What does 'conversar' mean in English?

In Spanish, 'conversar' means to talk / converse. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.

Is conversar an irregular verb in Spanish?

Conversar is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.

How do you conjugate conversar in the present tense?

Present tense (Presente) of conversar: yo converso, tú conversas, él/ella/usted conversa, nosotros conversamos, vosotros conversáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes conversan.

How do you conjugate conversar in the preterite?

Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of conversar: yo conversé, tú conversaste, él/ella/usted conversó, nosotros conversamos, vosotros conversasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes conversaron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.

What is the imperfect tense of conversar?

Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of conversar: yo conversaba, tú conversabas, él/ella/usted conversaba, nosotros conversábamos, vosotros conversabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes conversaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.

What is the past participle of conversar?

The past participle of conversar is 'conversado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he conversado' (I have talk / converseed), 'has conversado', 'ha conversado'.

What is the gerundio (present participle) of conversar?

The gerundio of conversar is 'conversando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy conversando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.

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Spanish verb conjugation

Conversar conjugation

conversar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning talk / converse. In the present tense: yo converso, tú conversas, él/ella conversa, nosotros conversamos, vosotros conversáis, ellos conversan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.

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At a glance

Infinitive: conversar
Gerundio: conversando
Meaning: talk / converse
Pattern: Regular
Difficulty: Level 1

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Conjugation tables

Conversar across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Infinitivo and Gerundio

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Form	Spanish	Use
Infinitivo	conversar	Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures.
Gerundio	conversando	Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar conversando.

