Facilitar Present Tense Conjugation in Spanish

The present tense of facilitar — "to make easy, to provide" in English — is the form you need for what happens now, for habits and for general truths. This page gives you the full present conjugation table for facilitar with all six persons, explains exactly how the tense is formed for this verb, shows when to use it with real examples, and finishes with a quiz so you can test yourself. Facilitar means to make easy or to provide, and it is used for making a task easier for students, providing access to a building and providing information to a customer. It is the opposite of dificultar, and it is a fully regular -ar verb. To see it in a real sentence: Él facilita la tarea a los alumnos. — "He/she makes easy the task for the students." Work through the table below, then the formation notes, the usage rules and the contrast with the preterite, and test yourself at the end.

Present tense conjugation table: facilitar

Every person of facilitar in the present tense. The gerund is facilitando and the past participle is facilitado.

Present indicative

Person Form
yo facilito
tú facilitas
él/ella/Ud. facilita
nosotros/as facilitamos
vosotros/as facilitáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. facilitan

How the present indicative of facilitar is formed

The present indicative of facilitar is built from the stem facilit- plus the present endings for -ar verbs. Take the infinitive, drop the -ar ending, and add the ending that matches the person. The table below shows the endings, and the full table above shows them attached to the stem.

Person Ending Form
yo -o facilito
tú -as facilitas
él/ella/Ud. -a facilita
nosotros/as -amos facilitamos
vosotros/as -áis facilitáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. -an facilitan

The gerund of facilitar is facilitando and the past participle is facilitado. Both are regular for this verb, and the participle is the form you need for all the perfect tenses with haber.

When to use the present tense of facilitar

The present tense is not one single use — it covers several situations, and facilitar appears in all of them. The five uses below are the ones you will meet most often, each with an example that shows the verb in a natural sentence.

Habits and routines

The present tense describes things you do regularly. If you do it every day, every week or every morning, the present is the tense to use. For facilitar, this use looks like this: "Yo facilito la tarea a los alumnos." — "I make easy the task for the students." Notice how the present form carries the time meaning on its own, without any extra word for the tense.

General facts

The present tense states facts that are generally true, not tied to one moment. It is the tense for definitions and permanent situations. For facilitar, this use looks like this: "Él facilita el acceso al edificio." — "He/she makes easy access to the building." Notice how the present form carries the time meaning on its own, without any extra word for the tense.

What is happening now

The present tense also covers what is happening at this moment, especially with verbs that describe an action in progress. For facilitar, this use looks like this: "Nosotros facilitamos la información al cliente." — "We make easy the information to the customer." Notice how the present form carries the time meaning on its own, without any extra word for the tense.

Timetables and schedules

The present tense is used for fixed plans and timetables, such as trains, classes and opening times, even when they refer to the future. For facilitar, this use looks like this: "Ellos facilitan el trabajo con una guía clara." — "They make easy the work with a clear guide." Notice how the present form carries the time meaning on its own, without any extra word for the tense.

Instructions and requests

The present tense appears in instructions and polite requests, where it sounds softer than a direct command. For facilitar, this use looks like this: "Tú facilitas la tarea a los alumnos." — "You make easy the task for the students." Notice how the present form carries the time meaning on its own, without any extra word for the tense.

The present tense vs the preterite

Learners often mix up the present and the preterite with facilitar. The rule is simple: the present is for habits, facts and what is happening now, while the preterite is for one finished action in the past. The three pairs below show the same idea in both tenses, so you can feel the difference.

Pair 1: present vs preterite

  • Present: "Yo facilito la tarea a los alumnos." — "I make easy the task for the students."
  • Preterite: "Yo facilité la tarea a los alumnos." — "I made easy the task for the students." The first sentence uses the present because it describes a habit or a present fact; the second uses the preterite because it describes a finished action. The verb is the same — only the tense changes the meaning.

Pair 2: present vs preterite

  • Present: "Él facilita el acceso al edificio." — "He/she makes easy access to the building."
  • Preterite: "Él facilitó el acceso al edificio." — "He/she made easy access to the building." The first sentence uses the present because it describes a habit or a present fact; the second uses the preterite because it describes a finished action. The verb is the same — only the tense changes the meaning.

