Juntar Conjugation in Spanish

juntar means «to join, to gather». It is a regular -ar verb verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of juntar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example: «Yo junto todos los días» — I join every day.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: juntar
  • English: to join, to gather
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: juntando
  • Past participle: juntado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + juntado)

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

Full conjugation tables

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

Gerund: juntando · Past participle: juntado

Present Indicative

Person Form
yo junto
tú juntas
él/ella/Ud. junta
nosotros/as juntamos
vosotros/as juntáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. juntan

The present tense describes habits, facts and what is happening now. For juntar, the yo form is junto, as in the examples below. Use the present for routines («todos los días») and for general truths, and remember that Spanish often uses the present where English would use a progressive or a near future.

Preterite

Person Form
yo junté
tú juntaste
él/ella/Ud. juntó
nosotros/as juntamos
vosotros/as juntasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. juntaron

The preterite describes completed actions in the past — things that started and finished. «Ayer yo junté» is the classic use. Do not confuse it with the imperfect: the preterite moves the story forward, one finished event at a time.

Imperfect

Person Form
yo juntaba
tú juntabas
él/ella/Ud. juntaba
nosotros/as juntábamos
vosotros/as juntabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. juntaban

The imperfect describes the past as background: habits, descriptions and actions in progress. «De pequeño, yo juntaba» shows the habitual use. It sets the scene while the preterite reports what happened inside it.

Future

Person Form
yo juntaré
tú juntarás
él/ella/Ud. juntará
nosotros/as juntaremos
vosotros/as juntaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. juntarán

The future tense states what will happen. For juntar the future is built on the infinitive: «Mañana yo juntaré». It is also used for predictions and promises, and in spoken Spanish it often alternates with ir a + infinitive.

Conditional

Person Form
yo juntaría
tú juntarías
él/ella/Ud. juntaría
nosotros/as juntaríamos
vosotros/as juntaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. juntarían

The conditional expresses what would happen: wishes, polite requests and hypothetical results. «Si tuviera más tiempo, yo juntaría» is the typical pattern. It shares its stem with the future and changes only the endings.

Present Perfect

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

The present perfect connects the past with the present: something that has happened, often today or recently. It is haber in the present plus the past participle: «Hoy yo he juntado». In Spain it is used for anything that happened today; in Latin America the preterite is often preferred.

Pluperfect

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

The pluperfect describes an event that happened before another past event: «Cuando llegué, ya había juntado». It is haber in the imperfect plus the past participle, and it is the tense for explaining what had already happened when something else took place.

Future Perfect

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

The future perfect looks back from a future point: by then, something will already have happened. «Para mañana, yo habré juntado» is the pattern — haber in the future plus the past participle. It is less common in speech but regular in formal writing.

Conditional Perfect

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

The conditional perfect expresses what would have happened: «Yo habría juntado si hubiera podido». It is haber in the conditional plus the past participle, and it is the tense for regrets and missed chances.

Present Subjunctive

Person Form
yo junte
tú juntes
él/ella/Ud. junte
nosotros/as juntemos
vosotros/as juntéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. junten

The present subjunctive appears after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions: «Espero que él junte». The trigger is in the main clause; the subjunctive is the mood of uncertainty, desire and influence. Learn the yo form first — most of the table follows from it.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Form
yo juntara
tú juntaras
él/ella/Ud. juntara
nosotros/as juntáramos
vosotros/as juntarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. juntaran

The imperfect subjunctive is the past partner of the present subjunctive, used after past-tense triggers and in si-clauses: «Si él juntara, todo sería distinto». The table above shows the -ra forms, the ones you will hear most often. There is also a less common -se set built on the same stem.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Form
tú junta
él/ella/Ud. junte
nosotros/as juntemos
vosotros/as juntad
ellos/ellas/Uds. junten

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

The affirmative imperative gives direct commands and instructions: «¡junta!». There is no yo form — you cannot command yourself. The tú form is the one you will use with friends and family, and the usted form with people you address formally.

Imperative — Negative

Person Form
tú juntes
él/ella/Ud. junte
nosotros/as juntemos
vosotros/as juntéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. junten

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

The negative imperative tells someone not to do something: «¡No juntes!». Unlike the affirmative imperative, the negative forms come from the present subjunctive, which is why they look different. Never use the affirmative form after no.

Example sentences

  1. Yo junto todos los días. — I join every day.
  2. Ayer yo junté por la tarde. — Yesterday I joined in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, yo juntaba todos los días. — In the past, I used to join every day.
  4. Mañana yo juntaré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will join without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, yo juntaría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would join right now.
  6. Hoy yo he juntado dos veces. — Today I have joined twice.
  7. Espero que tú juntes pronto. — I hope You join soon.
  8. Si yo juntara, todo sería distinto. — If I joined, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo yo estoy juntando. — Right now I am joining.
  10. ¡junta, por favor! — Join, please!

Common mistakes

1. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer yo juntaba.

Right: Ayer yo junté.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, junté. The imperfect juntaba 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 juntas.

Right: Espero que tú juntes.

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

3. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No junta.

Right: No juntes.

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

4. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

Wrong: Yo juntar todos los días.

Right: Yo junto todos los días.

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

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He juntando.

Right: He juntado.

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

Quiz

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

1. What is the yo form of juntar in the present indicative?

- (a) junta
- (b) juntamos
- (c) juntas
- (d) junto

2. What is the tú form of juntar in the preterite?

- (a) juntaste
- (b) junté
- (c) juntó
- (d) juntamos

3. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of juntar in the imperfect?

- (a) juntábamos
- (b) juntaba
- (c) juntabas
- (d) juntaba

4. What is the nosotros/as form of juntar in the future?

- (a) juntarás
- (b) juntaremos
- (c) juntará
- (d) juntaré

5. What is the vosotros/as form of juntar in the conditional?

- (a) juntaríais
- (b) juntarías
- (c) juntaría
- (d) juntaría

6. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of juntar in the present perfect?

- (a) ha juntado
- (b) has juntado
- (c) han juntado
- (d) he juntado

7. What is the yo form of juntar in the present subjunctive?

- (a) junte
- (b) juntes
- (c) junte
- (d) juntemos

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

- (a) juntaras
- (b) juntara
- (c) juntara
- (d) juntáramos

9. What is the gerund of juntar?

- (a) juntar
- (b) juntado
- (c) juntando
- (d) junto

10. What is the past participle of juntar?

- (a) juntar
- (b) juntado
- (c) junté
- (d) juntando

Answer key

1. (d) — In the present indicative, the yo form of juntar is junto. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (a) — In the preterite, the tú form of juntar is juntaste. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (b) — In the imperfect, the él/ella/Ud. form of juntar is juntaba. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (b) — In the future, the nosotros/as form of juntar is juntaremos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (a) — In the conditional, the vosotros/as form of juntar is juntaríais. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (c) — In the present perfect, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of juntar is han juntado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (a) — In the present subjunctive, the yo form of juntar is junte. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (a) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the tú form of juntar is juntaras. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (c) — The gerund of juntar is juntando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy juntando». 10. (b) — The past participle of juntar is juntado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he juntado».

Frequently asked questions

Is juntar regular or irregular?

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

What are the gerund and past participle of juntar?

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

How do I say «I join» in Spanish?

Say «Yo junto 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 juntar?

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

When do I use the subjunctive with juntar?

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

How do I use juntar in the present perfect?

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

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