Evaluar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb evaluar means to evaluate, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Evaluar means to evaluate or assess: evaluar los resultados, evaluar a sus alumnos. It is common in education, business and official reports. Like every Spanish verb, evaluar 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 Yo evalúo los resultados del examen — "I evaluate the exam results". 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: evaluar
  • English: to evaluate
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: evaluando
  • Past participle: evaluado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + evaluado)

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

Full conjugation tables

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

Present indicative

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evalúo | | tú | evalúas | | él/ella/Ud. | evalúa | | nosotros/as | evaluamos | | vosotros/as | evaluáis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evalúan |

Preterite

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evalué | | tú | evaluaste | | él/ella/Ud. | evaluó | | nosotros/as | evaluamos | | vosotros/as | evaluasteis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evaluaron |

Imperfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evaluaba | | tú | evaluabas | | él/ella/Ud. | evaluaba | | nosotros/as | evaluábamos | | vosotros/as | evaluabais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evaluaban |

Future

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evaluaré | | tú | evaluarás | | él/ella/Ud. | evaluará | | nosotros/as | evaluaremos | | vosotros/as | evaluaréis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evaluarán |

Conditional

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evaluaría | | tú | evaluarías | | él/ella/Ud. | evaluaría | | nosotros/as | evaluaríamos | | vosotros/as | evaluaríais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evaluarían |

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evalúe | | tú | evalúes | | él/ella/Ud. | evalúe | | nosotros/as | evaluemos | | vosotros/as | evaluéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evalúen |

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evaluara | | tú | evaluaras | | él/ella/Ud. | evaluara | | nosotros/as | evaluáramos | | vosotros/as | evaluarais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evaluaran |

Imperative (affirmative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | evalúa | | él/ella/Ud. | evalúe | | nosotros/as | evaluemos | | vosotros/as | evaluad | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evalúen |

Imperative (negative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | evalúes | | él/ella/Ud. | evalúe | | nosotros/as | evaluemos | | vosotros/as | evaluéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evalúen |

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund evaluando with estar for the progressive: está evaluando
Past participle evaluado with haber for the perfect tenses: he evaluado

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 evaluar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo evalúo los resultados del examen — "I evaluate the exam results".

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 evaluar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, yo evalué el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "Yesterday, I evaluated the project before approving it".

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 evaluar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, yo evaluaba a sus alumnos cada trimestre — "As a child, I used to evaluate his pupils every term".

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 evaluar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, yo evaluaré los daños del incendio — "Tomorrow, I will evaluate the fire damage".

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 evaluar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo evaluaría los resultados del examen si pudiera — "I would evaluate the exam results if I could".

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 evaluar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, yo he evaluado el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "Today, I have evaluated the project before approving it".

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 evaluar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo ya había evaluado a sus alumnos cada trimestre antes de salir — "I already had evaluated his pupils every term before leaving".

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 evaluar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, yo habré evaluado los daños del incendio — "By tomorrow, I will have evaluated the fire damage".

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 evaluar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría evaluado los resultados del examen con más tiempo — "I would have evaluated the exam results with more time".

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 evaluar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él evalúe el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "I hope he evaluates the project before approving it".

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past. The -ra forms are 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 evaluar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo evaluara a sus alumnos cada trimestre, todo cambiaría — "If I evaluated his pupils every term, everything would change".

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 evaluar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Evalúa los daños del incendio. — "Evaluate the fire damage.".

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 evaluar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No evalúes los resultados del examen. — "Do not evaluate the exam results.".