Pair 3: present vs preterite

  • Present: "Nosotros facilitamos la información al cliente." — "We make easy the information to the customer."
  • Preterite: "Nosotros facilitamos la información al cliente." — "We made easy the information to the customer." The first sentence uses the present because it describes a habit or a present fact; the second uses the preterite because it describes a finished action. The verb is the same — only the tense changes the meaning.

Example sentences in the present tense

Eight natural sentences with facilitar in the present tense only. Each one uses a form from the table above.

  1. Yo facilito la tarea a los alumnos. — I make easy the task for the students.
  2. Tú facilitas el acceso al edificio. — You make easy access to the building.
  3. Él facilita la información al cliente. — He/she makes easy the information to the customer.
  4. Nosotros facilitamos el trabajo con una guía clara. — We make easy the work with a clear guide.
  5. Vosotros facilitáis la tarea a los alumnos. — You all make easy the task for the students.
  6. Ellos facilitan el acceso al edificio. — They make easy access to the building.
  7. Yo facilito la información al cliente. — I make easy the information to the customer.
  8. Él facilita el trabajo con una guía clara. — He/she makes easy the work with a clear guide.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Vosotros facilitais el acceso al edificio. — Right: Vosotros facilitáis el acceso al edificio. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: facilitáis, not facilitais.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, yo facilito la información al cliente. — Right: Ayer, yo facilité la información al cliente. — Ayer means yesterday, so it needs the preterite (facilité), not the present (facilito). The present is for now, not for yesterday.
  3. Wrong: Yo facilita la tarea a los alumnos. — Right: Yo facilito la tarea a los alumnos. — The person matters: facilita is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is facilito.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy facilitado el acceso al edificio. — Right: Yo he facilitado el acceso al edificio. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he facilitado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.

Quiz: test yourself

Eight questions on the present tense of facilitar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la tarea a los alumnos. (present tense) A. facilito B. facilitas C. facilita D. facilitamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ el acceso al edificio. (present tense) A. facilitas B. facilito C. facilita D. facilitamos

  3. Complete the sentence: Él ___ la información al cliente. (present tense) A. facilita B. facilito C. facilitas D. facilitamos

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el trabajo con una guía clara. (present tense) A. facilitamos B. facilito C. facilitas D. facilita

  5. Complete the sentence: Vosotros ___ la tarea a los alumnos. (present tense) A. facilitáis B. facilito C. facilitas D. facilita

  6. Complete the sentence: Ellos ___ el acceso al edificio. (present tense) A. facilitan B. facilito C. facilitas D. facilita

  7. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la información al cliente. (present tense) A. facilito B. facilitas C. facilita D. facilitamos

  8. Complete the sentence: Él ___ el trabajo con una guía clara. (present tense) A. facilita B. facilito C. facilitas D. facilitamos

Answer key

  1. facilito — The yo present form of facilitar is facilito. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  2. facilitas — The tu present form of facilitar is facilitas. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  3. facilita — The el present form of facilitar is facilita. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  4. facilitamos — The nosotros present form of facilitar is facilitamos. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  5. facilitáis — The vosotros present form of facilitar is facilitáis. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  6. facilitan — The ellos present form of facilitar is facilitan. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  7. facilito — The yo present form of facilitar is facilito. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.
  8. facilita — The el present form of facilitar is facilita. The other options are the other persons of the same tense.

Frequently asked questions

When do I use the present tense of facilitar?

Use the present tense of facilitar for habits, facts and what is happening now. For example: Yo facilito la tarea a los alumnos. — "I make easy the task for the students." The usage rules above give five situations with examples.

How is the present tense of facilitar formed?

Take the stem facilit- and add the present endings for -ar verbs. The full table is at the top of this page.

What is the difference between the present and the preterite of facilitar?

The present describes a habit or a present fact, while the preterite describes a finished action. Compare Yo facilito el acceso al edificio. with Yo facilité el acceso al edificio. — the verb is the same, but the time meaning changes.

How do I practise the present tense of facilitar?

Drill the six forms in the table above until you can say them without looking, then use the facilitar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and test yourself with the Facilitar conjugation page for the full picture across all tenses.

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