Facilitar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb facilitar means to make easy, to provide, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. 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. Like every Spanish verb, facilitar 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 facilito la tarea a los alumnos, and in the preterite you say facilité la información al cliente. 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: facilitar
  • English: to make easy, to provide
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: facilitando
  • Past participle: facilitado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + facilitado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for facilitar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Facilitar is fully regular: facilité, facilitaba, facilitaré. Facilitar algo a alguien is to make it easy for them.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for facilitar. 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.

Present indicative

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

Preterite

Person Form
yo facilité
tú facilitaste
él/ella/Ud. facilitó
nosotros/as facilitamos
vosotros/as facilitasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. facilitaron

Imperfect

Person Form
yo facilitaba
tú facilitabas
él/ella/Ud. facilitaba
nosotros/as facilitábamos
vosotros/as facilitabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. facilitaban

Future

Person Form
yo facilitaré
tú facilitarás
él/ella/Ud. facilitará
nosotros/as facilitaremos
vosotros/as facilitaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. facilitarán

Conditional

Person Form
yo facilitaría
tú facilitarías
él/ella/Ud. facilitaría
nosotros/as facilitaríamos
vosotros/as facilitaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. facilitarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo facilite
tú facilites
él/ella/Ud. facilite
nosotros/as facilitemos
vosotros/as facilitéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. faciliten

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo facilitara
tú facilitaras
él/ella/Ud. facilitara
nosotros/as facilitáramos
vosotros/as facilitarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. facilitaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú facilita
él/ella/Ud. facilite
nosotros/as facilitemos
vosotros/as facilitad
ellos/ellas/Uds. faciliten

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú facilites
él/ella/Ud. facilite
nosotros/as facilitemos
vosotros/as facilitéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. faciliten

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund facilitando with estar for the progressive: estoy facilitando
Past participle facilitado with haber for the perfect tenses: he facilitado

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 facilitar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Facilito la tarea a los alumnos. Learn the present 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 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 facilitar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, facilité el acceso al edificio. 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 de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, facilitaba la información al cliente. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, facilitaré el trabajo con una guía clara. 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 with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Facilitaría la tarea a los alumnos si pudiera. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he facilitado el acceso al edificio. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había facilitado la información al cliente antes de salir. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré facilitado el trabajo con una guía clara. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría facilitado la tarea a los alumnos con más tiempo. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él facilite el acceso al edificio. 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 this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él facilitara la información al cliente, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Facilita el trabajo con una guía clara! Learn the affirmative imperative 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For facilitar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No facilites la tarea a los alumnos. Learn the negative imperative 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 facilitar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Facilito la tarea a los alumnos. — I make easy the task for the students.
  2. Facilita el acceso al edificio. — He/she makes easy access to the building.
  3. Ayer, facilité la información al cliente. — Yesterday, I made easy the information to the customer.
  4. Antes, nosotros facilitábamos el trabajo con una guía clara. — Before, we used to make easy the work with a clear guide.
  5. Mañana, tú facilitarás la tarea a los alumnos. — Tomorrow, you will make easy the task for the students.
  6. Yo facilitaría el acceso al edificio si tuviera más tiempo. — I would make easy access to the building if I had more time.
  7. Él ha facilitado la información al cliente. — He has made easy the information to the customer.
  8. Espero que él facilite el trabajo con una guía clara. — I hope he makes easy the work with a clear guide.
  9. Yo ya había facilitado la tarea a los alumnos antes de salir. — I had already made easy the task for the students before leaving.
  10. Ellos facilitaban el acceso al edificio cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to make easy access to the building when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. 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. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. 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. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating facilitar and dificultar as identical in every context. — Right: Facilitar means to make easy, to provide, while dificultar means to make difficult, its opposite. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: facilitar fits sentences such as Facilito la tarea a los alumnos, while dificultar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  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, has facilitado, ha facilitado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo facilité la información al cliente todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo facilitaba la información al cliente todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (facilitaba), not the preterite. The preterite (facilité) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on 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: Ayer, él ___ el acceso al edificio. (preterite) A. facilité B. facilitaste C. facilitaron D. facilitó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ la información al cliente. (imperfect) A. facilitabas B. facilitaban C. facilitábamos D. facilitaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ el trabajo con una guía clara. (future) A. facilitaremos B. facilitarás C. facilitaré D. facilitará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la tarea a los alumnos si pudiera. (conditional) A. facilitaría B. facilitarías C. facilitarían D. facilito

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el acceso al edificio. (present subjunctive) A. facilites B. facilitemos C. facilito D. facilite

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ la información al cliente, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. facilitáramos B. facilito C. facilitara D. facilitaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el trabajo con una guía clara. (present perfect) A. han facilitado B. hemos facilitado C. he facilitado D. has facilitado

  9. Complete the command: ¡___ la tarea a los alumnos! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. facilita B. facilite C. facilitemos D. facilitad

  10. Which is the gerund of facilitar, used with estar for the progressive? A. facilitado B. facilito C. facilité D. facilitando

Answer key

  1. facilito — The first-person present of facilitar is facilito. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. facilitó — The third-person preterite of facilitar is facilitó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. facilitábamos — The nosotros imperfect of facilitar is facilitábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. facilitarás — The second-person future of facilitar is facilitarás.
  5. facilitaría — The first-person conditional of facilitar is facilitaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. facilite — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of facilitar is facilite.
  7. facilitara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of facilitar is facilitara.
  8. hemos facilitado — The nosotros present perfect of facilitar is hemos facilitado: hemos + facilitado.
  9. facilita — The affirmative tú imperative of facilitar is facilita.
  10. facilitando — The gerund of facilitar is facilitando: estoy facilitando. The participle facilitado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does facilitar mean in English?

Facilitar means to make easy, to provide. It is used in everyday situations such as Facilito la tarea a los alumnos. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is facilitar regular or irregular?

Facilitar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including facilito in the present and facilité in the preterite.

What is the difference between facilitar and dificultar?

Facilitar means to make easy, to provide, while dificultar means to make difficult, its opposite. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use facilitar when you mean to make easy, to provide, as in Facilito la tarea a los alumnos, and use dificultar for to make difficult, its opposite. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I make easy” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo facilité el acceso al edificio. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo facilitaba la información al cliente. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he facilitado el acceso al edificio.

How do I practise facilitar?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the facilitar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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