Ella Verbsreaccionar to react Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Reaccionar (to react) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: reacciono, reaccionas, reacciona, reaccionamos, reaccionáis, reaccionan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.

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The Indicative Present of reaccionar 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, “reacciono”, meaning “I react”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reacciono | I react |
| Tú | reaccionas | you react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reacciona | s/he reacts |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionamos | we react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionáis | you (plural) react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionan | they react |
How it’s built: Regular: stem reaccion- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Preterite of reaccionar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “reaccioné”, meaning “I reacted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccioné | I reacted |
| Tú | reaccionaste | you reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccionó | s/he reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionamos | we reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionasteis | you (plural) reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionaron | they reacted |
How it’s built: Regular: stem reaccion- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Imperfect of reaccionar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “reaccionaba”, meaning “I used to react”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccionaba | I used to react |
| Tú | reaccionabas | you used to react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccionaba | s/he used to react |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionábamos | we used to react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionabais | you (plural) used to react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionaban | they used to react |
How it’s built: Regular: stem reaccion- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of reaccionar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy reaccionando”, meaning “I am reacting”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy reaccionando | I am reacting |
| Tú | estás reaccionando | you are reacting |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está reaccionando | s/he is reacting |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos reaccionando | we are reacting |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis reaccionando | you (plural) are reacting |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están reaccionando | they are reacting |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund reaccionando.
The Indicative Informal Future of reaccionar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a reaccionar”, meaning “I am going to react”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a reaccionar | I am going to react |
| Tú | vas a reaccionar | you are going to react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a reaccionar | s/he is going to react |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a reaccionar | we are going to react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a reaccionar | you (plural) are going to react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a reaccionar | they are going to react |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive reaccionar.
The Indicative Future of reaccionar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “reaccionaré”, meaning “I will react”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccionaré | I will react |
| Tú | reaccionarás | you will react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccionará | s/he will react |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionaremos | we will react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionaréis | you (plural) will react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionarán | they will react |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive reaccionar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of reaccionar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “reaccionaría”, meaning “I would react”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccionaría | I would react |
| Tú | reaccionarías | you would react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccionaría | s/he would react |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionaríamos | we would react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionaríais | you (plural) would react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionarían | they would react |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive reaccionar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of reaccionar 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 reaccionado”, meaning “I have reacted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he reaccionado | I have reacted |
| Tú | has reaccionado | you have reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha reaccionado | s/he has reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos reaccionado | we have reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis reaccionado | you (plural) have reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han reaccionado | they have reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle reaccionado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of reaccionar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había reaccionado”, meaning “I had reacted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había reaccionado | I had reacted |
| Tú | habías reaccionado | you had reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había reaccionado | s/he had reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos reaccionado | we had reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais reaccionado | you (plural) had reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían reaccionado | they had reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle reaccionado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of reaccionar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré reaccionado”, meaning “I will have reacted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré reaccionado | I will have reacted |
| Tú | habrás reaccionado | you will have reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá reaccionado | s/he will have reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos reaccionado | we will have reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis reaccionado | you (plural) will have reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán reaccionado | they will have reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle reaccionado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of reaccionar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría reaccionado”, meaning “I would have reacted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría reaccionado | I would have reacted |
| Tú | habrías reaccionado | you would have reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría reaccionado | s/he would have reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos reaccionado | we would have reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais reaccionado | you (plural) would have reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían reaccionado | they would have reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle reaccionado.
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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, “reaccione”, meaning “I react”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccione | I react |
| Tú | reacciones | you react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccione | s/he reacts |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionemos | we react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionéis | you (plural) react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionen | they react |
How it’s built: Regular: stem reaccion- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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, “reaccionara”, meaning “I reacted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccionara | I reacted |
| Tú | reaccionaras | you reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccionara | s/he reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionáramos | we reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionarais | you (plural) reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionaran | they reacted |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, reaccionaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (reaccionáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “reaccionare”, meaning “I will react”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | reaccionare | I will react |
| Tú | reaccionares | you will react |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccionare | s/he will react |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionáremos | we will react |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionareis | you (plural) will react |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionaren | they will react |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, reaccionaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (reaccionáremos).
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 reaccionado”, meaning “I have reacted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya reaccionado | I have reacted |
| Tú | hayas reaccionado | you have reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya reaccionado | s/he has reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos reaccionado | we have reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis reaccionado | you (plural) have reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan reaccionado | they have reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle reaccionado.
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 reaccionado”, meaning “I had reacted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera reaccionado | I had reacted |
| Tú | hubieras reaccionado | you had reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera reaccionado | s/he had reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos reaccionado | we had reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais reaccionado | you (plural) had reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran reaccionado | they had reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle reaccionado.
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 reaccionado”, meaning “I will have reacted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere reaccionado | I will have reacted |
| Tú | hubieres reaccionado | you will have reacted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere reaccionado | s/he will have reacted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos reaccionado | we will have reacted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis reaccionado | you (plural) will have reacted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren reaccionado | they will have reacted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle reaccionado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “reaccione”, meaning “(to you formal) react!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | reacciona | (to you) react! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | reaccione | (to you formal) react! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | reaccionemos | let's react! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | reaccionad | (to you plural) react! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reaccionen | (to you plural formal) react! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (reacciona); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (reaccione, reaccionemos, reaccionen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (reaccionad).
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no reaccione”, meaning “(to you formal) don't react!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no reacciones | (to you) don't react! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no reaccione | (to you formal) don't react! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no reaccionemos | let's not react! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no reaccionéis | (to you plural) don't react! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no reaccionen | (to you plural formal) don't react! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no reacciones, no reaccione, no reaccionemos, no reaccionéis, no reaccionen.
Reaccionar 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.
In the present tense (presente), reaccionar is conjugated as: yo reacciono, tú reaccionas, él/ella/usted reacciona, nosotros reaccionamos, vosotros reaccionáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes reaccionan. 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), reaccionar is conjugated as: yo reaccioné, tú reaccionaste, él/ella/usted reaccionó, nosotros reaccionamos, vosotros reaccionasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes reaccionaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), reaccionar is conjugated as: yo reaccionaba, tú reaccionabas, él/ella/usted reaccionaba, nosotros reaccionábamos, vosotros reaccionabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes reaccionaban. 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), reaccionar is conjugated as: yo reaccionaré, tú reaccionarás, él/ella/usted reaccionará, nosotros reaccionaremos, vosotros reaccionaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes reaccionarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), reaccionar is conjugated as: yo reaccione, tú reacciones, él/ella/usted reaccione, nosotros reaccionemos, vosotros reaccionéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes reaccionen. 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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