Planear Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb planear means to plan, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Planear is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of planear 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, in the present tense you say Yo planeo un viaje — "I plan a trip" — and in the preterite you say Yo planeé las vacaciones — "I planed the holidays". 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: planear
- English: to plan
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: planeando
- Past participle: planeado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + planeado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for planear, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for planear. 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.
Gerund: planeando · Past participle: planeado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planeo |
| tú | planeas |
| él/ella/Ud. | planea |
| nosotros/as | planeamos |
| vosotros/as | planeáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planean |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planeé |
| tú | planeaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | planeó |
| nosotros/as | planeamos |
| vosotros/as | planeasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planearon |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planeaba |
| tú | planeabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | planeaba |
| nosotros/as | planeábamos |
| vosotros/as | planeabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planeaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planearé |
| tú | planearás |
| él/ella/Ud. | planeará |
| nosotros/as | planearemos |
| vosotros/as | planearéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planearán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planearía |
| tú | planearías |
| él/ella/Ud. | planearía |
| nosotros/as | planearíamos |
| vosotros/as | planearíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planearían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he planeado |
| tú | has planeado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha planeado |
| nosotros/as | hemos planeado |
| vosotros/as | habéis planeado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han planeado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había planeado |
| tú | habías planeado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había planeado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos planeado |
| vosotros/as | habíais planeado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían planeado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré planeado |
| tú | habrás planeado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá planeado |
| nosotros/as | habremos planeado |
| vosotros/as | habréis planeado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán planeado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría planeado |
| tú | habrías planeado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría planeado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos planeado |
| vosotros/as | habríais planeado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían planeado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planee |
| tú | planees |
| él/ella/Ud. | planee |
| nosotros/as | planeemos |
| vosotros/as | planeéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planeen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | planeara |
| tú | planearas |
| él/ella/Ud. | planeara |
| nosotros/as | planeáramos |
| vosotros/as | planearais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planearan |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | planea |
| él/ella/Ud. | planee |
| nosotros/as | planeemos |
| vosotros/as | planead |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planeen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | planees |
| él/ella/Ud. | planee |
| nosotros/as | planeemos |
| vosotros/as | planeéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | planeen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | planeando | with estar for the progressive: estoy planeando |
| Past participle | planeado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he planeado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For planear, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo planeo las vacaciones — "I plan the holidays". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For planear, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo planeé el futuro — "I planed the future". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For planear, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo planeaba un viaje — "I used to plan a trip". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For planear, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo planearé las vacaciones — "I will plan the holidays". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For planear, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo planearía el futuro — "I would plan the future". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For planear, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he planeado un viaje — "I have planed a trip". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For planear, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había planeado las vacaciones — "I had planed the holidays". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For planear, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré planeado el futuro — "I will have planed the future". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For planear, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría planeado un viaje — "I would have planed a trip". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For planear, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él planee las vacaciones — "I hope he plans the holidays". 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 planear, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo planeara el futuro, todo cambiaría — "If I planed the future, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For planear, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Planee un viaje — "Let him plan a trip". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For planear, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No planees las vacaciones — "Don't plan the holidays". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 planear, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo planeo el futuro — "I plan the future"
- Él planea un viaje — "He plans a trip"
- Yo planeé las vacaciones — "I planed the holidays"
- Yo planeaba el futuro — "I used to plan the future"
- Tú planearás un viaje — "You will plan a trip"
- Yo planearía las vacaciones — "I would plan the holidays"
- Él ha planeado el futuro — "He has planed the future"
- Espero que él planee un viaje — "I hope he plans a trip"
- Yo había planeado las vacaciones — "I had planed the holidays"
- Ellos planeaban el futuro — "They used to plan the future"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos planea un viaje — Right: Ellos planean un viaje — Ellos needs the ellos form planean. The singular planea belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo planeo — Right: Ayer, yo planeé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to planeé.
- Wrong: De niño, yo planeé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo planeaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (planeaba), not the preterite. The preterite (planeé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy planeado las vacaciones. — Right: Yo he planeado las vacaciones. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he planeado, has planeado, ha planeado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Treating planear and planificar as identical in every context. — Right: Planear means to plan, while planificar means to plan. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: planear fits sentences such as Yo planeo un viaje, while planificar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on planear. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ un viaje. (present tense) A. planeo B. habéis planeado C. habíamos planeado D. planeé
Complete the sentence: Él ___ un viaje. (preterite) A. planeaban B. planearían C. planearíamos D. planeó
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ un viaje. (imperfect) A. habían planeado B. planeó C. planeábamos D. planeas
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ un viaje. (future) A. planearás B. planearías C. ha planeado D. planearais
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ un viaje. (conditional) A. planearé B. planeaste C. había planeado D. planearía
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ un viaje. (present subjunctive) A. ha planeado B. planeasteis C. planee D. habría planeado
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ un viaje, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. planearíamos B. planeara C. he planeado D. planee
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ un viaje. (present perfect) A. habían planeado B. habríamos planeado C. hemos planeado D. planearían
Complete the command: No ___ un viaje. (negative imperative, tú) A. planeen B. planees C. planeemos D. planeéis
Which is the gerund of planear, used with estar for the progressive? A. planearé B. planeé C. planeado D. planeando
Answer key
- planeo — The yo present tense of planear is planeo.
- planeó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of planear is planeó.
- planeábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of planear is planeábamos.
- planearás — The tú future of planear is planearás.
- planearía — The yo conditional of planear is planearía.
- planee — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of planear is planee.
- planeara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of planear is planeara.
- hemos planeado — The nosotros/as present perfect of planear is hemos planeado.
- planees — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: planees.
- planeando — The gerund of planear is planeando: estoy planeando. The participle planeado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does planear mean in English?
Planear means to plan. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo planeo un viaje. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is planear regular?
Yes. Planear is a regular -ar verb: planeo, planeas, planea. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the difference between planear and planificar?
Planear means to plan, while planificar means to plan. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use planear when you mean to plan, as in Yo planeo un viaje, and use planificar for to plan. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I plan” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo planeé las vacaciones. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo planeaba el futuro. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he planeado un viaje.
How do I practise planear?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the planear examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Planear in the present tense — the full present-tense table for planear.
- Planear examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for planear.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Planificar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with planear.
- Plantar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with planear.
- Platicar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with planear.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.