Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Ocultar in Spanish
To hide Regular AR Verb
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Ocultar
- Ocultar in the Indicative Present
- Ocultar in the Indicative Preterite
- Ocultar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Ocultar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Ocultar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Ocultar in the Indicative Future
- Ocultar in the Indicative Conditional
- Ocultar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Ocultar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Ocultar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Ocultar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Ocultar
- Imperative tenses of Ocultar
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practice Ocultar conjugations (free mobile app)
Introduction
Ocultar is the Spanish verb for "to hide". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to ocultar include: disimular, esconder.
| Spanish | English | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ocultar | to hide |
| Past participle | ocultado | hidden |
| Gerund | ocultando | hiding |
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Indicative Tenses of Ocultar
Ocultar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of ocultar 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, "oculto", meaning "I hide".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | oculto | I hide |
| Tú | ocultas | you hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | oculta | s/he hides, you (formal) hides |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultamos | we hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultáis | you (plural) hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultan | they hide, you (plural formal) hide |
Ocultar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of ocultar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "oculté", meaning "I hid".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | oculté | I hid |
| Tú | ocultaste | you hid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ocultó | s/he hid, you (formal) hid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultamos | we hid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultasteis | you (plural) hid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultaron | they hid, you (plural formal) hid |
Ocultar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of ocultar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "ocultaba", meaning "I used to hide".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ocultaba | I used to hide |
| Tú | ocultabas | you used to hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ocultaba | s/he used to hide, you (formal) used to hide |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultábamos | we used to hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultabais | you (plural) used to hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultaban | they used to hide, you (plural formal) used to hide |
Ocultar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of ocultar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy ocultando", meaning "I am hiding".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy ocultando | I am hiding |
| Tú | estás ocultando | you are hiding |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está ocultando | s/he is hiding, you (formal) are hiding |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos ocultando | we are hiding |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis ocultando | you (plural) are hiding |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están ocultando | they are hiding, you (plural formal) are hiding |
Ocultar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of ocultar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a ocultar", meaning "I am going to hide".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a ocultar | I am going to hide |
| Tú | vas a ocultar | you are going to hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a ocultar | s/he is going to hide, you (formal) are going to hide |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a ocultar | we are going to hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a ocultar | you (plural) are going to hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a ocultar | they are going to hide, you (plural formal) are going to hide |
Ocultar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of ocultar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "ocultaré", meaning "I will hide".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ocultaré | I will hide |
| Tú | ocultarás | you will hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ocultará | s/he will hide, you (formal) will hide |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultaremos | we will hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultaréis | you (plural) will hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultarán | they will hide, you (plural formal) will hide |
Ocultar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of ocultar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "ocultaría", meaning "I would hide".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ocultaría | I would hide |
| Tú | ocultarías | you would hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ocultaría | s/he would hide, you (formal) would hide |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultaríamos | we would hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultaríais | you (plural) would hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultarían | they would hide, you (plural formal) would hide |
Ocultar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of ocultar 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 ocultado", meaning "I have hidden".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ocultado | I have hidden |
| Tú | has ocultado | you have hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha ocultado | s/he has hidden, you (formal) have hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos ocultado | we have hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis ocultado | you (plural) have hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han ocultado | they have hidden, you (plural formal) have hidden |
Ocultar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of ocultar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había ocultado", meaning "I had hidden".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había ocultado | I had hidden |
| Tú | habías ocultado | you had hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había ocultado | s/he had hidden, you (formal) had hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos ocultado | we had hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais ocultado | you (plural) had hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían ocultado | they had hidden, you (plural formal) had hidden |
Ocultar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of ocultar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré ocultado", meaning "I will have hidden".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré ocultado | I will have hidden |
| Tú | habrás ocultado | you will have hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá ocultado | s/he will have hidden, you (formal) will have hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos ocultado | we will have hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis ocultado | you (plural) will have hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán ocultado | they will have hidden, you (plural formal) will have hidden |
Ocultar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of ocultar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría ocultado", meaning "I would have hidden".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría ocultado | I would have hidden |
| Tú | habrías ocultado | you would have hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría ocultado | s/he would have hidden, you (formal) would have hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos ocultado | we would have hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais ocultado | you (plural) would have hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían ocultado | they would have hidden, you (plural formal) would have hidden |
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Subjunctive Tenses of Ocultar
Ocultar 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, "oculte", meaning "I hide".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | oculte | I hide |
| Tú | ocultes | you hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | oculte | s/he hides, you (formal) hides |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultemos | we hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultéis | you (plural) hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | oculten | they hide, you (plural formal) hide |
Ocultar 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, "ocultara", meaning "I hid".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ocultara | I hid |
| Tú | ocultaras | you hid |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ocultara | s/he hid, you (formal) hid |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultáramos | we hid |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultarais | you (plural) hid |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultaran | they hid, you (plural formal) hid |
Ocultar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. Note that this is very rarely used in Spanish. For example, "ocultare", meaning "I will hide".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ocultare | I will hide |
| Tú | ocultares | you will hide |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ocultare | s/he will hide, you (formal) will hide |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultáremos | we will hide |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultareis | you (plural) will hide |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ocultaren | they will hide, you (plural formal) will hide |
Ocultar 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 ocultado", meaning "I have hidden".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya ocultado | I have hidden |
| Tú | hayas ocultado | you have hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya ocultado | s/he has hidden, you (formal) have hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos ocultado | we have hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis ocultado | you (plural) have hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan ocultado | they have hidden, you (plural formal) have hidden |
Ocultar 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 ocultado", meaning "I had hidden".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ocultado | I had hidden |
| Tú | hubieras ocultado | you had hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera ocultado | s/he had hidden, you (formal) had hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos ocultado | we had hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais ocultado | you (plural) had hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran ocultado | they had hidden, you (plural formal) had hidden |
Ocultar 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. Note that this is very rarely used in Spanish. For example, "hubiere ocultado", meaning "I will have hidden".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ocultado | I will have hidden |
| Tú | hubieres ocultado | you will have hidden |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere ocultado | s/he will have hidden, you (formal) will have hidden |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos ocultado | we will have hidden |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis ocultado | you (plural) will have hidden |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren ocultado | they will have hidden, you (plural formal) will have hidden |
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Imperative Tenses of Ocultar
Ocultar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "oculte", meaning "(to you formal) hide!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | oculta | (to you) hide! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | oculte | (to you formal) hide! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | ocultemos | let's hide! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | ocultad | (to you plural) hide! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | oculten | (to you plural formal) hide! |
Ocultar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no oculte", meaning "(to you formal) don't hide!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no ocultes | (to you) don't hide! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no oculte | (to you formal) don't hide! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no ocultemos | let's not hide! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no ocultéis | (to you plural) don't hide! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no oculten | (to you plural formal) don't hide! |
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