Elogiar Conjugation in Spanish

elogiar is the Spanish verb for «to praise». As a regular -ar verb verb it follows the -ar endings, and the tables on this page list every form so you never have to guess. You will find the present, the past tenses, the future, the conditional, the perfect tenses, the subjunctive and the imperative, each with a short note on when to use it. Start with the present tense: «Yo elogio todos los días» — I praise every day. Then work down the page tense by tense, and finish with the quiz.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: elogiar
  • English: to praise
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: elogiando
  • Past participle: elogiado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + elogiado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for elogiar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for elogiar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem.

Gerund: elogiando · Past participle: elogiado

Present Indicative

Person Form
yo elogio
tú elogias
él/ella/Ud. elogia
nosotros/as elogiamos
vosotros/as elogiáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogian

The present is the tense you will use most with elogiar. It covers daily routines, permanent facts and actions in progress. Learn the yo form elogio first, then the tú and él forms, which are the ones that change the stem in stem-changing verbs.

Preterite

Person Form
yo elogié
tú elogiaste
él/ella/Ud. elogió
nosotros/as elogiamos
vosotros/as elogiasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogiaron

The preterite of elogiar reports what happened. «Ayer yo elogié por la tarde» places the action firmly in finished time. It is the tense of stories and reports, not of background description.

Imperfect

Person Form
yo elogiaba
tú elogiabas
él/ella/Ud. elogiaba
nosotros/as elogiábamos
vosotros/as elogiabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogiaban

The imperfect of elogiar paints the background of a past scene: repeated actions, states and descriptions. «Antes, yo elogiaba todos los días» is the pattern. Pair it with the preterite when one event interrupts another.

Future

Person Form
yo elogiaré
tú elogiarás
él/ella/Ud. elogiará
nosotros/as elogiaremos
vosotros/as elogiaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogiarán

The future of elogiar looks forward: what will happen tomorrow, next week or next year. «Mañana yo elogiaré sin falta» is the pattern. Remember that the future can also express probability about the present in Spanish.

Conditional

Person Form
yo elogiaría
tú elogiarías
él/ella/Ud. elogiaría
nosotros/as elogiaríamos
vosotros/as elogiaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogiarían

The conditional of elogiar is the tense of «would»: what you would do, what would happen, what you would like. «Si pudiera, yo elogiaría sin dudarlo» shows the pattern. It is built on the infinitive, just like the future.

Present Perfect

Person Form
yo he elogiado
tú has elogiado
él/ella/Ud. ha elogiado
nosotros/as hemos elogiado
vosotros/as habéis elogiado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han elogiado

The present perfect of elogiar says «have done»: the action is finished but its result still matters now. «Hoy yo he elogiado dos veces» is the pattern. Learn the participle elogiado well — every perfect tense depends on it.

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había elogiado
tú habías elogiado
él/ella/Ud. había elogiado
nosotros/as habíamos elogiado
vosotros/as habíais elogiado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían elogiado

The pluperfect of elogiar steps one event further back than the preterite. «Antes de salir, yo había elogiado» is the pattern: first this happened, then the story moved on. It is haber in the imperfect plus elogiado.

Future Perfect

Person Form
yo habré elogiado
tú habrás elogiado
él/ella/Ud. habrá elogiado
nosotros/as habremos elogiado
vosotros/as habréis elogiado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán elogiado

The future perfect of elogiar combines the future of haber with elogiado. «Para el viernes, yo habré elogiado ya» is the pattern. Use it when the completion matters more than the action itself.

Conditional Perfect

Person Form
yo habría elogiado
tú habrías elogiado
él/ella/Ud. habría elogiado
nosotros/as habríamos elogiado
vosotros/as habríais elogiado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían elogiado

The conditional perfect of elogiar is the tense of «would have done». «Yo habría elogiado si hubiera podido» is the pattern. It is built from haber in the conditional plus elogiado.

Present Subjunctive

Person Form
yo elogie
tú elogies
él/ella/Ud. elogie
nosotros/as elogiemos
vosotros/as elogiéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogien

The present subjunctive of elogiar is the mood of what is wished, doubted or demanded rather than stated as fact. «Espero que tú elogies» is the pattern. If the trigger is in the past, switch to the imperfect subjunctive instead.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Form
yo elogiara
tú elogiaras
él/ella/Ud. elogiara
nosotros/as elogiáramos
vosotros/as elogiarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogiaran

The imperfect subjunctive of elogiar handles the hypothetical past and the polite conditional. «Ojalá yo elogiara más a menudo» is the pattern. The -ra forms in the table are the standard ones; the -se forms use the same stem with -se endings.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Form
tú elogia
él/ella/Ud. elogie
nosotros/as elogiemos
vosotros/as elogiad
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogien

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

The affirmative imperative of elogiar is for orders and instructions. «¡elogia, por favor!» is the pattern. Remember there is no yo form in the imperative, and the nosotros form doubles as a suggestion: «¡elogiemos!» means «let's do it».

