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How to conjugate Resolver in Spanish

resolver to solve, to resolve Irregular Verb

At a glance: Resolver (to solve, to resolve) is a widely used irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: resuelvo, resuelves, resuelve, resolvemos, resolvéis, resuelven. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (resuelvo, resuelves, resuelve, resuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (resuelva) and past participle (resuelto).

Past participle
resuelto solved
Gerund
resolviendo solving
Similar
dirimir, solucionar

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Indicative tenses of Resolver

Resolver in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of resolver 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, “resuelvo”, meaning “I solve”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresuelvoI solve
Túresuelvesyou solve
Ella / Él / Ustedresuelves/he solves
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolvemoswe solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolvéisyou (plural) solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresuelventhey solve

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (resuelvo, resuelves, resuelve, resuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Resolver in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresolvíI solved
Túresolvisteyou solved
Ella / Él / Ustedresolviós/he solved
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolvimoswe solved
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolvisteisyou (plural) solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresolvieronthey solved

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresolvíaI used to solve
Túresolvíasyou used to solve
Ella / Él / Ustedresolvías/he used to solve
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolvíamoswe used to solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolvíaisyou (plural) used to solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresolvíanthey used to solve

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy resolviendoI am solving
Túestás resolviendoyou are solving
Ella / Él / Ustedestá resolviendos/he is solving
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos resolviendowe are solving
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis resolviendoyou (plural) are solving
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán resolviendothey are solving

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a resolverI am going to solve
Túvas a resolveryou are going to solve
Ella / Él / Ustedva a resolvers/he is going to solve
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a resolverwe are going to solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a resolveryou (plural) are going to solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a resolverthey are going to solve

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresolveréI will solve
Túresolverásyou will solve
Ella / Él / Ustedresolverás/he will solve
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolveremoswe will solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolveréisyou (plural) will solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresolveránthey will solve

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresolveríaI would solve
Túresolveríasyou would solve
Ella / Él / Ustedresolverías/he would solve
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolveríamoswe would solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolveríaisyou (plural) would solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresolveríanthey would solve

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of resolver 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 resuelto”, meaning “I have solved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe resueltoI have solved
Túhas resueltoyou have solved
Ella / Él / Ustedha resueltos/he has solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos resueltowe have solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis resueltoyou (plural) have solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan resueltothey have solved

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía resueltoI had solved
Túhabías resueltoyou had solved
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía resueltos/he had solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos resueltowe had solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais resueltoyou (plural) had solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían resueltothey had solved

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré resueltoI will have solved
Túhabrás resueltoyou will have solved
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá resueltos/he will have solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos resueltowe will have solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis resueltoyou (plural) will have solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán resueltothey will have solved

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

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Resolver in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría resueltoI would have solved
Túhabrías resueltoyou would have solved
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría resueltos/he would have solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos resueltowe would have solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais resueltoyou (plural) would have solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían resueltothey would have solved

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Resolver

Resolver 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, “resuelva”, meaning “I solve”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresuelvaI solve
Túresuelvasyou solve
Ella / Él / Ustedresuelvas/he solves
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolvamoswe solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolváisyou (plural) solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresuelvanthey solve

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, resuelvo (resuelva, resuelvas, resuelva, resuelvan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Resolver 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, “resolviera”, meaning “I solved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresolvieraI solved
Túresolvierasyou solved
Ella / Él / Ustedresolvieras/he solved
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolviéramoswe solved
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolvieraisyou (plural) solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresolvieranthey solved

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

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Resolver 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, “resolviere”, meaning “I will solve”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoresolviereI will solve
Túresolvieresyou will solve
Ella / Él / Ustedresolvieres/he will solve
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolviéremoswe will solve
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolviereisyou (plural) will solve
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresolvierenthey will solve

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

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Resolver 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 resuelto”, meaning “I have solved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya resueltoI have solved
Túhayas resueltoyou have solved
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya resueltos/he has solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos resueltowe have solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis resueltoyou (plural) have solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan resueltothey have solved

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

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Resolver 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 resuelto”, meaning “I had solved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera resueltoI had solved
Túhubieras resueltoyou had solved
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera resueltos/he had solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos resueltowe had solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais resueltoyou (plural) had solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran resueltothey had solved

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

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Resolver 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 resuelto”, meaning “I will have solved”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere resueltoI will have solved
Túhubieres resueltoyou will have solved
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere resueltos/he will have solved
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos resueltowe will have solved
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis resueltoyou (plural) will have solved
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren resueltothey will have solved

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

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Imperative tenses of Resolver

Resolver in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túresuelve(to you) solve!
Ella / Él / Ustedresuelva(to you formal) solve!
Nosotras / Nosotrosresolvamoslet's solve!
Vosotras / Vosotrosresolved(to you plural) solve!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesresuelvan(to you plural formal) solve!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (resuelve); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (resuelva, resolvamos, resuelvan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (resolved).

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Resolver in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno resuelvas(to you) don't solve!
Ella / Él / Ustedno resuelva(to you formal) don't solve!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno resolvamoslet's not solve!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno resolváis(to you plural) don't solve!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno resuelvan(to you plural formal) don't solve!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no resuelvas, no resuelva, no resolvamos, no resolváis, no resuelvan.

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Frequently asked questions about Resolver

Is resolver a regular or irregular verb?

Resolver is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (resuelvo, resuelves, resuelve, resuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (resuelva) and past participle (resuelto).

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

In the present tense (presente), resolver is conjugated as: yo resuelvo, tú resuelves, él/ella/usted resuelve, nosotros resolvemos, vosotros resolvéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes resuelven. 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 resolver in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), resolver is conjugated as: yo resolví, tú resolviste, él/ella/usted resolvió, nosotros resolvimos, vosotros resolvisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes resolvieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), resolver is conjugated as: yo resolvía, tú resolvías, él/ella/usted resolvía, nosotros resolvíamos, vosotros resolvíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes resolvían. 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 resolver in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), resolver is conjugated as: yo resolveré, tú resolverás, él/ella/usted resolverá, nosotros resolveremos, vosotros resolveréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes resolverán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), resolver is conjugated as: yo resuelva, tú resuelvas, él/ella/usted resuelva, nosotros resolvamos, vosotros resolváis, ellos/ellas/ustedes resuelvan. 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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