flotarverb
Flotar means to float in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as flotando, flotan and flotaba.
- to float
La madera flota en el agua.
Wood floats in water.
Una nube flotó por el cielo.
A cloud floated across the sky.
Me encanta flotar en el agua.
I love to float in the water.
La mesa no está a flote en el mar.
The table is not afloat in the sea.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| flotando | Gerund | |
| flotan | they | Present |
| flotaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| flotaban | they | Imperfect |
| flotó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| floten | they | Present subjunctive |
| flotará | he, she, it | Future |
| flotara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |
| flotamos | we | Present or preterite |
| flotaran | they | Past subjunctive |
| flotaron | they | Preterite |