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with evaluar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Yo evalúo los resultados del examen — "I evaluate the exam results"
  2. Mi amigo evalúa el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "My friend evaluates the project before approving it"
  3. Ayer, yo evalué a sus alumnos cada trimestre — "Yesterday, I evaluated his pupils every term"
  4. Antes, nosotros evaluábamos los daños del incendio — "Before, we used to evaluate the fire damage"
  5. Mañana, tú evaluarás la situación con calma — "Tomorrow, you will evaluate the situation calmly"
  6. Yo evaluaría los resultados del examen si tuviera más tiempo — "I would evaluate the exam results if I had more time"
  7. Él ha evaluado el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "He has evaluated the project before approving it"
  8. Espero que él evalúe a sus alumnos cada trimestre — "I hope he evaluates his pupils every term"
  9. Yo ya había evaluado los daños del incendio antes de salir — "I already had evaluated the fire damage before leaving"
  10. Ellos evaluaban la situación con calma cuando eran jóvenes — "They used to evaluate the situation calmly when they were young"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Espero que él evalúa el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — Right: Espero que él evalúe el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él evalúe el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — not the indicative Espero que él evalúa el proyecto antes de aprobarlo.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, yo evalúo a sus alumnos cada trimestre — Right: Ayer, yo evalué a sus alumnos cada trimestre — Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo evalué a sus alumnos cada trimestre.
  3. Wrong: De niño, yo evalué los daños del incendio todos los días — Right: De niño, yo evaluaba los daños del incendio todos los días — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo evaluaba los daños del incendio todos los días.
  4. Wrong: Yo evalúo en los resultados del examen. — Right: Yo evalúo los resultados del examen. — evaluar takes this complement directly, with no preposition: Yo evalúo los resultados del examen.
  5. Wrong: Vosotros evaluais la situación con calma. — Right: Vosotros evaluáis la situación con calma. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: evaluáis, not evaluais.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on evaluar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ los resultados del examen — "I evaluate the exam results" (present) A. evalúa B. evaluamos C. evalúo D. evalúas

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ______ el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "He evaluated the project before approving it" (preterite) A. evaluamos B. evaluó C. evalué D. evaluaste

  3. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ a sus alumnos cada trimestre — "We used to evaluate his pupils every term" (imperfect) A. evaluábamos B. evaluaba C. evaluabas D. evaluabais

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú ______ los daños del incendio — "You will evaluate the fire damage" (future) A. evaluaremos B. evaluarás C. evaluaré D. evaluará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ la situación con calma — "I would evaluate the situation calmly" (conditional) A. evaluaría B. evaluarías C. evaluaríamos D. evaluaríais

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ______ los resultados del examen — "I hope he evaluates the exam results" (present subjunctive) A. evaluemos B. evaluéis C. evalúe D. evalúes

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ______ el proyecto antes de aprobarlo, todo cambiaría — "If I evaluated the project before approving it, everything would change" (imperfect subjunctive) A. evaluarais B. evaluara C. evaluaras D. evaluáramos

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ a sus alumnos cada trimestre — "We have evaluated his pupils every term" (present perfect) A. ha evaluado B. hemos evaluado C. he evaluado D. has evaluado

  9. Complete the sentence: No ______ los daños del incendio. — "Do not evaluate the fire damage." (negative imperative) A. evaluéis B. evalúes C. evalúe D. evaluemos

  10. Which is the gerund of evaluar, used with estar for the progressive? A. evalúo B. evalué C. evaluando D. evaluado

Answer key

  1. evalúo — The present form for yo is evalúo.
  2. evaluó — The preterite form for él/ella/Ud. is evaluó.
  3. evaluábamos — The imperfect form for nosotros/as is evaluábamos.
  4. evaluarás — The future form for tú is evaluarás.
  5. evaluaría — The conditional form for yo is evaluaría.
  6. evalúe — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is evalúe.
  7. evaluara — The imperfect subjunctive form for yo is evaluara.
  8. hemos evaluado — The present perfect form for nosotros/as is hemos evaluado.
  9. evalúes — The negative imperative form is evalúes.
  10. evaluando — The gerund of evaluar is evaluando: estoy evaluando. The participle evaluado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does evaluar mean in English?

evaluar means to evaluate. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo evalúo los resultados del examen — "I evaluate the exam results". The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is evaluar regular?

Yes. evaluar is a regular -ar verb, so once you know the endings for its class you can conjugate it in every tense. The only thing to watch is the written accent on some forms, such as evaluáis.

What is the gerund and the past participle of evaluar?

The gerund is evaluando and the past participle is evaluado. Use the gerund with estar for the progressive, and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses.

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

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Ayer, yo evalué el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "Yesterday, I evaluated the project before approving it". For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: De niño, yo evaluaba a sus alumnos cada trimestre — "As a child, I used to evaluate his pupils every term". For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Hoy, yo he evaluado el proyecto antes de aprobarlo — "Today, I have evaluated the project before approving it".

What is the difference between evaluar and valorar?

Valorar is to value or appreciate something, and also to assess it. Evaluar is the more technical verb for evaluating results, projects and pupils. Evaluar means to evaluate or assess: evaluar los resultados, evaluar a sus alumnos. It is common in education, business and official reports.

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