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How to conjugate Placer in Spanish

placer to please Irregular Verb

At a glance: Placer (to please) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: plazco, places, place, placemos, placéis, placen. Yo adds a z (plazco); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (plazca).

Past participle
placido pleased
Gerund
placiendo pleasing
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Indicative tenses of Placer

Placer in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of placer 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, “plazco”, meaning “I please”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplazcoI please
Túplacesyou please
Ella / Él / Ustedplaces/he pleases
Nosotras / Nosotrosplacemoswe please
Vosotras / Vosotrosplacéisyou (plural) please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplacenthey please

How it’s built: Yo adds a z (plazco); the other forms are regular.

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Placer in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplacíI pleased
Túplacisteyou pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedplaciós/he pleased
Nosotras / Nosotrosplacimoswe pleased
Vosotras / Vosotrosplacisteisyou (plural) pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplacieronthey pleased

How it’s built: Regular: stem plac- plus the -er endings.

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Placer in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplacíaI used to please
Túplacíasyou used to please
Ella / Él / Ustedplacías/he used to please
Nosotras / Nosotrosplacíamoswe used to please
Vosotras / Vosotrosplacíaisyou (plural) used to please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplacíanthey used to please

How it’s built: Regular: stem plac- plus the -er endings.

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Placer in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy placiendoI am pleasing
Túestás placiendoyou are pleasing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá placiendos/he is pleasing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos placiendowe are pleasing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis placiendoyou (plural) are pleasing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán placiendothey are pleasing

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

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Placer in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a placerI am going to please
Túvas a placeryou are going to please
Ella / Él / Ustedva a placers/he is going to please
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a placerwe are going to please
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a placeryou (plural) are going to please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a placerthey are going to please

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

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Placer in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplaceréI will please
Túplacerásyou will please
Ella / Él / Ustedplacerás/he will please
Nosotras / Nosotrosplaceremoswe will please
Vosotras / Vosotrosplaceréisyou (plural) will please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplaceránthey will please

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

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Placer in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplaceríaI would please
Túplaceríasyou would please
Ella / Él / Ustedplacerías/he would please
Nosotras / Nosotrosplaceríamoswe would please
Vosotras / Vosotrosplaceríaisyou (plural) would please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplaceríanthey would please

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

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Placer in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of placer 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 placido”, meaning “I have pleased”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe placidoI have pleased
Túhas placidoyou have pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedha placidos/he has pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos placidowe have pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis placidoyou (plural) have pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan placidothey have pleased

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

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Placer in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía placidoI had pleased
Túhabías placidoyou had pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía placidos/he had pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos placidowe had pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais placidoyou (plural) had pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían placidothey had pleased

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

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Placer in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré placidoI will have pleased
Túhabrás placidoyou will have pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá placidos/he will have pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos placidowe will have pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis placidoyou (plural) will have pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán placidothey will have pleased

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

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Placer in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría placidoI would have pleased
Túhabrías placidoyou would have pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría placidos/he would have pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos placidowe would have pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais placidoyou (plural) would have pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían placidothey would have pleased

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Placer

Placer 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, “plazca”, meaning “I please”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplazcaI please
Túplazcasyou please
Ella / Él / Ustedplazcas/he pleases
Nosotras / Nosotrosplazcamoswe please
Vosotras / Vosotrosplazcáisyou (plural) please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplazcanthey please

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, plazco (plazca, plazcas, plazca, plazcamos, plazcáis, plazcan).

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Placer 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, “placiera”, meaning “I pleased”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplacieraI pleased
Túplacierasyou pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedplacieras/he pleased
Nosotras / Nosotrosplaciéramoswe pleased
Vosotras / Vosotrosplacieraisyou (plural) pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplacieranthey pleased

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

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Placer 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, “placiere”, meaning “I will please”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoplaciereI will please
Túplacieresyou will please
Ella / Él / Ustedplacieres/he will please
Nosotras / Nosotrosplaciéremoswe will please
Vosotras / Vosotrosplaciereisyou (plural) will please
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplacierenthey will please

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

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Placer 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 placido”, meaning “I have pleased”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya placidoI have pleased
Túhayas placidoyou have pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya placidos/he has pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos placidowe have pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis placidoyou (plural) have pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan placidothey have pleased

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

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Placer 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 placido”, meaning “I had pleased”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera placidoI had pleased
Túhubieras placidoyou had pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera placidos/he had pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos placidowe had pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais placidoyou (plural) had pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran placidothey had pleased

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

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Placer 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 placido”, meaning “I will have pleased”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere placidoI will have pleased
Túhubieres placidoyou will have pleased
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere placidos/he will have pleased
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos placidowe will have pleased
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis placidoyou (plural) will have pleased
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren placidothey will have pleased

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

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Imperative tenses of Placer

Placer in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túplace(to you) please!
Ella / Él / Ustedplazca(to you formal) please!
Nosotras / Nosotrosplazcamoslet's please!
Vosotras / Vosotrosplaced(to you plural) please!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesplazcan(to you plural formal) please!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (place); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (plazca, plazcamos, plazcan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (placed).

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Placer in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno plazcas(to you) don't please!
Ella / Él / Ustedno plazca(to you formal) don't please!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno plazcamoslet's not please!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno plazcáis(to you plural) don't please!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno plazcan(to you plural formal) don't please!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no plazcas, no plazca, no plazcamos, no plazcáis, no plazcan.

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Frequently asked questions about Placer

Is placer a regular or irregular verb?

Placer is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo adds a z (plazco); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (plazca).

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

In the present tense (presente), placer is conjugated as: yo plazco, tú places, él/ella/usted place, nosotros placemos, vosotros placéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes placen. 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 placer in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), placer is conjugated as: yo plací, tú placiste, él/ella/usted plació, nosotros placimos, vosotros placisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes placieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), placer is conjugated as: yo placía, tú placías, él/ella/usted placía, nosotros placíamos, vosotros placíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes placían. 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 placer in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), placer is conjugated as: yo placeré, tú placerás, él/ella/usted placerá, nosotros placeremos, vosotros placeréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes placerán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), placer is conjugated as: yo plazca, tú plazcas, él/ella/usted plazca, nosotros plazcamos, vosotros plazcáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes plazcan. 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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