Presente

Present

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	converso	Yo converso mejor cuando no tengo que defenderme a cada minuto de una interpretación torcida.I talk better when I do not have to defend myself every minute from a twisted interpretation.
tú	conversas	Tú conversas con calma incluso de cosas difíciles, y por eso la gente baja antes la guardia contigo.You talk calmly even about difficult things, and that is why people lower their guard sooner with you.
él	conversa	Él conversa poco, pero cuando lo hace suele tocar justo el núcleo que otros rodean demasiado.He talks little, but when he does he usually touches exactly the core that others circle too much.
nosotros	conversamos	Nosotros conversamos mejor cuando dejamos de competir por tener razón y empezamos a escuchar estructura.We talk better when we stop competing to be right and begin to listen to structure.
vosotros	conversáis	Vosotros conversáis durante horas sin vaciar del todo el tema, porque todavía queda lectura real detrás.You all talk for hours without emptying the topic completely, because there is still real reading behind it.
ellos	conversan	Ellos conversan entre sí con una franqueza rara que no humilla, pero tampoco adorna nada.They talk among themselves with a rare frankness that does not humiliate, but does not adorn anything either.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	he conversado	Yo he conversado ya con él de lo esencial y por eso ahora entiendo mejor de dónde venía su dureza.I have already talked with him about what is essential and that is why now I better understand where his harshness came from.
tú	has conversado	has conversado conmigo con una claridad nueva que antes no aparecía cuando el tema se volvía incómodo.You have talked with me with a new clarity that did not appear before when the topic became uncomfortable.
él	ha conversado	Él ha conversado poco del asunto, pero lo suficiente como para dejar ver que no estaba ciego.He has talked little about the matter, but enough to let it be seen that he was not blind.
nosotros	hemos conversado	hemos conversado durante días y por fin el conflicto ha dejado de ser solo ruido acumulado.We have talked for days and at last the conflict has stopped being only accumulated noise.
vosotros	habéis conversado	habéis conversado entre vosotros con más honestidad y ahora la tensión ya no depende tanto de supuestos.You all have talked among yourselves with more honesty and now the tension no longer depends so much on assumptions.
ellos	han conversado	Ellos han conversado lo bastante como para ver que el problema no cabía en una versión única.They have talked enough to see that the problem did not fit into a single version.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	conversé	Yo conversé con él anoche y por fin dejó de parecerme un bloque cerrado sin fisuras.I talked with him last night and at last he stopped seeming like a closed block without cracks to me.
tú	conversaste	conversaste conmigo sin rodeos y por eso la conversación pudo entrar donde antes solo rozaba.You talked with me without detours and that is why the conversation was able to enter where before it only brushed.
él	conversó	Él conversó poco, pero bastó para ver que había leído mucho más de lo que mostraba.He talked little, but it was enough to see that he had read much more than he showed.
nosotros	conversamos	conversamos durante horas y al final entendimos que el conflicto no era solo de opiniones, sino de heridas.We talked for hours and in the end we understood that the conflict was not only about opinions, but about wounds.
vosotros	conversasteis	conversasteis entre vosotros con una franqueza que dolió, pero limpió bastante del aire viciado.You all talked among yourselves with a frankness that hurt, but cleaned quite a bit of the stale air.
ellos	conversaron	Ellos conversaron después de meses de silencio y el tono cambió más de lo que nadie esperaba.They talked after months of silence and the tone changed more than anyone expected.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	conversaba	Yo conversaba con él casi cada semana, aunque muchas veces solo rodeáramos lo verdaderamente incómodo.I used to talk with him almost every week, although many times we only circled what was truly uncomfortable.
tú	conversabas	conversabas conmigo con una calma que hacía posible decir cosas difíciles sin volverlas armas.You used to talk with me with a calm that made it possible to say difficult things without turning them into weapons.
él	conversaba	Él conversaba poco del tema, pero se notaba que por dentro seguía trabajándolo mucho.He used to talk little about the topic, but it was noticeable that inside he kept working on it a lot.
nosotros	conversábamos	conversábamos hasta tarde porque todavía creíamos que hablando mejor podríamos evitar el choque real.We used to talk late because we still believed that by talking better we could avoid the real clash.
vosotros	conversabais	conversabais entre vosotros con mucha intensidad, aunque no siempre con la misma honestidad.You all used to talk among yourselves very intensely, although not always with the same honesty.
ellos	conversaban	Ellos conversaban de fondo y no de superficie, por eso sus desacuerdos eran más útiles que los de otros.They used to talk about substance and not surface, that is why their disagreements were more useful than those of others.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	había conversado	Yo ya había conversado con él antes de entender que la resistencia más grande no estaba en sus palabras, sino en su miedo.I had already talked with him before understanding that the biggest resistance was not in his words, but in his fear.
tú	habías conversado	Ya habías conversado conmigo con franqueza antes de ver que aún faltaba tocar la parte más delicada.You had already talked with me frankly before seeing that the most delicate part still remained to be touched.
él	había conversado	Él ya había conversado poco del asunto cuando por fin apareció un hecho que lo obligó a abrirse más.He had already talked little about the matter when at last a fact appeared that forced him to open up more.
