Transportar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb transportar means to transport, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Transportar means to transport or to carry, and it is used for moving goods, people and animals: transportar mercancías, transportar pasajeros. It is a fully regular -ar verb, common in logistics and travel. Like every Spanish verb, transportar 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 transporto mercancías por carretera, and in the preterite you say transporté muebles en el camión. 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: transportar
- English: to transport
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: transportando
- Past participle: transportado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + transportado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for transportar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Transportar is fully regular: transporté, transportaba, transportaré.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for transportar. 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 | transporto |
| tú | transportas |
| él/ella/Ud. | transporta |
| nosotros/as | transportamos |
| vosotros/as | transportáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transportan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | transporté |
| tú | transportaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | transportó |
| nosotros/as | transportamos |
| vosotros/as | transportasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transportaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | transportaba |
| tú | transportabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | transportaba |
| nosotros/as | transportábamos |
| vosotros/as | transportabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transportaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | transportaré |
| tú | transportarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | transportará |
| nosotros/as | transportaremos |
| vosotros/as | transportaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transportarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | transportaría |
| tú | transportarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | transportaría |
| nosotros/as | transportaríamos |
| vosotros/as | transportaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transportarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he transportado |
| tú | has transportado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha transportado |
| nosotros/as | hemos transportado |
| vosotros/as | habéis transportado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han transportado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había transportado |
| tú | habías transportado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había transportado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos transportado |
| vosotros/as | habíais transportado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían transportado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré transportado |
| tú | habrás transportado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá transportado |
| nosotros/as | habremos transportado |
| vosotros/as | habréis transportado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán transportado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría transportado |
| tú | habrías transportado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría transportado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos transportado |
| vosotros/as | habríais transportado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían transportado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | transporte |
| tú | transportes |
| él/ella/Ud. | transporte |
| nosotros/as | transportemos |
| vosotros/as | transportéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transporten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | transportara |
| tú | transportaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | transportara |
| nosotros/as | transportáramos |
| vosotros/as | transportarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transportaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | transporta |
| él/ella/Ud. | transporte |
| nosotros/as | transportemos |
| vosotros/as | transportad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transporten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | transportes |
| él/ella/Ud. | transporte |
| nosotros/as | transportemos |
| vosotros/as | transportéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | transporten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | transportando | with estar for the progressive: estoy transportando |
| Past participle | transportado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he transportado |
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 transportar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Transporto mercancías por carretera. 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 transportar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, transporté pasajeros al aeropuerto. 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 transportar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, transportaba muebles en el camión. 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 transportar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, transportaré animales al veterinario. 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 transportar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Transportaría mercancías por carretera 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 transportar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he transportado pasajeros al aeropuerto. 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 transportar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había transportado muebles en el camión 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 transportar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré transportado animales al veterinario. 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 transportar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría transportado mercancías por carretera 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 transportar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él transporte pasajeros al aeropuerto. 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 transportar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él transportara muebles en el camión, 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 transportar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Transporta animales al veterinario! 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 transportar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No transportes mercancías por carretera. 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 transportar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Transporto mercancías por carretera. — I transport goods by road.
- Transporta pasajeros al aeropuerto. — He/she transports passengers to the airport.
- Ayer, transporté muebles en el camión. — Yesterday, I transported furniture in the lorry.
- Antes, nosotros transportábamos animales al veterinario. — Before, we used to transport animals to the vet.
- Mañana, tú transportarás mercancías por carretera. — Tomorrow, you will transport goods by road.
- Yo transportaría pasajeros al aeropuerto si tuviera más tiempo. — I would transport passengers to the airport if I had more time.
- Él ha transportado muebles en el camión. — He has transported furniture in the lorry.
- Espero que él transporte animales al veterinario. — I hope he transports animals to the vet.
- Yo ya había transportado mercancías por carretera antes de salir. — I had already transported goods by road before leaving.
- Ellos transportaban pasajeros al aeropuerto cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to transport passengers to the airport when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo transporta mercancías por carretera. — Right: Yo transporto mercancías por carretera. — The person matters: transporta is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is transporto. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Ayer yo transporto pasajeros al aeropuerto. — Right: Ayer yo transporté pasajeros al aeropuerto. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: transporto is happening now, while transporté is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
- Wrong: Treating transportar and llevar as identical in every context. — Right: Transportar means to transport, while llevar means to carry, to take. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: transportar fits sentences such as Transporto mercancías por carretera, while llevar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy transportado pasajeros al aeropuerto. — Right: Yo he transportado pasajeros al aeropuerto. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he transportado, has transportado, ha transportado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo transporté muebles en el camión todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo transportaba muebles en el camión todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (transportaba), not the preterite. The preterite (transporté) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on transportar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ mercancías por carretera. (present tense) A. transporto B. transportas C. transporta D. transportamos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ pasajeros al aeropuerto. (preterite) A. transporté B. transportaste C. transportamos D. transportó
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ muebles en el camión. (imperfect) A. transportabas B. transporto C. transportábamos D. transportaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ animales al veterinario. (future) A. transportaremos B. transportarás C. transportaré D. transportará
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ mercancías por carretera si pudiera. (conditional) A. transportaría B. transportarías C. transportaríamos D. transporto
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ pasajeros al aeropuerto. (present subjunctive) A. transportes B. transportemos C. transporto D. transporte
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ muebles en el camión, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. transportáramos B. transporto C. transportara D. transportaras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ animales al veterinario. (present perfect) A. ha transportado B. hemos transportado C. he transportado D. has transportado
Complete the command: ¡___ mercancías por carretera! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. transporta B. transporte C. transportemos D. transportad
Which is the gerund of transportar, used with estar for the progressive? A. transportado B. transporto C. transporté D. transportando
Answer key
- transporto — The yo present tense of transportar is transporto.
- transportó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of transportar is transportó.
- transportábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of transportar is transportábamos.
- transportarás — The tú future of transportar is transportarás.
- transportaría — The yo conditional of transportar is transportaría.
- transporte — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of transportar is transporte.
- transportara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of transportar is transportara.
- hemos transportado — The nosotros/as present perfect of transportar is hemos transportado.
- transporta — The affirmative tú imperative of transportar is transporta.
- transportando — The gerund of transportar is transportando: estoy transportando. The participle transportado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does transportar mean in English?
Transportar means to transport. It is used in everyday situations such as Transporto mercancías por carretera. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is transportar regular or irregular?
Transportar 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 transporto in the present and transporté in the preterite.
What is the difference between transportar and llevar?
Transportar means to transport, while llevar means to carry, to take. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use transportar when you mean to transport, as in Transporto mercancías por carretera, and use llevar for to carry, to take. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I transport” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo transporté pasajeros al aeropuerto. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo transportaba muebles en el camión. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he transportado pasajeros al aeropuerto.
How do I practise transportar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the transportar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Transportar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for transportar.
- Transportar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for transportar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Trasnochar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with transportar.
- Transformar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with transportar.
- Triunfar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with transportar.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.