Solucionar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb solucionar means to solve, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Solucionar means to solve, and it is used for solving a problem, a puzzle and a conflict: solucionar un problema, solucionar el conflicto. It is a fully regular -ar verb, and it is the everyday partner of resolver. Like every Spanish verb, solucionar 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 soluciono un problema difícil, and in the preterite you say solucioné el puzzle en una hora. 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: solucionar
- English: to solve
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: solucionando
- Past participle: solucionado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + solucionado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for solucionar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Solucionar is fully regular: solucioné, solucionaba, solucionaré.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for solucionar. 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 | soluciono |
| tú | solucionas |
| él/ella/Ud. | soluciona |
| nosotros/as | solucionamos |
| vosotros/as | solucionáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solucioné |
| tú | solucionaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucionó |
| nosotros/as | solucionamos |
| vosotros/as | solucionasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solucionaba |
| tú | solucionabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucionaba |
| nosotros/as | solucionábamos |
| vosotros/as | solucionabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solucionaré |
| tú | solucionarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucionará |
| nosotros/as | solucionaremos |
| vosotros/as | solucionaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solucionaría |
| tú | solucionarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucionaría |
| nosotros/as | solucionaríamos |
| vosotros/as | solucionaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he solucionado |
| tú | has solucionado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha solucionado |
| nosotros/as | hemos solucionado |
| vosotros/as | habéis solucionado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han solucionado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había solucionado |
| tú | habías solucionado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había solucionado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos solucionado |
| vosotros/as | habíais solucionado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían solucionado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré solucionado |
| tú | habrás solucionado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá solucionado |
| nosotros/as | habremos solucionado |
| vosotros/as | habréis solucionado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán solucionado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría solucionado |
| tú | habrías solucionado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría solucionado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos solucionado |
| vosotros/as | habríais solucionado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían solucionado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solucione |
| tú | soluciones |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucione |
| nosotros/as | solucionemos |
| vosotros/as | solucionéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | solucionara |
| tú | solucionaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucionara |
| nosotros/as | solucionáramos |
| vosotros/as | solucionarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | soluciona |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucione |
| nosotros/as | solucionemos |
| vosotros/as | solucionad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | soluciones |
| él/ella/Ud. | solucione |
| nosotros/as | solucionemos |
| vosotros/as | solucionéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | solucionen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | solucionando | with estar for the progressive: estoy solucionando |
| Past participle | solucionado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he solucionado |
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 solucionar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Soluciono un problema difícil. 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 solucionar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, solucioné el conflicto entre vecinos. 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 solucionar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, solucionaba el puzzle en una hora. 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 solucionar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, solucionaré la avería del coche. 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 solucionar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Solucionaría un problema difícil 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 solucionar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he solucionado el conflicto entre vecinos. 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 solucionar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había solucionado el puzzle en una hora 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 solucionar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré solucionado la avería del coche. 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 solucionar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría solucionado un problema difícil 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 solucionar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él solucione el conflicto entre vecinos. 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 solucionar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él solucionara el puzzle en una hora, 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 solucionar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Soluciona la avería del coche! 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 solucionar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No soluciones un problema difícil. 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 solucionar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Soluciono un problema difícil. — I solve a difficult problem.
- Soluciona el conflicto entre vecinos. — He/she solves the conflict between neighbours.
- Ayer, solucioné el puzzle en una hora. — Yesterday, I solved the puzzle in an hour.
- Antes, nosotros solucionábamos la avería del coche. — Before, we used to solve the car breakdown.
- Mañana, tú solucionarás un problema difícil. — Tomorrow, you will solve a difficult problem.
- Yo solucionaría el conflicto entre vecinos si tuviera más tiempo. — I would solve the conflict between neighbours if I had more time.
- Él ha solucionado el puzzle en una hora. — He has solved the puzzle in an hour.
- Espero que él solucione la avería del coche. — I hope he solves the car breakdown.
- Yo ya había solucionado un problema difícil antes de salir. — I had already solved a difficult problem before leaving.
- Ellos solucionaban el conflicto entre vecinos cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to solve the conflict between neighbours when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo soluciona un problema difícil. — Right: Yo soluciono un problema difícil. — The person matters: soluciona is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is soluciono. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Ayer yo soluciono el conflicto entre vecinos. — Right: Ayer yo solucioné el conflicto entre vecinos. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: soluciono is happening now, while solucioné is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
- Wrong: Treating solucionar and resolver as identical in every context. — Right: Solucionar means to solve, while resolver means to solve, to resolve. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: solucionar fits sentences such as Soluciono un problema difícil, while resolver belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy solucionado el conflicto entre vecinos. — Right: Yo he solucionado el conflicto entre vecinos. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he solucionado, has solucionado, ha solucionado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo solucioné el puzzle en una hora todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo solucionaba el puzzle en una hora todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (solucionaba), not the preterite. The preterite (solucioné) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on solucionar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ un problema difícil. (present tense) A. soluciono B. solucionas C. soluciona D. solucionamos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ el conflicto entre vecinos. (preterite) A. solucioné B. solucionaste C. solucionamos D. solucionó
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ el puzzle en una hora. (imperfect) A. solucionabas B. soluciono C. solucionábamos D. solucionaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ la avería del coche. (future) A. solucionaremos B. solucionarás C. solucionaré D. solucionará
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ un problema difícil si pudiera. (conditional) A. solucionaría B. solucionarías C. solucionaríamos D. soluciono
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el conflicto entre vecinos. (present subjunctive) A. soluciones B. solucionemos C. soluciono D. solucione
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ el puzzle en una hora, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. solucionáramos B. soluciono C. solucionara D. solucionaras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ la avería del coche. (present perfect) A. ha solucionado B. hemos solucionado C. he solucionado D. has solucionado
Complete the command: ¡___ un problema difícil! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. soluciona B. solucione C. solucionemos D. solucionad
Which is the gerund of solucionar, used with estar for the progressive? A. solucionado B. soluciono C. solucioné D. solucionando
Answer key
- soluciono — The yo present tense of solucionar is soluciono.
- solucionó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of solucionar is solucionó.
- solucionábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of solucionar is solucionábamos.
- solucionarás — The tú future of solucionar is solucionarás.
- solucionaría — The yo conditional of solucionar is solucionaría.
- solucione — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of solucionar is solucione.
- solucionara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of solucionar is solucionara.
- hemos solucionado — The nosotros/as present perfect of solucionar is hemos solucionado.
- soluciona — The affirmative tú imperative of solucionar is soluciona.
- solucionando — The gerund of solucionar is solucionando: estoy solucionando. The participle solucionado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does solucionar mean in English?
Solucionar means to solve. It is used in everyday situations such as Soluciono un problema difícil. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is solucionar regular or irregular?
Solucionar 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 soluciono in the present and solucioné in the preterite.
What is the difference between solucionar and resolver?
Solucionar means to solve, while resolver means to solve, to resolve. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use solucionar when you mean to solve, as in Soluciono un problema difícil, and use resolver for to solve, to resolve. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I solve” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo solucioné el conflicto entre vecinos. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo solucionaba el puzzle en una hora. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he solucionado el conflicto entre vecinos.
How do I practise solucionar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the solucionar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Solucionar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for solucionar.
- Solucionar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for solucionar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Soportar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with solucionar.
- Solicitar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with solucionar.
- Sobrar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with solucionar.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.