nosotros	habíamos conversado	Ya habíamos conversado bastante antes de notar que seguíamos evitando justo el núcleo que más dolía.We had already talked enough before noticing that we were still avoiding exactly the core that hurt most.
vosotros	habíais conversado	Ya habíais conversado entre vosotros cuando surgió una frase que cambió por completo la dirección del tema.You all had already talked among yourselves when a phrase arose that completely changed the direction of the topic.
ellos	habían conversado	Ellos ya habían conversado del conflicto antes de descubrir que ambos estaban leyendo otra cosa bajo las mismas palabras.They had already talked about the conflict before discovering that both were reading something else under the same words.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hube conversado	Apenas hube conversado con él, supe que la dureza inicial ocultaba más cansancio que malicia.As soon as I had talked with him, I knew that the initial harshness hid more tiredness than malice.
tú	hubiste conversado	Cuando hubiste conversado conmigo, entendí que tu silencio anterior no había sido simple indiferencia.When you had talked with me, I understood that your earlier silence had not been simple indifference.
él	hubo conversado	Cuando él hubo conversado del asunto, quedó claro que llevaba tiempo pensándolo mejor que muchos.When he had talked about the matter, it became clear that he had been thinking about it better than many.
nosotros	hubimos conversado	Cuando hubimos conversado de verdad, dejó de bastarnos la versión cómoda con la que habíamos llegado.When we had truly talked, the comfortable version with which we had arrived stopped being enough for us.
vosotros	hubisteis conversado	hubisteis conversado entre vosotros antes de aceptar que el problema no se resolvía solo con buena voluntad.You all had talked among yourselves before accepting that the problem was not solved only with good will.
ellos	hubieron conversado	Ellos hubieron conversado del fondo antes de descubrir que todavía les faltaba lenguaje para nombrarlo bien.They had talked about the substance before discovering that they still lacked language to name it well.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	conversaré	Yo conversaré con él otra vez, pero esta vez sin proteger tanto una imagen de calma artificial.I will talk with him again, but this time without protecting so much an image of artificial calm.
tú	conversarás	conversarás conmigo de lo difícil cuando dejes de leer cada desacuerdo como una amenaza completa.You will talk with me about the difficult things when you stop reading every disagreement as a complete threat.
él	conversará	Él conversará del asunto cuando tenga por fin una forma menos torpe de sostener lo que siente.He will talk about the matter when he finally has a less clumsy way to sustain what he feels.
nosotros	conversaremos	conversaremos mejor si dejamos de usar la conversación como campo de defensa y no como lectura compartida.We will talk better if we stop using conversation as a field of defense and not as shared reading.
vosotros	conversaréis	conversaréis entre vosotros de otro modo cuando ya no os baste la ironía para cubrir la incomodidad.You all will talk among yourselves in another way when irony is no longer enough to cover discomfort.
ellos	conversarán	Ellos conversarán del conflicto si el clima deja de pedirles una certeza que todavía no tienen.They will talk about the conflict if the climate stops asking them for a certainty that they still do not have.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habré conversado	Para entonces, yo habré conversado ya con él de lo esencial y sabré mejor qué parte sigue bloqueada.By then, I will already have talked with him about what is essential and I will better know which part remains blocked.
tú	habrás conversado	Para la noche, habrás conversado conmigo con toda claridad y ya no quedará tanto espacio para suposiciones torcidas.By night, you will have talked with me with full clarity and there will no longer be so much room for twisted assumptions.
él	habrá conversado	Para entonces, él habrá conversado del asunto y por fin veremos si su silencio venía de miedo o de otra cosa.By then, he will have talked about the matter and at last we will see whether his silence came from fear or from something else.
nosotros	habremos conversado	Para esa fecha, habremos conversado lo suficiente como para no seguir chocando por la misma frase mal leída.By that date, we will have talked enough not to keep clashing over the same misread phrase.
vosotros	habréis conversado	Para entonces, habréis conversado entre vosotros con más verdad y la tensión dejará de alimentarse sola.By then, you all will have talked among yourselves with more truth and the tension will stop feeding itself.
ellos	habrán conversado	Ellos habrán conversado del conflicto sin rodeos y entonces se verá si todavía queda algo rescatable.They will have talked about the conflict without detours and then it will be seen whether something salvageable still remains.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	conversaría	Yo conversaría mejor con él si no sintiera que cada frase tiene que protegerme de una mala lectura.I would talk better with him if I did not feel that each sentence has to protect me from a bad reading.
tú	conversarías	conversarías conmigo de lo difícil si confiaras más en que una conversación no tiene que destruir nada para ser honesta.You would talk with me about difficult things if you trusted more that a conversation does not have to destroy anything to be honest.
él	conversaría	Él conversaría del asunto si no creyera que nombrarlo lo vuelve automáticamente más peligroso.He would talk about the matter if he did not believe that naming it automatically makes it more dangerous.
nosotros	conversaríamos	conversaríamos mejor si dejáramos de responder tan rápido al tono y escucháramos más la estructura.We would talk better if we stopped responding so quickly to tone and listened more to structure.
vosotros	conversaríais	conversaríais entre vosotros con más profundidad si no os atrajera tanto resolver todo con una broma defensiva.You all would talk among yourselves with more depth if you were not so attracted to resolving everything with a defensive joke.
