Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Saltear in Spanish
saltear to saute Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Saltear (to saute) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: salteo, salteas, saltea, salteamos, salteáis, saltean. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
- Past participle
- salteado sauteed
- Gerund
- salteando sauteing
- Similar
- sofreír
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Saltear
- Saltear in the Indicative Present
- Saltear in the Indicative Preterite
- Saltear in the Indicative Imperfect
- Saltear in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Saltear in the Indicative Informal Future
- Saltear in the Indicative Future
- Saltear in the Indicative Conditional
- Saltear in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Saltear in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Saltear in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Saltear in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Saltear
- Imperative tenses of Saltear
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Saltear
Saltear in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of saltear 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, “salteo”, meaning “I saute”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | salteo | I saute |
| Tú | salteas | you saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | saltea | s/he sautes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteamos | we saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | salteáis | you (plural) saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | saltean | they saute |
How it’s built: Regular: stem salte- plus the -ar endings.
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Saltear in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of saltear is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “salteé”, meaning “I sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | salteé | I sauteed |
| Tú | salteaste | you sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | salteó | s/he sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteamos | we sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | salteasteis | you (plural) sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | saltearon | they sauteed |
How it’s built: Regular: stem salte- plus the -ar endings.
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Saltear in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of saltear is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “salteaba”, meaning “I used to saute”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | salteaba | I used to saute |
| Tú | salteabas | you used to saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | salteaba | s/he used to saute |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteábamos | we used to saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | salteabais | you (plural) used to saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | salteaban | they used to saute |
How it’s built: Regular: stem salte- plus the -ar endings.
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Saltear in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of saltear is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy salteando”, meaning “I am sauteing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy salteando | I am sauteing |
| Tú | estás salteando | you are sauteing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está salteando | s/he is sauteing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos salteando | we are sauteing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis salteando | you (plural) are sauteing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están salteando | they are sauteing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund salteando.
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Saltear in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of saltear is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a saltear”, meaning “I am going to saute”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a saltear | I am going to saute |
| Tú | vas a saltear | you are going to saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a saltear | s/he is going to saute |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a saltear | we are going to saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a saltear | you (plural) are going to saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a saltear | they are going to saute |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive saltear.
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Saltear in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of saltear is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “saltearé”, meaning “I will saute”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | saltearé | I will saute |
| Tú | saltearás | you will saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | salteará | s/he will saute |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | saltearemos | we will saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | saltearéis | you (plural) will saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | saltearán | they will saute |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive saltear plus the future endings.
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Saltear in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of saltear is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “saltearía”, meaning “I would saute”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | saltearía | I would saute |
| Tú | saltearías | you would saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | saltearía | s/he would saute |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | saltearíamos | we would saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | saltearíais | you (plural) would saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | saltearían | they would saute |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive saltear plus the conditional endings.
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Saltear in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of saltear 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 salteado”, meaning “I have sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he salteado | I have sauteed |
| Tú | has salteado | you have sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha salteado | s/he has sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos salteado | we have sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis salteado | you (plural) have sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han salteado | they have sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle salteado.
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Saltear in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of saltear is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había salteado”, meaning “I had sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había salteado | I had sauteed |
| Tú | habías salteado | you had sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había salteado | s/he had sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos salteado | we had sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais salteado | you (plural) had sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían salteado | they had sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle salteado.
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Saltear in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of saltear is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré salteado”, meaning “I will have sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré salteado | I will have sauteed |
| Tú | habrás salteado | you will have sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá salteado | s/he will have sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos salteado | we will have sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis salteado | you (plural) will have sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán salteado | they will have sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle salteado.
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Saltear in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of saltear is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría salteado”, meaning “I would have sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría salteado | I would have sauteed |
| Tú | habrías salteado | you would have sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría salteado | s/he would have sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos salteado | we would have sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais salteado | you (plural) would have sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían salteado | they would have sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle salteado.
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Subjunctive tenses of Saltear
Saltear 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, “saltee”, meaning “I saute”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | saltee | I saute |
| Tú | saltees | you saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | saltee | s/he sautes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteemos | we saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | salteéis | you (plural) saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | salteen | they saute |
How it’s built: Regular: stem salte- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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Saltear 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, “salteara”, meaning “I sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | salteara | I sauteed |
| Tú | saltearas | you sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | salteara | s/he sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteáramos | we sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | saltearais | you (plural) sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | saltearan | they sauteed |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, saltearon, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (salteáramos).
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Saltear 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, “salteare”, meaning “I will saute”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | salteare | I will saute |
| Tú | salteares | you will saute |
| Ella / Él / Usted | salteare | s/he will saute |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteáremos | we will saute |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | salteareis | you (plural) will saute |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | saltearen | they will saute |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, saltearon, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (salteáremos).
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Saltear 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 salteado”, meaning “I have sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya salteado | I have sauteed |
| Tú | hayas salteado | you have sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya salteado | s/he has sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos salteado | we have sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis salteado | you (plural) have sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan salteado | they have sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle salteado.
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Saltear 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 salteado”, meaning “I had sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera salteado | I had sauteed |
| Tú | hubieras salteado | you had sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera salteado | s/he had sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos salteado | we had sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais salteado | you (plural) had sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran salteado | they had sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle salteado.
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Saltear 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 salteado”, meaning “I will have sauteed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere salteado | I will have sauteed |
| Tú | hubieres salteado | you will have sauteed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere salteado | s/he will have sauteed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos salteado | we will have sauteed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis salteado | you (plural) will have sauteed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren salteado | they will have sauteed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle salteado.
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Imperative tenses of Saltear
Saltear in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “saltee”, meaning “(to you formal) saute!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | saltea | (to you) saute! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | saltee | (to you formal) saute! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | salteemos | let's saute! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | saltead | (to you plural) saute! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | salteen | (to you plural formal) saute! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (saltea); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (saltee, salteemos, salteen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (saltead).
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Saltear in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no saltee”, meaning “(to you formal) don't saute!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no saltees | (to you) don't saute! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no saltee | (to you formal) don't saute! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no salteemos | let's not saute! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no salteéis | (to you plural) don't saute! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no salteen | (to you plural formal) don't saute! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no saltees, no saltee, no salteemos, no salteéis, no salteen.
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Frequently asked questions about Saltear
Is saltear a regular or irregular verb?
Saltear 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.
How do you conjugate saltear in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), saltear is conjugated as: yo salteo, tú salteas, él/ella/usted saltea, nosotros salteamos, vosotros salteáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes saltean. 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 saltear in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), saltear is conjugated as: yo salteé, tú salteaste, él/ella/usted salteó, nosotros salteamos, vosotros salteasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes saltearon. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate saltear in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), saltear is conjugated as: yo salteaba, tú salteabas, él/ella/usted salteaba, nosotros salteábamos, vosotros salteabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes salteaban. 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 saltear in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), saltear is conjugated as: yo saltearé, tú saltearás, él/ella/usted salteará, nosotros saltearemos, vosotros saltearéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes saltearán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate saltear in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), saltear is conjugated as: yo saltee, tú saltees, él/ella/usted saltee, nosotros salteemos, vosotros salteéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes salteen. 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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