Comentar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

comentar means to comment, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Comentar means to comment, and it is used for commenting on the news, a match, a photo and a book. It suggests a fuller opinion than mencionar, which is a brief mention, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. This page puts comentar to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for comentar, and the full tables are on the comentar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo comento la noticia con los compañeros. — I comment the news with colleagues.
  2. Él comenta el partido después del juego. — He/she comments the match after the game.
  3. Ayer, yo comenté la foto en las redes sociales. — Yesterday, I commented the photo on social media.
  4. Antes, nosotros comentábamos el libro en el club de lectura. — Before, we used to comment the book at the book club.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú comentarás la noticia con los compañeros. — Tomorrow, you will comment the news with colleagues.
  2. Yo comentaría el partido después del juego. — I would comment the match after the game.
  3. Él ha comentado la foto en las redes sociales. — He/she has commented the photo on social media.
  4. Espero que él comente el libro en el club de lectura. — I hope he/she comments the book at the book club.

With other people

  1. Nosotros comentamos la noticia con los compañeros. — We comment the news with colleagues.
  2. Vosotros comentáis el partido después del juego. — You all comment the match after the game.
  3. Antes, ellos comentaban la foto en las redes sociales. — Before, they used to comment the photo on social media.
  4. Mañana, él comentará el libro en el club de lectura. — Tomorrow, he/she will comment the book at the book club.

Comentar in context

Two short dialogues that use comentar the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy comento la noticia con los compañeros." — "Today I comment the news with colleagues."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, comenté la foto en las redes sociales." — "Yesterday I commented the photo on social media."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú comentarás el partido después del juego?" — "And tomorrow, will you will comment the match after the game?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros comentamos el libro en el club de lectura." — "Tomorrow we comment the book at the book club."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo comentaría el partido después del juego si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would comment the match after the game if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él comente la noticia con los compañeros." — "I hope he comments the news with colleagues."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha comentado la foto en las redes sociales." — "Surely. He has already has commented the photo on social media."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo comenta la noticia con los compañeros. — Right: Yo comento la noticia con los compañeros. — The person matters: comenta is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is comento. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Vosotros comentais el partido después del juego. — Right: Vosotros comentáis el partido después del juego. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: comentáis, not comentais. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating comentar and mencionar as identical in every context. — Right: Comentar means to comment, while mencionar means to mention in passing. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: comentar fits sentences such as Comento la noticia con los compañeros, while mencionar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy comentado el partido después del juego. — Right: Yo he comentado el partido después del juego. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he comentado, has comentado, ha comentado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo comenté la foto en las redes sociales todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo comentaba la foto en las redes sociales todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (comentaba), not the preterite. The preterite (comenté) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on comentar: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la noticia con los compañeros. (present tense) A. comento B. comentas C. comenta D. comentamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ el partido después del juego. (preterite tense) A. comenté B. comentaste C. comentamos D. comentó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la foto en las redes sociales. (future tense) A. comentará B. comentaremos C. comentarás D. comentaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el libro en el club de lectura. (imperfect tense) A. comentabais B. comentábamos C. comentaba D. comentabas

  5. What does "Yo comento la noticia con los compañeros." mean in English? A. I comment the news with colleagues. B. I comment the match after the game. C. I comment the photo on social media. D. I comment the book at the book club.

  6. What does "Él comentó el partido después del juego." mean in English? A. He/she commented the news with colleagues. B. He/she commented the photo on social media. C. He/she commented the book at the book club. D. He/she commented the match after the game.

  7. What does "Nosotros comentaremos la foto en las redes sociales." mean in English? A. We will comment the match after the game. B. We will comment the book at the book club. C. We will comment the photo on social media. D. We will comment the news with colleagues.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo comentan el partido después del juego. B. Yo comenta el partido después del juego. C. Yo comento el partido después del juego.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él comenté la foto en las redes sociales. B. Él comentó la foto en las redes sociales. C. Él comentaron la foto en las redes sociales.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo comente el libro en el club de lectura. B. Yo comenten el libro en el club de lectura. C. Yo comente el libro en el club de lectura.

Answer key

  1. comento — The yo present form of comentar is comento.
  2. comentó — The el preterite form of comentar is comentó.
  3. comentarás — The tu future form of comentar is comentarás.
  4. comentábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of comentar is comentábamos.
  5. I comment the news with colleagues. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form comento, so the English is "I comment the news with colleagues." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she commented the match after the game. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form comentó, so the English is "He/she commented the match after the game." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will comment the photo on social media. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form comentaremos, so the English is "We will comment the photo on social media." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo comento el partido después del juego. — The correct sentence is "Yo comento el partido después del juego." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él comentó la foto en las redes sociales. — The correct sentence is "Él comentó la foto en las redes sociales." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo comente el libro en el club de lectura. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo comente el libro en el club de lectura." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does comentar mean, and when do I use it?

Comentar means to comment. Comentar means to comment, and it is used for commenting on the news, a match, a photo and a book. It suggests a fuller opinion than mencionar, which is a brief mention, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. A good first sentence to remember is Yo comento la noticia con los compañeros. — "I comment the news with colleagues."

What is the difference between comentar and mencionar?

Comentar means to comment, while mencionar means to mention in passing. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use comentar when you mean to comment, as in Yo comento el partido después del juego., and use mencionar for to mention in passing.

How do I say "I comment" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo comenté el partido después del juego.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo comentaba la foto en las redes sociales.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he comentado el partido después del juego..

How do I practise comentar?

Start with the comentar conjugation page for the full tables, then the comentar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Comentar is fully regular: comenté, comentaba, comentaré. Comentar algo is to comment on it, not just to mention it.

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