Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Votar in Spanish
votar to vote Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Votar (to vote) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: voto, votas, vota, votamos, votáis, votan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
- Past participle
- votado voted
- Gerund
- votando voting
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Votar
- Votar in the Indicative Present
- Votar in the Indicative Preterite
- Votar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Votar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Votar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Votar in the Indicative Future
- Votar in the Indicative Conditional
- Votar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Votar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Votar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Votar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Votar
- Imperative tenses of Votar
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Votar
Votar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of votar 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, “voto”, meaning “I vote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voto | I vote |
| TĂş | votas | you vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vota | s/he votes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votamos | we vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votáis | you (plural) vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votan | they vote |
How it’s built: Regular: stem vot- plus the -ar endings.
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Votar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of votar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “voté”, meaning “I voted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voté | I voted |
| TĂş | votaste | you voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | votó | s/he voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votamos | we voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votasteis | you (plural) voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votaron | they voted |
How it’s built: Regular: stem vot- plus the -ar endings.
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Votar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of votar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “votaba”, meaning “I used to vote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | votaba | I used to vote |
| TĂş | votabas | you used to vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | votaba | s/he used to vote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votábamos | we used to vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votabais | you (plural) used to vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votaban | they used to vote |
How it’s built: Regular: stem vot- plus the -ar endings.
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Votar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of votar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy votando”, meaning “I am voting”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy votando | I am voting |
| Tú | estás votando | you are voting |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está votando | s/he is voting |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos votando | we are voting |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis votando | you (plural) are voting |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están votando | they are voting |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund votando.
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Votar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of votar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a votar”, meaning “I am going to vote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro PrĂłximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a votar | I am going to vote |
| TĂş | vas a votar | you are going to vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a votar | s/he is going to vote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a votar | we are going to vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a votar | you (plural) are going to vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a votar | they are going to vote |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive votar.
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Votar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of votar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “votaré”, meaning “I will vote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | votaré | I will vote |
| Tú | votarás | you will vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | votará | s/he will vote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votaremos | we will vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votaréis | you (plural) will vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votarán | they will vote |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive votar plus the future endings.
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Votar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of votar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “votarĂa”, meaning “I would vote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | votarĂa | I would vote |
| TĂş | votarĂas | you would vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | votarĂa | s/he would vote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votarĂamos | we would vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votarĂais | you (plural) would vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votarĂan | they would vote |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive votar plus the conditional endings.
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Votar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of votar 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 votado”, meaning “I have voted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he votado | I have voted |
| TĂş | has votado | you have voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha votado | s/he has voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos votado | we have voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis votado | you (plural) have voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han votado | they have voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle votado.
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Votar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of votar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “habĂa votado”, meaning “I had voted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habĂa votado | I had voted |
| TĂş | habĂas votado | you had voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habĂa votado | s/he had voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habĂamos votado | we had voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habĂais votado | you (plural) had voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habĂan votado | they had voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (habĂa, habĂas, habĂa, habĂamos, habĂais, habĂan) plus the past participle votado.
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Votar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of votar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré votado”, meaning “I will have voted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré votado | I will have voted |
| Tú | habrás votado | you will have voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá votado | s/he will have voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos votado | we will have voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis votado | you (plural) will have voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán votado | they will have voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle votado.
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Votar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of votar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habrĂa votado”, meaning “I would have voted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habrĂa votado | I would have voted |
| TĂş | habrĂas votado | you would have voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrĂa votado | s/he would have voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habrĂamos votado | we would have voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habrĂais votado | you (plural) would have voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrĂan votado | they would have voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habrĂa, habrĂas, habrĂa, habrĂamos, habrĂais, habrĂan) plus the past participle votado.
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Subjunctive tenses of Votar
Votar 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, “vote”, meaning “I vote”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vote | I vote |
| TĂş | votes | you vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vote | s/he votes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votemos | we vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votéis | you (plural) vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | voten | they vote |
How it’s built: Regular: stem vot- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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Votar 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, “votara”, meaning “I voted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | votara | I voted |
| TĂş | votaras | you voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | votara | s/he voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votáramos | we voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votarais | you (plural) voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votaran | they voted |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, votaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (votáramos).
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Votar 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, “votare”, meaning “I will vote”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | votare | I will vote |
| TĂş | votares | you will vote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | votare | s/he will vote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votáremos | we will vote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votareis | you (plural) will vote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | votaren | they will vote |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, votaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (votáremos).
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Votar 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 votado”, meaning “I have voted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya votado | I have voted |
| TĂş | hayas votado | you have voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya votado | s/he has voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos votado | we have voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis votado | you (plural) have voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan votado | they have voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle votado.
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Votar 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 votado”, meaning “I had voted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera votado | I had voted |
| TĂş | hubieras votado | you had voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera votado | s/he had voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos votado | we had voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais votado | you (plural) had voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran votado | they had voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle votado.
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Votar 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 votado”, meaning “I will have voted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere votado | I will have voted |
| TĂş | hubieres votado | you will have voted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere votado | s/he will have voted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos votado | we will have voted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis votado | you (plural) will have voted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren votado | they will have voted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle votado.
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Imperative tenses of Votar
Votar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “vote”, meaning “(to you formal) vote!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| TĂş | vota | (to you) vote! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vote | (to you formal) vote! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | votemos | let's vote! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | votad | (to you plural) vote! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | voten | (to you plural formal) vote! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (vota); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (vote, votemos, voten); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (votad).
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Votar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no vote”, meaning “(to you formal) don't vote!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| TĂş | no votes | (to you) don't vote! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no vote | (to you formal) don't vote! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no votemos | let's not vote! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no votéis | (to you plural) don't vote! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no voten | (to you plural formal) don't vote! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no votes, no vote, no votemos, no votéis, no voten.
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Frequently asked questions about Votar
Is votar a regular or irregular verb?
Votar 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 votar in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), votar is conjugated as: yo voto, tú votas, él/ella/usted vota, nosotros votamos, vosotros votáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes votan. 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 votar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), votar is conjugated as: yo voté, tú votaste, él/ella/usted votó, nosotros votamos, vosotros votasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes votaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate votar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), votar is conjugated as: yo votaba, tú votabas, él/ella/usted votaba, nosotros votábamos, vosotros votabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes votaban. 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 votar in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), votar is conjugated as: yo votaré, tú votarás, él/ella/usted votará, nosotros votaremos, vosotros votaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes votarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate votar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), votar is conjugated as: yo vote, tú votes, él/ella/usted vote, nosotros votemos, vosotros votéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes voten. 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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