Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Liberar in Spanish
liberar to release, to free Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Liberar (to release, to free) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: libero, liberas, libera, liberamos, liberáis, liberan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
- Past participle
- liberado released
- Gerund
- liberando releasing
- Similar
- estrenar, largar, soltar
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Liberar
- Liberar in the Indicative Present
- Liberar in the Indicative Preterite
- Liberar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Liberar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Liberar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Liberar in the Indicative Future
- Liberar in the Indicative Conditional
- Liberar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Liberar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Liberar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Liberar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Liberar
- Imperative tenses of Liberar
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Liberar
Liberar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of liberar 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, “libero”, meaning “I release”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | libero | I release |
| Tú | liberas | you release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | libera | s/he releases |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberamos | we release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberáis | you (plural) release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberan | they release |
How it’s built: Regular: stem liber- plus the -ar endings.
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Liberar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of liberar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “liberé”, meaning “I released”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liberé | I released |
| Tú | liberaste | you released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | liberó | s/he released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberamos | we released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberasteis | you (plural) released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberaron | they released |
How it’s built: Regular: stem liber- plus the -ar endings.
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Liberar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of liberar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “liberaba”, meaning “I used to release”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liberaba | I used to release |
| Tú | liberabas | you used to release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | liberaba | s/he used to release |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberábamos | we used to release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberabais | you (plural) used to release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberaban | they used to release |
How it’s built: Regular: stem liber- plus the -ar endings.
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Liberar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of liberar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy liberando”, meaning “I am releasing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy liberando | I am releasing |
| Tú | estás liberando | you are releasing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está liberando | s/he is releasing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos liberando | we are releasing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis liberando | you (plural) are releasing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están liberando | they are releasing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund liberando.
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Liberar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of liberar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a liberar”, meaning “I am going to release”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a liberar | I am going to release |
| Tú | vas a liberar | you are going to release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a liberar | s/he is going to release |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a liberar | we are going to release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a liberar | you (plural) are going to release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a liberar | they are going to release |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive liberar.
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Liberar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of liberar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “liberaré”, meaning “I will release”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liberaré | I will release |
| Tú | liberarás | you will release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | liberará | s/he will release |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberaremos | we will release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberaréis | you (plural) will release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberarán | they will release |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive liberar plus the future endings.
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Liberar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of liberar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “liberaría”, meaning “I would release”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liberaría | I would release |
| Tú | liberarías | you would release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | liberaría | s/he would release |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberaríamos | we would release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberaríais | you (plural) would release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberarían | they would release |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive liberar plus the conditional endings.
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Liberar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of liberar 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 liberado”, meaning “I have released”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he liberado | I have released |
| Tú | has liberado | you have released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha liberado | s/he has released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos liberado | we have released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis liberado | you (plural) have released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han liberado | they have released |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle liberado.
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Liberar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of liberar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había liberado”, meaning “I had released”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había liberado | I had released |
| Tú | habías liberado | you had released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había liberado | s/he had released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos liberado | we had released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais liberado | you (plural) had released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían liberado | they had released |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle liberado.
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Liberar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of liberar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré liberado”, meaning “I will have released”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré liberado | I will have released |
| Tú | habrás liberado | you will have released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá liberado | s/he will have released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos liberado | we will have released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis liberado | you (plural) will have released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán liberado | they will have released |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle liberado.
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Liberar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of liberar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría liberado”, meaning “I would have released”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría liberado | I would have released |
| Tú | habrías liberado | you would have released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría liberado | s/he would have released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos liberado | we would have released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais liberado | you (plural) would have released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían liberado | they would have released |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle liberado.
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Subjunctive tenses of Liberar
Liberar 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, “libere”, meaning “I release”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | libere | I release |
| Tú | liberes | you release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | libere | s/he releases |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberemos | we release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberéis | you (plural) release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberen | they release |
How it’s built: Regular: stem liber- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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Liberar 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, “liberara”, meaning “I released”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liberara | I released |
| Tú | liberaras | you released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | liberara | s/he released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberáramos | we released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberarais | you (plural) released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberaran | they released |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, liberaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (liberáramos).
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Liberar 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, “liberare”, meaning “I will release”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liberare | I will release |
| Tú | liberares | you will release |
| Ella / Él / Usted | liberare | s/he will release |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberáremos | we will release |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberareis | you (plural) will release |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberaren | they will release |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, liberaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (liberáremos).
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Liberar 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 liberado”, meaning “I have released”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya liberado | I have released |
| Tú | hayas liberado | you have released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya liberado | s/he has released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos liberado | we have released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis liberado | you (plural) have released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan liberado | they have released |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle liberado.
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Liberar 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 liberado”, meaning “I had released”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera liberado | I had released |
| Tú | hubieras liberado | you had released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera liberado | s/he had released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos liberado | we had released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais liberado | you (plural) had released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran liberado | they had released |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle liberado.
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Liberar 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 liberado”, meaning “I will have released”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere liberado | I will have released |
| Tú | hubieres liberado | you will have released |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere liberado | s/he will have released |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos liberado | we will have released |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis liberado | you (plural) will have released |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren liberado | they will have released |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle liberado.
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Imperative tenses of Liberar
Liberar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “libere”, meaning “(to you formal) release!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | libera | (to you) release! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | libere | (to you formal) release! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | liberemos | let's release! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | liberad | (to you plural) release! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | liberen | (to you plural formal) release! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (libera); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (libere, liberemos, liberen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (liberad).
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Liberar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no libere”, meaning “(to you formal) don't release!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no liberes | (to you) don't release! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no libere | (to you formal) don't release! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no liberemos | let's not release! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no liberéis | (to you plural) don't release! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no liberen | (to you plural formal) don't release! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no liberes, no libere, no liberemos, no liberéis, no liberen.
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Frequently asked questions about Liberar
Is liberar a regular or irregular verb?
Liberar 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 liberar in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), liberar is conjugated as: yo libero, tú liberas, él/ella/usted libera, nosotros liberamos, vosotros liberáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes liberan. 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 liberar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), liberar is conjugated as: yo liberé, tú liberaste, él/ella/usted liberó, nosotros liberamos, vosotros liberasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes liberaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate liberar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), liberar is conjugated as: yo liberaba, tú liberabas, él/ella/usted liberaba, nosotros liberábamos, vosotros liberabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes liberaban. 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 liberar in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), liberar is conjugated as: yo liberaré, tú liberarás, él/ella/usted liberará, nosotros liberaremos, vosotros liberaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes liberarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate liberar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), liberar is conjugated as: yo libere, tú liberes, él/ella/usted libere, nosotros liberemos, vosotros liberéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes liberen. 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.
What’s the difference between liberar and liberarse?
Liberar means ‘to release, to free’ and liberarse means ‘to free (oneself)’. Liberarse is the reflexive form of liberar, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo libero becomes me libero. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so libera becomes libérate.
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