ellos	conversarían	Ellos conversarían del conflicto con más verdad si no temieran tanto la pérdida de imagen.They would talk about the conflict with more truth if they did not fear loss of image so much.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habría conversado	Yo habría conversado antes con él si no hubiera leído su dureza inicial como un cierre total.I would have talked with him earlier if I had not read his initial harshness as a total closure.
tú	habrías conversado	habrías conversado conmigo de lo difícil si hubieras confiado antes en que yo podía escuchar sin devolver golpe.You would have talked with me about difficult things if you had trusted earlier that I could listen without striking back.
él	habría conversado	Él habría conversado del asunto antes si hubiera encontrado un lenguaje menos torpe para sostenerse.He would have talked about the matter earlier if he had found a less clumsy language to sustain himself.
nosotros	habríamos conversado	habríamos conversado mejor si hubiéramos dejado de usar la conversación como ensayo de defensa.We would have talked better if we had stopped using conversation as a rehearsal of defense.
vosotros	habríais conversado	habríais conversado entre vosotros con más verdad si hubierais soltado antes la necesidad de parecer tranquilos.You all would have talked among yourselves with more truth if you had let go earlier of the need to seem calm.
ellos	habrían conversado	Ellos habrían conversado del conflicto antes si no hubieran esperado una claridad emocional que nunca llega completa.They would have talked about the conflict earlier if they had not waited for an emotional clarity that never arrives complete.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	converse	Es importante que yo converse con él sin convertir cada frase en una pequeña defensa personal.It is important that I talk with him without turning each sentence into a small personal defense.
tú	converses	Conviene que converses conmigo de lo difícil antes de que el silencio empiece a deformarlo todo.It is advisable that you talk with me about the difficult things before silence begins to distort everything.
él	converse	Es bueno que él converse del asunto cuando todavía hay margen para corregir sin romper.It is good that he talk about the matter while there is still room to correct without breaking.
nosotros	conversemos	Es lógico que conversemos mejor si dejamos de medir toda frase por la herida que puede tocar.It is logical that we talk better if we stop measuring every sentence by the wound it may touch.
vosotros	converséis	Nadie quiere que converséis entre vosotros solo para repetir lo que ya sabéis decir de memoria.Nobody wants you all to talk among yourselves only to repeat what you already know how to say by heart.
ellos	conversen	Me alegra que ellos conversen del conflicto sin esa necesidad vieja de culpar enseguida.I am glad that they talk about the conflict without that old need to blame immediately.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	haya conversado	Espero haya conversado ya con él de lo esencial y no seguir preso de suposiciones que no hemos verificado.I hope I have already talked with him about what is essential and am not still trapped by assumptions we have not verified.
tú	hayas conversado	Ojalá hayas conversado conmigo con suficiente claridad como para no volver a esta misma confusión mañana.Hopefully you have talked with me with enough clarity not to return to this same confusion tomorrow.
él	haya conversado	Dudo que él haya conversado todavía del asunto con toda honestidad, aunque ya haya dejado pistas.I doubt that he has yet talked about the matter with full honesty, although he has already left clues.
nosotros	hayamos conversado	Espero que hayamos conversado lo bastante como para dejar de cargar el silencio con significados falsos.I hope that we have talked enough to stop loading silence with false meanings.
vosotros	hayáis conversado	Ojalá hayáis conversado entre vosotros con más verdad de la que habíais mostrado hasta ahora.Hopefully you all have talked among yourselves with more truth than you had shown until now.
ellos	hayan conversado	Es posible que ellos hayan conversado del conflicto y que por eso ahora ya no reaccionen tan a ciegas.It is possible that they have talked about the conflict and that is why now they no longer react so blindly.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	conversara	Si yo conversara con él sin tanta defensividad, quizá vería antes dónde se cierra de verdad.If I talked with him without so much defensiveness, perhaps I would see sooner where he truly closes himself.
tú	conversaras	Si conversaras conmigo de lo difícil, el problema perdería bastante de su poder sobre el ambiente.If you talked with me about the difficult things, the problem would lose quite a bit of its power over the atmosphere.
él	conversara	Si él conversara del asunto con más verdad, dejaría de parecer un bloque opaco todo el tiempo.If he talked about the matter with more truth, he would stop seeming like an opaque block all the time.
nosotros	conversáramos	Si conversáramos mejor, quizá no necesitaríamos tantas interpretaciones para rellenar los huecos.If we talked better, perhaps we would not need so many interpretations to fill the gaps.
vosotros	conversarais	Si conversarais entre vosotros sin ironía, escucharíais antes la parte que ahora seguís esquivando.If you all talked among yourselves without irony, you would hear sooner the part that you still keep dodging.
ellos	conversaran	Si ellos conversaran del conflicto más a fondo, su siguiente decisión sería bastante menos torpe.If they talked about the conflict more deeply, their next decision would be much less clumsy.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiera conversado	Si yo hubiera conversado antes con él, no estaría ahora completando tanto vacío con interpretaciones pobres.If I had talked with him earlier, I would not now be filling so much emptiness with poor interpretations.
tú	hubieras conversado	hubieras conversado conmigo de lo difícil si hubieras confiado antes en que escuchar no siempre significa juzgar.You would have talked with me about difficult things if you had trusted earlier that listening does not always mean judging.
