Trotar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb trotar means to trot, to jog, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Trotar means to trot or to jog, and it is used for horses trotting and for people jogging in the park: trotar por el parque, trotar cada mañana. It is a fully regular -ar verb. Like every Spanish verb, trotar 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 troto por el parque cada mañana, and in the preterite you say troté cinco kilómetros al día. 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: trotar
- English: to trot, to jog
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: trotando
- Past participle: trotado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + trotado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for trotar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Trotar is fully regular: troté, trotaba, trotaré.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for trotar. 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 | troto |
| tú | trotas |
| él/ella/Ud. | trota |
| nosotros/as | trotamos |
| vosotros/as | trotáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trotan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | troté |
| tú | trotaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | trotó |
| nosotros/as | trotamos |
| vosotros/as | trotasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trotaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trotaba |
| tú | trotabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | trotaba |
| nosotros/as | trotábamos |
| vosotros/as | trotabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trotaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trotaré |
| tú | trotarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | trotará |
| nosotros/as | trotaremos |
| vosotros/as | trotaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trotarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trotaría |
| tú | trotarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | trotaría |
| nosotros/as | trotaríamos |
| vosotros/as | trotaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trotarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he trotado |
| tú | has trotado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha trotado |
| nosotros/as | hemos trotado |
| vosotros/as | habéis trotado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han trotado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había trotado |
| tú | habías trotado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había trotado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos trotado |
| vosotros/as | habíais trotado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían trotado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré trotado |
| tú | habrás trotado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá trotado |
| nosotros/as | habremos trotado |
| vosotros/as | habréis trotado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán trotado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría trotado |
| tú | habrías trotado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría trotado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos trotado |
| vosotros/as | habríais trotado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían trotado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trote |
| tú | trotes |
| él/ella/Ud. | trote |
| nosotros/as | trotemos |
| vosotros/as | trotéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | troten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trotara |
| tú | trotaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | trotara |
| nosotros/as | trotáramos |
| vosotros/as | trotarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trotaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | trota |
| él/ella/Ud. | trote |
| nosotros/as | trotemos |
| vosotros/as | trotad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | troten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | trotes |
| él/ella/Ud. | trote |
| nosotros/as | trotemos |
| vosotros/as | trotéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | troten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | trotando | with estar for the progressive: estoy trotando |
| Past participle | trotado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he trotado |
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 trotar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Troto por el parque cada mañana. 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 trotar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, troté con el caballo en el campo. 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 trotar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, trotaba cinco kilómetros al día. 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 trotar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, trotaré suavemente para calentar. 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 trotar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Trotaría por el parque cada mañana 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 trotar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he trotado con el caballo en el campo. 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 trotar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había trotado cinco kilómetros al día 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 trotar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré trotado suavemente para calentar. 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 trotar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría trotado por el parque cada mañana 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 trotar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él trote con el caballo en el campo. 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 trotar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él trotara cinco kilómetros al día, 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 trotar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Trota suavemente para calentar! 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 trotar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No trotes por el parque cada mañana. 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 trotar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Troto por el parque cada mañana. — I trot in the park every morning.
- Trota con el caballo en el campo. — He/she trots with the horse in the field.
- Ayer, troté cinco kilómetros al día. — Yesterday, I trotted five kilometres a day.
- Antes, nosotros trotábamos suavemente para calentar. — Before, we used to trot gently to warm up.
- Mañana, tú trotarás por el parque cada mañana. — Tomorrow, you will trot in the park every morning.
- Yo trotaría con el caballo en el campo si tuviera más tiempo. — I would trot with the horse in the field if I had more time.
- Él ha trotado cinco kilómetros al día. — He has trotted five kilometres a day.
- Espero que él trote suavemente para calentar. — I hope he trots gently to warm up.
- Yo ya había trotado por el parque cada mañana antes de salir. — I had already trotted in the park every morning before leaving.
- Ellos trotaban con el caballo en el campo cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to trot with the horse in the field when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo trota por el parque cada mañana. — Right: Yo troto por el parque cada mañana. — The person matters: trota is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is troto. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Ayer yo troto con el caballo en el campo. — Right: Ayer yo troté con el caballo en el campo. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: troto is happening now, while troté is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
- Wrong: Treating trotar and correr as identical in every context. — Right: Trotar means to trot, to jog, while correr means to run. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: trotar fits sentences such as Troto por el parque cada mañana, while correr belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy trotado con el caballo en el campo. — Right: Yo he trotado con el caballo en el campo. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he trotado, has trotado, ha trotado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo troté cinco kilómetros al día todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo trotaba cinco kilómetros al día todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (trotaba), not the preterite. The preterite (troté) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on trotar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por el parque cada mañana. (present tense) A. troto B. trotas C. trota D. trotamos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ con el caballo en el campo. (preterite) A. troté B. trotaste C. trotamos D. trotó
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ cinco kilómetros al día. (imperfect) A. trotabas B. troto C. trotábamos D. trotaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ suavemente para calentar. (future) A. trotaremos B. trotarás C. trotaré D. trotará
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por el parque cada mañana si pudiera. (conditional) A. trotaría B. trotarías C. trotaríamos D. troto
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ con el caballo en el campo. (present subjunctive) A. trotes B. trotemos C. troto D. trote
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ cinco kilómetros al día, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. trotáramos B. troto C. trotara D. trotaras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ suavemente para calentar. (present perfect) A. ha trotado B. hemos trotado C. he trotado D. has trotado
Complete the command: ¡___ por el parque cada mañana! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. trota B. trote C. trotemos D. trotad
Which is the gerund of trotar, used with estar for the progressive? A. trotado B. troto C. troté D. trotando
Answer key
- troto — The yo present tense of trotar is troto.
- trotó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of trotar is trotó.
- trotábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of trotar is trotábamos.
- trotarás — The tú future of trotar is trotarás.
- trotaría — The yo conditional of trotar is trotaría.
- trote — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of trotar is trote.
- trotara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of trotar is trotara.
- hemos trotado — The nosotros/as present perfect of trotar is hemos trotado.
- trota — The affirmative tú imperative of trotar is trota.
- trotando — The gerund of trotar is trotando: estoy trotando. The participle trotado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does trotar mean in English?
Trotar means to trot, to jog. It is used in everyday situations such as Troto por el parque cada mañana. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is trotar regular or irregular?
Trotar 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 troto in the present and troté in the preterite.
What is the difference between trotar and correr?
Trotar means to trot, to jog, while correr means to run. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use trotar when you mean to trot, to jog, as in Troto por el parque cada mañana, and use correr for to run. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I trot” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo troté con el caballo en el campo. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo trotaba cinco kilómetros al día. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he trotado con el caballo en el campo.
How do I practise trotar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the trotar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Trotar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for trotar.
- Trotar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for trotar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Trasladar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with trotar.
- Tumbar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with trotar.
- Transitar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with trotar.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.