Ella Verbsplacer 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).

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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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | plazco | I please |
| Tú | places | you please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | place | s/he pleases |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placemos | we please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placéis | you (plural) please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placen | they please |
How it’s built: Yo adds a z (plazco); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | plací | I pleased |
| Tú | placiste | you pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | plació | s/he pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placimos | we pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placisteis | you (plural) pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placieron | they pleased |
How it’s built: Regular: stem plac- plus the -er endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | placía | I used to please |
| Tú | placías | you used to please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | placía | s/he used to please |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placíamos | we used to please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placíais | you (plural) used to please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placían | they used to please |
How it’s built: Regular: stem plac- plus the -er endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy placiendo | I am pleasing |
| Tú | estás placiendo | you are pleasing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está placiendo | s/he is pleasing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos placiendo | we are pleasing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis placiendo | you (plural) are pleasing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están placiendo | they are pleasing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund placiendo.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a placer | I am going to please |
| Tú | vas a placer | you are going to please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a placer | s/he is going to please |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a placer | we are going to please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a placer | you (plural) are going to please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a placer | they are going to please |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive placer.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | placeré | I will please |
| Tú | placerás | you will please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | placerá | s/he will please |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placeremos | we will please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placeréis | you (plural) will please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placerán | they will please |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive placer plus the future endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | placería | I would please |
| Tú | placerías | you would please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | placería | s/he would please |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placeríamos | we would please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placeríais | you (plural) would please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placerían | they would please |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive placer plus the conditional endings.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he placido | I have pleased |
| Tú | has placido | you have pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha placido | s/he has pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos placido | we have pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis placido | you (plural) have pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han placido | they have pleased |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle placido.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había placido | I had pleased |
| Tú | habías placido | you had pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había placido | s/he had pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos placido | we had pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais placido | you (plural) had pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían placido | they had pleased |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle placido.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré placido | I will have pleased |
| Tú | habrás placido | you will have pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá placido | s/he will have pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos placido | we will have pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis placido | you (plural) will have pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán placido | they will have pleased |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle placido.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría placido | I would have pleased |
| Tú | habrías placido | you would have pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría placido | s/he would have pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos placido | we would have pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais placido | you (plural) would have pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían placido | they 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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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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | plazca | I please |
| Tú | plazcas | you please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | plazca | s/he pleases |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | plazcamos | we please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | plazcáis | you (plural) please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | plazcan | they please |
How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, plazco (plazca, plazcas, plazca, plazcamos, plazcáis, plazcan).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | placiera | I pleased |
| Tú | placieras | you pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | placiera | s/he pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placiéramos | we pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placierais | you (plural) pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placieran | they pleased |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, placieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (placiéramos).
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | placiere | I will please |
| Tú | placieres | you will please |
| Ella / Él / Usted | placiere | s/he will please |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | placiéremos | we will please |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placiereis | you (plural) will please |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | placieren | they will please |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, placieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (placiéremos).
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya placido | I have pleased |
| Tú | hayas placido | you have pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya placido | s/he has pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos placido | we have pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis placido | you (plural) have pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan placido | they have pleased |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle placido.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera placido | I had pleased |
| Tú | hubieras placido | you had pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera placido | s/he had pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos placido | we had pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais placido | you (plural) had pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran placido | they had pleased |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle placido.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere placido | I will have pleased |
| Tú | hubieres placido | you will have pleased |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere placido | s/he will have pleased |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos placido | we will have pleased |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis placido | you (plural) will have pleased |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren placido | they will have pleased |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle placido.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | place | (to you) please! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | plazca | (to you formal) please! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | plazcamos | let's please! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | placed | (to you plural) please! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | plazcan | (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).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no plazcas | (to you) don't please! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no plazca | (to you formal) don't please! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no plazcamos | let's not please! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no plazcáis | (to you plural) don't please! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no 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.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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