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How to conjugate Temblar in Spanish

temblar to tremble Irregular Verb

At a glance: Temblar (to tremble) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: tiemblo, tiemblas, tiembla, temblamos, tembláis, tiemblan. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (tiemblo, tiemblas, tiembla, tiemblan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (tiemble).

Past participle
temblado trembled
Gerund
temblando trembling
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Indicative tenses of Temblar

Temblar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of temblar 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, “tiemblo”, meaning “I tremble”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotiembloI tremble
Tútiemblasyou tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedtiemblas/he trembles
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblamoswe tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrostembláisyou (plural) tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestiemblanthey tremble

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (tiemblo, tiemblas, tiembla, tiemblan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Temblar in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotembléI trembled
Tútemblasteyou trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedtemblós/he trembled
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblamoswe trembled
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblasteisyou (plural) trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestemblaronthey trembled

How it’s built: Regular: stem tembl- plus the -ar endings.

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Temblar in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotemblabaI used to tremble
Tútemblabasyou used to tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedtemblabas/he used to tremble
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblábamoswe used to tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblabaisyou (plural) used to tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestemblabanthey used to tremble

How it’s built: Regular: stem tembl- plus the -ar endings.

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Temblar in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy temblandoI am trembling
Túestás temblandoyou are trembling
Ella / Él / Ustedestá temblandos/he is trembling
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos temblandowe are trembling
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis temblandoyou (plural) are trembling
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán temblandothey are trembling

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a temblarI am going to tremble
Túvas a temblaryou are going to tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedva a temblars/he is going to tremble
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a temblarwe are going to tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a temblaryou (plural) are going to tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a temblarthey are going to tremble

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotemblaréI will tremble
Tútemblarásyou will tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedtemblarás/he will tremble
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblaremoswe will tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblaréisyou (plural) will tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestemblaránthey will tremble

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotemblaríaI would tremble
Tútemblaríasyou would tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedtemblarías/he would tremble
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblaríamoswe would tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblaríaisyou (plural) would tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestemblaríanthey would tremble

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of temblar 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 temblado”, meaning “I have trembled”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe tembladoI have trembled
Túhas tembladoyou have trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedha temblados/he has trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos tembladowe have trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis tembladoyou (plural) have trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan tembladothey have trembled

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía tembladoI had trembled
Túhabías tembladoyou had trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía temblados/he had trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos tembladowe had trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais tembladoyou (plural) had trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían tembladothey had trembled

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré tembladoI will have trembled
Túhabrás tembladoyou will have trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá temblados/he will have trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos tembladowe will have trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis tembladoyou (plural) will have trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán tembladothey will have trembled

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

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Temblar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría tembladoI would have trembled
Túhabrías tembladoyou would have trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría temblados/he would have trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos tembladowe would have trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais tembladoyou (plural) would have trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían tembladothey would have trembled

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Temblar

Temblar 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, “tiemble”, meaning “I tremble”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotiembleI tremble
Tútiemblesyou tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedtiembles/he trembles
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblemoswe tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrostembléisyou (plural) tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestiemblenthey tremble

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, tiemblo (tiemble, tiembles, tiemble, tiemblen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Temblar 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, “temblara”, meaning “I trembled”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotemblaraI trembled
Tútemblarasyou trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedtemblaras/he trembled
Nosotras / Nosotrostembláramoswe trembled
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblaraisyou (plural) trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestemblaranthey trembled

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

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Temblar 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, “temblare”, meaning “I will tremble”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YotemblareI will tremble
Tútemblaresyou will tremble
Ella / Él / Ustedtemblares/he will tremble
Nosotras / Nosotrostembláremoswe will tremble
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblareisyou (plural) will tremble
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestemblarenthey will tremble

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

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Temblar 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 temblado”, meaning “I have trembled”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya tembladoI have trembled
Túhayas tembladoyou have trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya temblados/he has trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos tembladowe have trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis tembladoyou (plural) have trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan tembladothey have trembled

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

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Temblar 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 temblado”, meaning “I had trembled”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera tembladoI had trembled
Túhubieras tembladoyou had trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera temblados/he had trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos tembladowe had trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais tembladoyou (plural) had trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran tembladothey had trembled

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

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Temblar 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 temblado”, meaning “I will have trembled”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere tembladoI will have trembled
Túhubieres tembladoyou will have trembled
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere temblados/he will have trembled
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos tembladowe will have trembled
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis tembladoyou (plural) will have trembled
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren tembladothey will have trembled

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

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Imperative tenses of Temblar

Temblar in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Tútiembla(to you) tremble!
Ella / Él / Ustedtiemble(to you formal) tremble!
Nosotras / Nosotrostemblemoslet's tremble!
Vosotras / Vosotrostemblad(to you plural) tremble!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedestiemblen(to you plural formal) tremble!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (tiembla); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (tiemble, temblemos, tiemblen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (temblad).

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Temblar in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno tiembles(to you) don't tremble!
Ella / Él / Ustedno tiemble(to you formal) don't tremble!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno temblemoslet's not tremble!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno tembléis(to you plural) don't tremble!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno tiemblen(to you plural formal) don't tremble!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no tiembles, no tiemble, no temblemos, no tembléis, no tiemblen.

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Frequently asked questions about Temblar

Is temblar a regular or irregular verb?

Temblar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (tiemblo, tiemblas, tiembla, tiemblan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (tiemble).

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

In the present tense (presente), temblar is conjugated as: yo tiemblo, tú tiemblas, él/ella/usted tiembla, nosotros temblamos, vosotros tembláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes tiemblan. 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 temblar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), temblar is conjugated as: yo temblé, tú temblaste, él/ella/usted tembló, nosotros temblamos, vosotros temblasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes temblaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), temblar is conjugated as: yo temblaba, tú temblabas, él/ella/usted temblaba, nosotros temblábamos, vosotros temblabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes temblaban. 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 temblar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), temblar is conjugated as: yo temblaré, tú temblarás, él/ella/usted temblará, nosotros temblaremos, vosotros temblaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes temblarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), temblar is conjugated as: yo tiemble, tú tiembles, él/ella/usted tiemble, nosotros temblemos, vosotros tembléis, ellos/ellas/ustedes tiemblen. 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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