Condimentar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb condimentar means to season, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Condimentar is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of condimentar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo condimento la carne — "I season the meat" — and in the preterite you say Yo condimenté con especias — "I seasoned with spices". 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: condimentar
- English: to season
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: condimentando
- Past participle: condimentado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + condimentado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for condimentar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for condimentar. 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.
Gerund: condimentando · Past participle: condimentado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimento |
| tú | condimentas |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimenta |
| nosotros/as | condimentamos |
| vosotros/as | condimentáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimentan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimenté |
| tú | condimentaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimentó |
| nosotros/as | condimentamos |
| vosotros/as | condimentasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimentaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimentaba |
| tú | condimentabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimentaba |
| nosotros/as | condimentábamos |
| vosotros/as | condimentabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimentaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimentaré |
| tú | condimentarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimentará |
| nosotros/as | condimentaremos |
| vosotros/as | condimentaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimentarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimentaría |
| tú | condimentarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimentaría |
| nosotros/as | condimentaríamos |
| vosotros/as | condimentaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimentarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he condimentado |
| tú | has condimentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha condimentado |
| nosotros/as | hemos condimentado |
| vosotros/as | habéis condimentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han condimentado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había condimentado |
| tú | habías condimentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había condimentado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos condimentado |
| vosotros/as | habíais condimentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían condimentado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré condimentado |
| tú | habrás condimentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá condimentado |
| nosotros/as | habremos condimentado |
| vosotros/as | habréis condimentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán condimentado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría condimentado |
| tú | habrías condimentado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría condimentado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos condimentado |
| vosotros/as | habríais condimentado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían condimentado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimente |
| tú | condimentes |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimente |
| nosotros/as | condimentemos |
| vosotros/as | condimentéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimenten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | condimentara |
| tú | condimentaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimentara |
| nosotros/as | condimentáramos |
| vosotros/as | condimentarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimentaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | condimenta |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimente |
| nosotros/as | condimentemos |
| vosotros/as | condimentad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimenten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | condimentes |
| él/ella/Ud. | condimente |
| nosotros/as | condimentemos |
| vosotros/as | condimentéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | condimenten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | condimentando | with estar for the progressive: estoy condimentando |
| Past participle | condimentado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he condimentado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For condimentar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo condimento con especias — "I season with spices". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For condimentar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo condimenté el guiso — "I seasoned the stew". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For condimentar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo condimentaba la carne — "I used to season the meat". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For condimentar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo condimentaré con especias — "I will season with spices". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For condimentar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo condimentaría el guiso — "I would season the stew". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For condimentar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he condimentado la carne — "I have seasoned the meat". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For condimentar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había condimentado con especias — "I had seasoned with spices". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For condimentar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré condimentado el guiso — "I will have seasoned the stew". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For condimentar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría condimentado la carne — "I would have seasoned the meat". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For condimentar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él condimente con especias — "I hope he seasons with spices". 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 condimentar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo condimentara el guiso, todo cambiaría — "If I seasoned the stew, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For condimentar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Condimente la carne — "Let him season the meat". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For condimentar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No condimentes con especias — "Don't season with spices". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 condimentar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo condimento el guiso — "I season the stew"
- Él condimenta la carne — "He seasons the meat"
- Yo condimenté con especias — "I seasoned with spices"
- Yo condimentaba el guiso — "I used to season the stew"
- Tú condimentarás la carne — "You will season the meat"
- Yo condimentaría con especias — "I would season with spices"
- Él ha condimentado el guiso — "He has seasoned the stew"
- Espero que él condimente la carne — "I hope he seasons the meat"
- Yo había condimentado con especias — "I had seasoned with spices"
- Ellos condimentaban el guiso — "They used to season the stew"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos condimenta la carne — Right: Ellos condimentan la carne — Ellos needs the ellos form condimentan. The singular condimenta belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo condimento — Right: Ayer, yo condimenté — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to condimenté.
- Wrong: De niño, yo condimenté todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo condimentaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (condimentaba), not the preterite. The preterite (condimenté) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy condimentado con especias. — Right: Yo he condimentado con especias. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he condimentado, has condimentado, ha condimentado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él condimenta la carne. — Right: Espero que él condimente la carne. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: condimente. The indicative condimenta is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on condimentar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la carne. (present tense) A. condimentara B. condimentaran C. condimenta D. condimento
Complete the sentence: Él ___ la carne. (preterite) A. condimentó B. has condimentado C. condimentaré D. condimente
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ la carne. (imperfect) A. condimentáis B. condimento C. condimentas D. condimentábamos
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la carne. (future) A. condimentaría B. condimentáis C. condimentará D. condimentarás
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la carne. (conditional) A. habrás condimentado B. condimentaría C. condimentaré D. condimenta
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ la carne. (present subjunctive) A. condimentaban B. ha condimentado C. condimente D. habrán condimentado
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ la carne, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. condimentarais B. condimentara C. habían condimentado D. condimentaríais
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ la carne. (present perfect) A. condimentaremos B. condimentaban C. hemos condimentado D. condimento
Complete the command: No ___ la carne. (negative imperative, tú) A. condimente B. condimentemos C. condimentes D. condimenten
Which is the gerund of condimentar, used with estar for the progressive? A. condimentado B. condimentaré C. condimentando D. condimentaba
Answer key
- condimento — The yo present tense of condimentar is condimento.
- condimentó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of condimentar is condimentó.
- condimentábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of condimentar is condimentábamos.
- condimentarás — The tú future of condimentar is condimentarás.
- condimentaría — The yo conditional of condimentar is condimentaría.
- condimente — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of condimentar is condimente.
- condimentara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of condimentar is condimentara.
- hemos condimentado — The nosotros/as present perfect of condimentar is hemos condimentado.
- condimentes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: condimentes.
- condimentando — The gerund of condimentar is condimentando: estoy condimentando. The participle condimentado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does condimentar mean in English?
Condimentar means to season. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo condimento la carne. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is condimentar regular?
Yes. Condimentar is a regular -ar verb: condimento, condimentas, condimenta. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the gerund and the past participle of condimentar?
The gerund is condimentando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy condimentando. The past participle is condimentado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he condimentado.
How do I say “I season” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo condimenté con especias. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo condimentaba el guiso. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he condimentado la carne.
How do I practise condimentar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the condimentar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Condimentar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for condimentar.
- Condimentar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for condimentar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
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- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
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