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How to conjugate Fabricar in Spanish

fabricar to manufacture, to make Irregular Verb

At a glance: Fabricar (to manufacture, to make) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: fabrico, fabricas, fabrica, fabricamos, fabricáis, fabrican. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (fabriqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (fabrique).

Past participle
fabricado manufactured
Gerund
fabricando manufacturing
Similar
confeccionar, hacer, preparar, producir

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Indicative tenses of Fabricar

Fabricar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of fabricar 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, “fabrico”, meaning “I manufacture”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabricoI manufacture
Túfabricasyou manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricas/he manufactures
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricamoswe manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricáisyou (plural) manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricanthey manufacture

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabriquéI manufactured
Túfabricasteyou manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricós/he manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricamoswe manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricasteisyou (plural) manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricaronthey manufactured

How it’s built: Yo changes c to qu (fabriqué); the other forms are regular.

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Fabricar in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabricabaI used to manufacture
Túfabricabasyou used to manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricabas/he used to manufacture
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricábamoswe used to manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricabaisyou (plural) used to manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricabanthey used to manufacture

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy fabricandoI am manufacturing
Túestás fabricandoyou are manufacturing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá fabricandos/he is manufacturing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos fabricandowe are manufacturing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis fabricandoyou (plural) are manufacturing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán fabricandothey are manufacturing

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a fabricarI am going to manufacture
Túvas a fabricaryou are going to manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedva a fabricars/he is going to manufacture
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a fabricarwe are going to manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a fabricaryou (plural) are going to manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a fabricarthey are going to manufacture

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabricaréI will manufacture
Túfabricarásyou will manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricarás/he will manufacture
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricaremoswe will manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricaréisyou (plural) will manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricaránthey will manufacture

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabricaríaI would manufacture
Túfabricaríasyou would manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricarías/he would manufacture
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricaríamoswe would manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricaríaisyou (plural) would manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricaríanthey would manufacture

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of fabricar 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 fabricado”, meaning “I have manufactured”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe fabricadoI have manufactured
Túhas fabricadoyou have manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedha fabricados/he has manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos fabricadowe have manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis fabricadoyou (plural) have manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan fabricadothey have manufactured

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía fabricadoI had manufactured
Túhabías fabricadoyou had manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía fabricados/he had manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos fabricadowe had manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais fabricadoyou (plural) had manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían fabricadothey had manufactured

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré fabricadoI will have manufactured
Túhabrás fabricadoyou will have manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá fabricados/he will have manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos fabricadowe will have manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis fabricadoyou (plural) will have manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán fabricadothey will have manufactured

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

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Fabricar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría fabricadoI would have manufactured
Túhabrías fabricadoyou would have manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría fabricados/he would have manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos fabricadowe would have manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais fabricadoyou (plural) would have manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían fabricadothey would have manufactured

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Fabricar

Fabricar 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, “fabrique”, meaning “I manufacture”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabriqueI manufacture
Túfabriquesyou manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedfabriques/he manufactures
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabriquemoswe manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabriquéisyou (plural) manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabriquenthey manufacture

How it’s built: Every form changes c to qu (fabrique, fabriques, fabrique, fabriquemos, fabriquéis, fabriquen).

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Fabricar 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, “fabricara”, meaning “I manufactured”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabricaraI manufactured
Túfabricarasyou manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricaras/he manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricáramoswe manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricaraisyou (plural) manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricaranthey manufactured

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

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Fabricar 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, “fabricare”, meaning “I will manufacture”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofabricareI will manufacture
Túfabricaresyou will manufacture
Ella / Él / Ustedfabricares/he will manufacture
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabricáremoswe will manufacture
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricareisyou (plural) will manufacture
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabricarenthey will manufacture

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

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Fabricar 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 fabricado”, meaning “I have manufactured”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya fabricadoI have manufactured
Túhayas fabricadoyou have manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya fabricados/he has manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos fabricadowe have manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis fabricadoyou (plural) have manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan fabricadothey have manufactured

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

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Fabricar 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 fabricado”, meaning “I had manufactured”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera fabricadoI had manufactured
Túhubieras fabricadoyou had manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera fabricados/he had manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos fabricadowe had manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais fabricadoyou (plural) had manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran fabricadothey had manufactured

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

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Fabricar 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 fabricado”, meaning “I will have manufactured”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere fabricadoI will have manufactured
Túhubieres fabricadoyou will have manufactured
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere fabricados/he will have manufactured
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos fabricadowe will have manufactured
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis fabricadoyou (plural) will have manufactured
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren fabricadothey will have manufactured

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

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Imperative tenses of Fabricar

Fabricar in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túfabrica(to you) manufacture!
Ella / Él / Ustedfabrique(to you formal) manufacture!
Nosotras / Nosotrosfabriquemoslet's manufacture!
Vosotras / Vosotrosfabricad(to you plural) manufacture!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfabriquen(to you plural formal) manufacture!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (fabrica); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (fabrique, fabriquemos, fabriquen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (fabricad).

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Fabricar in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno fabriques(to you) don't manufacture!
Ella / Él / Ustedno fabrique(to you formal) don't manufacture!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno fabriquemoslet's not manufacture!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno fabriquéis(to you plural) don't manufacture!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno fabriquen(to you plural formal) don't manufacture!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no fabriques, no fabrique, no fabriquemos, no fabriquéis, no fabriquen.

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Frequently asked questions about Fabricar

Is fabricar a regular or irregular verb?

Fabricar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (fabriqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (fabrique).

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

In the present tense (presente), fabricar is conjugated as: yo fabrico, tú fabricas, él/ella/usted fabrica, nosotros fabricamos, vosotros fabricáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fabrican. 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 fabricar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), fabricar is conjugated as: yo fabriqué, tú fabricaste, él/ella/usted fabricó, nosotros fabricamos, vosotros fabricasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fabricaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), fabricar is conjugated as: yo fabricaba, tú fabricabas, él/ella/usted fabricaba, nosotros fabricábamos, vosotros fabricabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes fabricaban. 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 fabricar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), fabricar is conjugated as: yo fabricaré, tú fabricarás, él/ella/usted fabricará, nosotros fabricaremos, vosotros fabricaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fabricarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), fabricar is conjugated as: yo fabrique, tú fabriques, él/ella/usted fabrique, nosotros fabriquemos, vosotros fabriquéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fabriquen. 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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