Ella VerbsTo exploit, to explode Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Explotar (to exploit, to explode) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: exploto, explotas, explota, explotamos, explotáis, explotan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
Explotar is the Spanish verb for "to exploit, to explode". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to explotar include: estallar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | explotar | to exploit, to explode |
| Past participle | explotado | exploited |
| Gerund | explotando | exploiting |
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The Indicative Present of explotar 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, "exploto", meaning "I exploit".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exploto | I exploit |
| Tú | explotas | you exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explota | s/he exploits |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotamos | we exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotáis | you (plural) exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotan | they exploit |
The Indicative Preterite of explotar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "exploté", meaning "I exploited".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exploté | I exploited |
| Tú | explotaste | you exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explotó | s/he exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotamos | we exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotasteis | you (plural) exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotaron | they exploited |
The Indicative Imperfect of explotar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "explotaba", meaning "I used to exploit".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | explotaba | I used to exploit |
| Tú | explotabas | you used to exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explotaba | s/he used to exploit |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotábamos | we used to exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotabais | you (plural) used to exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotaban | they used to exploit |
The Indicative Present Continuous of explotar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy explotando", meaning "I am exploiting".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy explotando | I am exploiting |
| Tú | estás explotando | you are exploiting |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está explotando | s/he is exploiting |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos explotando | we are exploiting |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis explotando | you (plural) are exploiting |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están explotando | they are exploiting |
The Indicative Informal Future of explotar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a explotar", meaning "I am going to exploit".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a explotar | I am going to exploit |
| Tú | vas a explotar | you are going to exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a explotar | s/he is going to exploit |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a explotar | we are going to exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a explotar | you (plural) are going to exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a explotar | they are going to exploit |
The Indicative Future of explotar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "explotaré", meaning "I will exploit".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | explotaré | I will exploit |
| Tú | explotarás | you will exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explotará | s/he will exploit |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotaremos | we will exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotaréis | you (plural) will exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotarán | they will exploit |
The Indicative Conditional of explotar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "explotaría", meaning "I would exploit".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | explotaría | I would exploit |
| Tú | explotarías | you would exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explotaría | s/he would exploit |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotaríamos | we would exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotaríais | you (plural) would exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotarían | they would exploit |
The Indicative Present Perfect of explotar 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 explotado", meaning "I have exploited".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he explotado | I have exploited |
| Tú | has explotado | you have exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha explotado | s/he has exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos explotado | we have exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis explotado | you (plural) have exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han explotado | they have exploited |
The Indicative Past Perfect of explotar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había explotado", meaning "I had exploited".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había explotado | I had exploited |
| Tú | habías explotado | you had exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había explotado | s/he had exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos explotado | we had exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais explotado | you (plural) had exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían explotado | they had exploited |
The Indicative Future Perfect of explotar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré explotado", meaning "I will have exploited".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré explotado | I will have exploited |
| Tú | habrás explotado | you will have exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá explotado | s/he will have exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos explotado | we will have exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis explotado | you (plural) will have exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán explotado | they will have exploited |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of explotar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría explotado", meaning "I would have exploited".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría explotado | I would have exploited |
| Tú | habrías explotado | you would have exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría explotado | s/he would have exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos explotado | we would have exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais explotado | you (plural) would have exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían explotado | they would have exploited |
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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, "explote", meaning "I exploit".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | explote | I exploit |
| Tú | explotes | you exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explote | s/he exploits |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotemos | we exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotéis | you (plural) exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | exploten | they exploit |
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, "explotara", meaning "I exploited".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | explotara | I exploited |
| Tú | explotaras | you exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explotara | s/he exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotáramos | we exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotarais | you (plural) exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotaran | they exploited |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "explotare", meaning "I will exploit".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | explotare | I will exploit |
| Tú | explotares | you will exploit |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explotare | s/he will exploit |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotáremos | we will exploit |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotareis | you (plural) will exploit |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | explotaren | they will exploit |
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 explotado", meaning "I have exploited".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya explotado | I have exploited |
| Tú | hayas explotado | you have exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya explotado | s/he has exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos explotado | we have exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis explotado | you (plural) have exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan explotado | they have exploited |
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 explotado", meaning "I had exploited".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera explotado | I had exploited |
| Tú | hubieras explotado | you had exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera explotado | s/he had exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos explotado | we had exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais explotado | you (plural) had exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran explotado | they had exploited |
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 explotado", meaning "I will have exploited".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere explotado | I will have exploited |
| Tú | hubieres explotado | you will have exploited |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere explotado | s/he will have exploited |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos explotado | we will have exploited |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis explotado | you (plural) will have exploited |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren explotado | they will have exploited |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "explote", meaning "(to you formal) exploit!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | explota | (to you) exploit! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | explote | (to you formal) exploit! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | explotemos | let's exploit! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | explotad | (to you plural) exploit! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | exploten | (to you plural formal) exploit! |
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no explote", meaning "(to you formal) don't exploit!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no explotes | (to you) don't exploit! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no explote | (to you formal) don't exploit! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no explotemos | let's not exploit! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no explotéis | (to you plural) don't exploit! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no exploten | (to you plural formal) don't exploit! |
Explotar 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), explotar is conjugated as: yo exploto, tú explotas, él/ella/usted explota, nosotros explotamos, vosotros explotáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes explotan. 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), explotar is conjugated as: yo exploté, tú explotaste, él/ella/usted explotó, nosotros explotamos, vosotros explotasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes explotaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), explotar is conjugated as: yo explotaba, tú explotabas, él/ella/usted explotaba, nosotros explotábamos, vosotros explotabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes explotaban. 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), explotar is conjugated as: yo explotaré, tú explotarás, él/ella/usted explotará, nosotros explotaremos, vosotros explotaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes explotarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), explotar is conjugated as: yo explote, tú explotes, él/ella/usted explote, nosotros explotemos, vosotros explotéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes exploten. 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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