Imperative — Negative

Person Form
tú elogies
él/ella/Ud. elogie
nosotros/as elogiemos
vosotros/as elogiéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. elogien

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

The negative imperative of elogiar is built on the present subjunctive: «¡No elogies!». Learn it as a set with the subjunctive table above, and never follow no with the affirmative command form.

Example sentences

  1. Yo elogio todos los días. — I praise every day.
  2. Ayer yo elogié por la tarde. — Yesterday I praised in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, yo elogiaba todos los días. — In the past, I used to praise every day.
  4. Mañana yo elogiaré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will praise without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, yo elogiaría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would praise right now.
  6. Hoy yo he elogiado dos veces. — Today I have praised twice.
  7. Espero que tú elogies pronto. — I hope You praise soon.
  8. Si yo elogiara, todo sería distinto. — If I praised, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo yo estoy elogiando. — Right now I am praising.
  10. ¡elogia, por favor! — Praise, please!

Common mistakes

1. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer yo elogiaba.

Right: Ayer yo elogié.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, elogié. The imperfect elogiaba describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

2. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que tú elogias.

Right: Espero que tú elogies.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: elogies, not the indicative elogias. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

3. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No elogia.

Right: No elogies.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no elogies. The affirmative elogia can never follow no.

4. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

Wrong: Yo elogiar todos los días.

Right: Yo elogio todos los días.

The infinitive elogiar names the action; it never works as the main verb of a sentence. Conjugate it for the person: yo elogio.

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He elogiando.

Right: He elogiado.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he elogiado. The gerund elogiando goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy elogiando»), never with haber.

Quiz

Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of elogiar in the present indicative?

- (a) elogian
- (b) elogio
- (c) elogia
- (d) elogias

2. What is the yo form of elogiar in the preterite?

- (a) elogió
- (b) elogiamos
- (c) elogié
- (d) elogiaste

3. What is the tú form of elogiar in the imperfect?

- (a) elogiaba
- (b) elogiabas
- (c) elogiaba
- (d) elogiábamos

4. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of elogiar in the future?

- (a) elogiaremos
- (b) elogiarás
- (c) elogiaré
- (d) elogiará

5. What is the nosotros/as form of elogiar in the conditional?

- (a) elogiaría
- (b) elogiaríamos
- (c) elogiarías
- (d) elogiaría

6. What is the vosotros/as form of elogiar in the present perfect?

- (a) he elogiado
- (b) ha elogiado
- (c) has elogiado
- (d) habéis elogiado

7. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of elogiar in the present subjunctive?

- (a) elogie
- (b) elogies
- (c) elogie
- (d) elogien

8. What is the yo form of elogiar in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) elogiara
- (b) elogiara
- (c) elogiaras
- (d) elogiáramos

9. What is the gerund of elogiar?

- (a) elogiando
- (b) elogiado
- (c) elogiar
- (d) elogio

10. What is the past participle of elogiar?

- (a) elogiado
- (b) elogiando
- (c) elogiar
- (d) elogié

Answer key

1. (a) — In the present indicative, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of elogiar is elogian. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (c) — In the preterite, the yo form of elogiar is elogié. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (b) — In the imperfect, the tú form of elogiar is elogiabas. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (d) — In the future, the él/ella/Ud. form of elogiar is elogiará. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (b) — In the conditional, the nosotros/as form of elogiar is elogiaríamos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (d) — In the present perfect, the vosotros/as form of elogiar is habéis elogiado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (d) — In the present subjunctive, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of elogiar is elogien. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (a) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the yo form of elogiar is elogiara. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (a) — The gerund of elogiar is elogiando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy elogiando». 10. (a) — The past participle of elogiar is elogiado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he elogiado».

Frequently asked questions

Is elogiar regular or irregular?

Yes — elogiar is a regular -ar verb. Learn the endings once and they work in every tense, with the stem elogi unchanged throughout.

What are the gerund and past participle of elogiar?

The gerund is elogiando and the past participle is elogiado. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy elogiando») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he elogiado»).

How do I say «I praise» in Spanish?

Say «Yo elogio todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of elogiar?

Use the preterite (elogié) for a single finished event and the imperfect (elogiaba) for habits and background. «Ayer yo elogié» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo elogiaba» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with elogiar?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú elogies». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

How do I use elogiar in the present perfect?

Put haber in the present before the past participle: «Hoy yo he elogiado». The participle elogiado never changes for person — only haber changes — so once you know the participle, the whole perfect tense follows.

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