él	hubiera conversado	Él hubiera conversado del asunto antes si hubiera encontrado una forma menos torpe de entrar en ello.He would have talked about the matter earlier if he had found a less clumsy way to enter into it.
nosotros	hubiéramos conversado	hubiéramos conversado mejor si hubiéramos dejado antes de usar la conversación como escudo de imagen.We would have talked better if we had earlier stopped using conversation as a shield of image.
vosotros	hubierais conversado	hubierais conversado entre vosotros con más verdad si hubierais soltado antes esa necesidad de parecer invulnerables.You all would have talked among yourselves with more truth if you had let go earlier of that need to seem invulnerable.
ellos	hubieran conversado	Ellos hubieran conversado del conflicto antes si no hubieran esperado sentirse completamente seguros para empezar.They would have talked about the conflict earlier if they had not waited to feel completely safe before starting.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	conversare	Si yo conversare con él mañana, podré dejar de adivinar partes que ahora todavía imagino mal.If I talk with him tomorrow, I will be able to stop guessing parts that I still imagine badly now.
tú	conversares	Cuando conversares conmigo de lo difícil, verás que el problema pierde bastante de su sombra.When you talk with me about the difficult things, you will see that the problem loses quite a bit of its shadow.
él	conversare	Si él conversare del asunto esta semana, quizá lleguemos a tiempo antes de otro malentendido serio.If he talks about the matter this week, perhaps we will arrive in time before another serious misunderstanding.
nosotros	conversáremos	Si nosotros conversáremos mejor esta noche, mañana leeremos el conflicto con menos ruido interior.If we talk better tonight, tomorrow we will read the conflict with less inner noise.
vosotros	conversareis	Si vosotros conversareis entre vosotros sin tanta ironía, el fondo del tema aparecerá mucho antes.If you all talk among yourselves without so much irony, the substance of the topic will appear much sooner.
ellos	conversaren	Si ellos conversaren del conflicto con verdad, la siguiente decisión ya no saldrá tan ciega.If they talk about the conflict truthfully, the next decision will no longer come out so blindly.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiere conversado	Cuando yo hubiere conversado ya con él de lo esencial y la tensión siga igual, sabré que el nudo era más hondo.When I have already talked with him about what is essential and the tension remains the same, I will know that the knot was deeper.
tú	hubieres conversado	Cuando hubieres conversado conmigo de lo difícil y aún haya distancia, verás que no todo venía del silencio.When you have talked with me about the difficult things and there is still distance, you will see that not everything came from silence.
él	hubiere conversado	Cuando él hubiere conversado ya del asunto y todavía siga cerrado, entenderemos que faltaba algo más que lenguaje.When he has already talked about the matter and still remains closed, we will understand that something more than language was missing.
nosotros	hubiéremos conversado	Cuando hubiéremos conversado ya lo suficiente y el conflicto siga vivo, podremos medir mejor su raíz real.When we have already talked enough and the conflict remains alive, we will be able to better measure its real root.
vosotros	hubiereis conversado	Cuando hubiereis conversado entre vosotros con más verdad y aún persista la fricción, sabréis que el problema era más estructural.When you all have talked among yourselves with more truth and friction still persists, you will know that the problem was more structural.
ellos	hubieren conversado	Cuando ellos hubieren conversado ya del conflicto y sigan igual de tensos, veremos que la herida no era solo verbal.When they have already talked about the conflict and remain just as tense, we will see that the wound was not only verbal.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	conversa	conversa conmigo de lo difícil y deja de cargar el silencio con más poder del que merece.Talk with me about the difficult things and stop loading silence with more power than it deserves.
él	converse	converse del asunto si quiere, pero que no convierta cada frase en una defensa automática.Let him talk about the matter if he wants, but let him not turn each sentence into an automatic defense.
nosotros	conversemos	conversemos de verdad y dejemos de usar la conversación como campo de ensayo para el orgullo.Let us truly talk and stop using conversation as a rehearsal field for pride.
vosotros	conversad	conversad entre vosotros con más verdad y menos necesidad de parecer tranquilos.Talk among yourselves with more truth and less need to seem calm.
ellos	conversen	conversen del conflicto y que por fin el grupo deje de llenar los huecos con fantasías pobres.Let them talk about the conflict and let the group finally stop filling the gaps with poor fantasies.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	no converses	No no converses conmigo solo para cubrir el tema con palabras bonitas y nada más.Do not talk with me only to cover the topic with pretty words and nothing else.
él	no converse	no converse del asunto si todavía solo puede hacerlo desde una rigidez defensiva.Do not let him talk about the matter if he can still do it only from a defensive rigidity.
nosotros	no conversemos	No no conversemos para defendernos; hablemos para leer mejor lo que está pasando.Let us not talk to defend ourselves; let us talk to better read what is happening.
vosotros	no converséis	No no converséis entre vosotros con ironía si de verdad queréis tocar el fondo del problema.Do not talk among yourselves with irony if you truly want to touch the substance of the problem.
ellos	no conversen	no conversen del conflicto solo para repetir su versión de memoria.Do not let them talk about the conflict only to repeat their version by heart.

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Condicional

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Subjuntivo Presente

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Subjuntivo Futuro

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Imperativo Afirmativo

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