buscar conjugation
spelling-change verbto look for
Buscar means to look for. It is a regular -ar verb with spelling changes: busqué in the preterite, busque in the present subjunctive and busque in the imperative.
busqué Underlined forms change their spelling.
Present
| yo | busco |
|---|---|
| tú | buscas |
| vos | buscás |
| él, ella, usted | busca |
| nosotros | buscamos |
| vosotros | buscáis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | buscan |
Preterite
| yo | busqué, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | buscaste |
| vos | buscaste |
| él, ella, usted | buscó |
| nosotros | buscamos |
| vosotros | buscasteis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | buscaron |
Imperfect
| yo | buscaba |
|---|---|
| tú | buscabas |
| vos | buscabas |
| él, ella, usted | buscaba |
| nosotros | buscábamos |
| vosotros | buscabais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | buscaban |
Future
| yo | buscaré |
|---|---|
| tú | buscarás |
| vos | buscarás |
| él, ella, usted | buscará |
| nosotros | buscaremos |
| vosotros | buscaréis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | buscarán |
Conditional
| yo | buscaría |
|---|---|
| tú | buscarías |
| vos | buscarías |
| él, ella, usted | buscaría |
| nosotros | buscaríamos |
| vosotros | buscaríais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | buscarían |
Present subjunctive
| yo | busque, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | busques, irregular |
| vos | busques, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | busque, irregular |
| nosotros | busquemos, irregular |
| vosotros | busquéis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | busquen, irregular |
Imperfect subjunctive
| yo | buscarabuscase |
|---|---|
| tú | buscarasbuscases |
| vos | buscarasbuscases |
| él, ella, usted | buscarabuscase |
| nosotros | buscáramosbuscásemos |
| vosotros | buscaraisbuscaseis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | buscaranbuscasen |
Imperative
| tú | busca |
|---|---|
| vos | buscá |
| usted | busque, irregular |
| nosotros | busquemos, irregular |
| vosotros | buscad |
| ustedes | busquen, irregular |
Perfect tenses
Haber plus buscado: he buscado, había buscado, habré buscado. Gerund buscando. haber conjugation
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¿Qué buscó en él? - -.
What did he look for in him? - -.
Voy a buscar mi mochila.
I'm going to look for my backpack.
Estoy buscando mis lentes.
I'm looking for my glasses.
¿Qué buscas en el armario?
What are you looking for in the closet?
Where buscar changes its spelling
- busqué. Before e, c is written qu to keep the sound: busqué, busque, busques.
Vos and vosotros
| vos buscás, buscá | Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and much of Central America. The other tenses use the tú form. |
|---|---|
| vosotros buscáis, buscad | Spain. Latin America says ustedes buscan. |
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