had climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais escalado | you (plural) had climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían escalado | they had climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle escalado.
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Escalar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of escalar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré escalado”, meaning “I will have climbed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré escalado | I will have climbed |
| Tú | habrás escalado | you will have climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá escalado | s/he will have climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos escalado | we will have climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis escalado | you (plural) will have climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán escalado | they will have climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle escalado.
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Escalar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of escalar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría escalado”, meaning “I would have climbed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría escalado | I would have climbed |
| Tú | habrías escalado | you would have climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría escalado | s/he would have climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos escalado | we would have climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais escalado | you (plural) would have climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían escalado | they would have climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle escalado.
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Subjunctive tenses of Escalar
Escalar 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, “escale”, meaning “I climb”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escale | I climb |
| Tú | escales | you climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escale | s/he climbs |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalemos | we climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escaléis | you (plural) climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalen | they climb |
How it’s built: Regular: stem escal- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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Escalar 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, “escalara”, meaning “I climbed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalara | I climbed |
| Tú | escalaras | you climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escalara | s/he climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escaláramos | we climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalarais | you (plural) climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalaran | they climbed |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, escalaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (escaláramos).
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Escalar 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, “escalare”, meaning “I will climb”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escalare | I will climb |
| Tú | escalares | you will climb |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escalare | s/he will climb |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escaláremos | we will climb |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalareis | you (plural) will climb |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalaren | they will climb |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, escalaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (escaláremos).
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Escalar 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 escalado”, meaning “I have climbed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya escalado | I have climbed |
| Tú | hayas escalado | you have climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya escalado | s/he has climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos escalado | we have climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis escalado | you (plural) have climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan escalado | they have climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle escalado.
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Escalar 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 escalado”, meaning “I had climbed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera escalado | I had climbed |
| Tú | hubieras escalado | you had climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera escalado | s/he had climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos escalado | we had climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais escalado | you (plural) had climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran escalado | they had climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle escalado.
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Escalar 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 escalado”, meaning “I will have climbed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere escalado | I will have climbed |
| Tú | hubieres escalado | you will have climbed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere escalado | s/he will have climbed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos escalado | we will have climbed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis escalado | you (plural) will have climbed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren escalado | they will have climbed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle escalado.
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Imperative tenses of Escalar
Escalar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “escale”, meaning “(to you formal) climb!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | escala | (to you) climb! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escale | (to you formal) climb! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escalemos | let's climb! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escalad | (to you plural) climb! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escalen | (to you plural formal) climb! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (escala); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (escale, escalemos, escalen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (escalad).
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Escalar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no escale”, meaning “(to you formal) don't climb!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no escales | (to you) don't climb! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no escale | (to you formal) don't climb! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no escalemos | let's not climb! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no escaléis | (to you plural) don't climb! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no escalen | (to you plural formal) don't climb! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no escales, no escale, no escalemos, no escaléis, no escalen.
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Frequently asked questions about Escalar
Is escalar a regular or irregular verb?
Escalar 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.
How do you conjugate escalar in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), escalar is conjugated as: yo escalo, tú escalas, él/ella/usted escala, nosotros escalamos, vosotros escaláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes escalan. 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 escalar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), escalar is conjugated as: yo escalé, tú escalaste, él/ella/usted escaló, nosotros escalamos, vosotros escalasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes escalaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate escalar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), escalar is conjugated as: yo escalaba, tú escalabas, él/ella/usted escalaba, nosotros escalábamos, vosotros escalabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes escalaban. 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 escalar in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), escalar is conjugated as: yo escalaré, tú escalarás, él/ella/usted escalará, nosotros escalaremos, vosotros escalaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes escalarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate escalar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), escalar is conjugated as: yo escale, tú escales, él/ella/usted escale, nosotros escalemos, vosotros escaléis, ellos/ellas/ustedes escalen. 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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