Comentar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb comentar means to comment, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. 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. Like every Spanish verb, comentar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say comento la noticia con los compañeros, and in the preterite you say comenté la foto en las redes sociales. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: comentar
- English: to comment
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: comentando
- Past participle: comentado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + comentado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for comentar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Comentar is fully regular: comenté, comentaba, comentaré. Comentar algo is to comment on it, not just to mention it.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for comentar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comento |
| tú | comentas |
| él/ella/Ud. | comenta |
| nosotros/as | comentamos |
| vosotros/as | comentáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comentan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comenté |
| tú | comentaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | comentó |
| nosotros/as | comentamos |
| vosotros/as | comentasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comentaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comentaba |
| tú | comentabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | comentaba |
| nosotros/as | comentábamos |
| vosotros/as | comentabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comentaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comentaré |
| tú | comentarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | comentará |
| nosotros/as | comentaremos |
| vosotros/as | comentaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comentarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comentaría |
| tú | comentarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | comentaría |
| nosotros/as | comentaríamos |
| vosotros/as | comentaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comentarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he comentado |
| tú | has comentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha comentado |
| nosotros/as | hemos comentado |
| vosotros/as | habéis comentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han comentado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había comentado |
| tú | habías comentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había comentado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos comentado |
| vosotros/as | habíais comentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían comentado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré comentado |
| tú | habrás comentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá comentado |
| nosotros/as | habremos comentado |
| vosotros/as | habréis comentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán comentado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría comentado |
| tú | habrías comentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría comentado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos comentado |
| vosotros/as | habríais comentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían comentado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comente |
| tú | comentes |
| él/ella/Ud. | comente |
| nosotros/as | comentemos |
| vosotros/as | comentéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comenten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | comentara |
| tú | comentaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | comentara |
| nosotros/as | comentáramos |
| vosotros/as | comentarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comentaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | comenta |
| él/ella/Ud. | comente |
| nosotros/as | comentemos |
| vosotros/as | comentad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comenten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | comentes |
| él/ella/Ud. | comente |
| nosotros/as | comentemos |
| vosotros/as | comentéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | comenten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | comentando | with estar for the progressive: estoy comentando |
| Past participle | comentado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he comentado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Comento la noticia con los compañeros. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Preterite
Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, comenté el partido después del juego. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect
Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, comentaba la foto en las redes sociales. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future
Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, comentaré el libro en el club de lectura. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional
Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Comentaría la noticia con los compañeros si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present perfect
Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he comentado el partido después del juego. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Pluperfect
Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había comentado la foto en las redes sociales antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future perfect
Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré comentado el libro en el club de lectura. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional perfect
Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría comentado la noticia con los compañeros con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él comente el partido después del juego. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él comentara la foto en las redes sociales, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (affirmative)
Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Comenta el libro en el club de lectura! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (negative)
Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For comentar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No comentes la noticia con los compañeros. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with comentar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Comento la noticia con los compañeros. — I comment the news with colleagues.
- Comenta el partido después del juego. — He/she comments the match after the game.
- Ayer, comenté la foto en las redes sociales. — Yesterday, I commented the photo on social media.
- Antes, nosotros comentábamos el libro en el club de lectura. — Before, we used to comment the book at the book club.
- Mañana, tú comentarás la noticia con los compañeros. — Tomorrow, you will comment the news with colleagues.
- Yo comentaría el partido después del juego si tuviera más tiempo. — I would comment the match after the game if I had more time.
- Él ha comentado la foto en las redes sociales. — He has commented the photo on social media.
- Espero que él comente el libro en el club de lectura. — I hope he comments the book at the book club.
- Yo ya había comentado la noticia con los compañeros antes de salir. — I had already commented the news with colleagues before leaving.
- Ellos comentaban el partido después del juego cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to comment the match after the game when they were young.
Common mistakes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la noticia con los compañeros. (present tense) A. comento B. comentas C. comenta D. comentamos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ el partido después del juego. (preterite) A. comenté B. comentaste C. comentaron D. comentó
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ la foto en las redes sociales. (imperfect) A. comentabas B. comentaban C. comentábamos D. comentaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ el libro en el club de lectura. (future) A. comentaremos B. comentarás C. comentaré D. comentará
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la noticia con los compañeros si pudiera. (conditional) A. comentaría B. comentarías C. comentarían D. comento
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el partido después del juego. (present subjunctive) A. comentes B. comentemos C. comento D. comente
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ la foto en las redes sociales, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. comentáramos B. comento C. comentara D. comentaras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el libro en el club de lectura. (present perfect) A. han comentado B. hemos comentado C. he comentado D. has comentado
Complete the command: ¡___ la noticia con los compañeros! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. comenta B. comente C. comentemos D. comentad
Which is the gerund of comentar, used with estar for the progressive? A. comentado B. comento C. comenté D. comentando
Answer key
- comento — The first-person present of comentar is comento. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
- comentó — The third-person preterite of comentar is comentó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
- comentábamos — The nosotros imperfect of comentar is comentábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
- comentarás — The second-person future of comentar is comentarás.
- comentaría — The first-person conditional of comentar is comentaría, the form for what would happen.
- comente — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of comentar is comente.
- comentara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of comentar is comentara.
- hemos comentado — The nosotros present perfect of comentar is hemos comentado: hemos + comentado.
- comenta — The affirmative tú imperative of comentar is comenta.
- comentando — The gerund of comentar is comentando: estoy comentando. The participle comentado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does comentar mean in English?
Comentar means to comment. It is used in everyday situations such as Comento la noticia con los compañeros. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is comentar regular or irregular?
Comentar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including comento in the present and comenté in the preterite.
What is the difference between comentar and mencionar?
Comentar means to comment, while mencionar means to mention in passing. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use comentar when you mean to comment, as in Comento la noticia con los compañeros, and use mencionar for to mention in passing. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I comment” in the past?
It depends on the kind of 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 present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the comentar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Comentar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for comentar.
- Comentar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for comentar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Mencionar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with comentar.
- Nombrar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with comentar.
- Anunciar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with comentar.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.