Exportar Conjugation in Spanish

Learning to conjugate exportar — «to export» — opens up a whole set of sentences you will use every day. It is a regular -ar verb verb, and this page covers it completely: thirteen tenses, the gerund exportando and the past participle exportado, example sentences in every tense, the common mistakes and a quiz with an answer key. A good first sentence to learn is «Yo exporto todos los días» — I export every day. Once you can say that, the rest of the table falls into place person by person.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: exportar
  • English: to export
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: exportando
  • Past participle: exportado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + exportado)

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

Full conjugation tables

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

Gerund: exportando · Past participle: exportado

Present Indicative

Person Form
yo exporto
tú exportas
él/ella/Ud. exporta
nosotros/as exportamos
vosotros/as exportáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. exportan

Use the present of exportar for things that happen regularly and for things that are true in general. The yo form exporto is the anchor of the table: the other persons follow the regular -ar endings from it. When you talk about yourself right now, this is the form you need.

Preterite

Person Form
yo exporté
tú exportaste
él/ella/Ud. exportó
nosotros/as exportamos
vosotros/as exportasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. exportaron

Use the preterite of exportar for a single finished event: something that happened once and is over. The yo form is exporté. If you can put a finished time expression with it — ayer, la semana pasada, anoche — the preterite is usually right.

Imperfect

Person Form
yo exportaba
tú exportabas
él/ella/Ud. exportaba
nosotros/as exportábamos
vosotros/as exportabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. exportaban

Use the imperfect of exportar for what used to happen and for what was going on when something else happened. The yo form is exportaba. If the action has no clear beginning or end in the story, the imperfect is the right choice.

Future

Person Form
yo exportaré
tú exportarás
él/ella/Ud. exportará
nosotros/as exportaremos
vosotros/as exportaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. exportarán

Use the future of exportar for plans, promises and predictions. The yo form is exportaré, built on the infinitive plus the future endings. For a firm plan, the future sounds more formal than ir a + infinitive; for a casual plan, either works.

Conditional

Person Form
yo exportaría
tú exportarías
él/ella/Ud. exportaría
nosotros/as exportaríamos
vosotros/as exportaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. exportarían

Use the conditional of exportar for hypothetical situations and for softening requests. The yo form is exportaría. It appears after si-clauses with the imperfect subjunctive and on its own for polite suggestions.

Present Perfect

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

Use the present perfect of exportar for recent events with present relevance. The yo form is he exportado — haber in the present plus exportado. Time expressions like hoy, esta semana and últimamente are its natural partners.

Pluperfect

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

Use the pluperfect of exportar when you need two layers of past: one event already finished before another past event began. The yo form is había exportado. It is the tense of «had already done».

Future Perfect

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

Use the future perfect of exportar to say that something will be finished by a future moment. The yo form is habré exportado. It pairs naturally with deadlines: para mañana, para el viernes, para entonces.

Conditional Perfect

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

Use the conditional perfect of exportar for the past that did not happen: what would have been done with more time or a different choice. The yo form is habría exportado. It follows si-clauses with the pluperfect subjunctive.

Present Subjunctive

Person Form
yo exporte
tú exportes
él/ella/Ud. exporte
nosotros/as exportemos
vosotros/as exportéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. exporten

Use the present subjunctive of exportar when the main clause expresses a wish, a doubt, an emotion or an impersonal judgement. The yo form is exporte. After espero que, ojalá que and no creo que, the subjunctive is required, not optional.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Form
yo exportara
tú exportaras
él/ella/Ud. exportara
nosotros/as exportáramos
vosotros/as exportarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. exportaran

Use the imperfect subjunctive of exportar after past-tense wishes and doubts, and in si-clauses that set up a hypothetical present. The yo form is exportara. It is built on the third-person plural preterite stem, which is why it looks different from the present subjunctive.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Form
tú exporta
él/ella/Ud. exporte
nosotros/as exportemos
vosotros/as exportad
ellos/ellas/Uds. exporten

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

Use the affirmative imperative of exportar to tell someone to do something: instructions, invitations and requests. The tú form is exporta. For a polite command, use the usted form exporte instead of the tú form.

Imperative — Negative

Person Form
tú exportes
él/ella/Ud. exporte
nosotros/as exportemos
vosotros/as exportéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. exporten

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

Use the negative imperative of exportar to forbid or to warn: «¡No exportes!». The tú form is exportes, taken from the present subjunctive. The word no always comes first, and the form never changes for emphasis.

Example sentences

  1. Yo exporto todos los días. — I export every day.
  2. Ayer yo exporté por la tarde. — Yesterday I exported in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, yo exportaba todos los días. — In the past, I used to export every day.
  4. Mañana yo exportaré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will export without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, yo exportaría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would export right now.
  6. Hoy yo he exportado dos veces. — Today I have exported twice.
  7. Espero que tú exportes pronto. — I hope You export soon.
  8. Si yo exportara, todo sería distinto. — If I exported, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo yo estoy exportando. — Right now I am exporting.
  10. ¡exporta, por favor! — Export, please!

Common mistakes

1. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer yo exportaba.

Right: Ayer yo exporté.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, exporté. The imperfect exportaba 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 exportas.

Right: Espero que tú exportes.

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

3. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No exporta.

Right: No exportes.

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

4. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

Wrong: Yo exportar todos los días.

Right: Yo exporto todos los días.

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

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He exportando.

Right: He exportado.

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

Quiz

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

1. What is the vosotros/as form of exportar in the present indicative?

- (a) exportáis
- (b) exporto
- (c) exporta
- (d) exportas

2. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of exportar in the preterite?

- (a) exportaron
- (b) exportó
- (c) exporté
- (d) exportaste

3. What is the yo form of exportar in the imperfect?

- (a) exportábamos
- (b) exportabas
- (c) exportaba
- (d) exportaba

4. What is the tú form of exportar in the future?

- (a) exportaré
- (b) exportarás
- (c) exportaremos
- (d) exportará

5. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of exportar in the conditional?

- (a) exportaría
- (b) exportarías
- (c) exportaría
- (d) exportaríamos

6. What is the nosotros/as form of exportar in the present perfect?

- (a) has exportado
- (b) ha exportado
- (c) he exportado
- (d) hemos exportado

7. What is the vosotros/as form of exportar in the present subjunctive?

- (a) exporte
- (b) exportes
- (c) exporte
- (d) exportéis

8. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of exportar in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) exportara
- (b) exportaran
- (c) exportaras
- (d) exportara

9. What is the gerund of exportar?

- (a) exportado
- (b) exportar
- (c) exporto
- (d) exportando

10. What is the past participle of exportar?

- (a) exportar
- (b) exportando
- (c) exportado
- (d) exporté

Answer key

1. (a) — In the present indicative, the vosotros/as form of exportar is exportáis. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (a) — In the preterite, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of exportar is exportaron. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (c) — In the imperfect, the yo form of exportar is exportaba. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (b) — In the future, the tú form of exportar is exportarás. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (a) — In the conditional, the él/ella/Ud. form of exportar is exportaría. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (d) — In the present perfect, the nosotros/as form of exportar is hemos exportado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (d) — In the present subjunctive, the vosotros/as form of exportar is exportéis. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (b) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of exportar is exportaran. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (d) — The gerund of exportar is exportando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy exportando». 10. (c) — The past participle of exportar is exportado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he exportado».

Frequently asked questions

Is exportar regular or irregular?

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

What are the gerund and past participle of exportar?

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

How do I say «I export» in Spanish?

Say «Yo exporto 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 exportar?

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

When do I use the subjunctive with exportar?

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

How do I use exportar in the present perfect?

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

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