Non-finite forms
Infinitivo and Gerundio
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitivo | exhortar | Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures. |
| Gerundio | exhortando | Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar exhortando. |
Spanish verb conjugation
Exhortar conjugation
exhortar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning urge. In the present tense: yo exhorto, tú exhortas, él/ella exhorta, nosotros exhortamos, vosotros exhortáis, ellos exhortan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.
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At a glance
- Infinitive
- exhortar
- Gerundio
- exhortando
- Meaning
- urge
- Pattern
- Regular
- Difficulty
- Level 2
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Exhortar across the MuyVerbs tense system
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Presente
Present
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhorto | Yo exhorto a mi hermano a terminar hoy.I urge my brother to finish today. |
| tú | exhortas | Normalmente, tú exhortas al equipo a seguir corriendo.You usually urge the team to keep running. |
| él | exhorta | Hoy, la entrenadora del club exhorta a todos a guardar silencio.Today, the coach at the club urges everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortamos | A veces, nosotros exhortamos a la clase a leer más.At times, we urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortáis | Ahora, vosotros exhortáis a los vecinos a votar pronto.Right now, you all urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhortan | Casi siempre, los médicos del hospital exhortan a los pacientes a descansar.Most of the time, the doctors at the hospital urge the patients to rest. |
Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | he exhortado | Este año, yo he exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy.This year, I have urged my brother to finish today. |
| tú | has exhortado | Últimamente, tú has exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo.Lately, you have urged the team to keep running. |
| él | ha exhortado | En estos meses, la entrenadora del club ha exhortado a todos a guardar silencio.In these months, the coach at the club has urged everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | hemos exhortado | Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos exhortado a la clase a leer más.So far, we have urged the class to read more. |
| vosotros | habéis exhortado | En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto.This term, you all have urged the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | han exhortado | En este tiempo, los médicos del hospital han exhortado a los pacientes a descansar.During this time, the doctors at the hospital have urged the patients to rest. |
Pretérito Indefinido
Preterite
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhorté | Ayer, yo exhorté a mi hermano a terminar hoy.Yesterday, I urged my brother to finish today. |
| tú | exhortaste | Hace un rato, tú exhortaste al equipo a seguir corriendo.A little while ago, you urged the team to keep running. |
| él | exhortó | Esta mañana, la entrenadora del club exhortó a todos a guardar silencio.This morning, the coach at the club urged everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortamos | Anoche, nosotros exhortamos a la clase a leer más.Last night, we urged the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortasteis | El sábado, vosotros exhortasteis a los vecinos a votar pronto.On Saturday, you all urged the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhortaron | Hace poco, los médicos del hospital exhortaron a los pacientes a descansar.Not long ago, the doctors at the hospital urged the patients to rest. |
Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhortaba | Antes, yo exhortaba a mi hermano a terminar hoy.Before, I used to urge my brother to finish today. |
| tú | exhortabas | Por entonces, tú exhortabas al equipo a seguir corriendo.Back then, you used to urge the team to keep running. |
| él | exhortaba | En esa época, la entrenadora del club exhortaba a todos a guardar silencio.At that time, the coach at the club used to urge everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortábamos | Cuando eso era normal, nosotros exhortábamos a la clase a leer más.When that was normal, we used to urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortabais | Hace años, vosotros exhortabais a los vecinos a votar pronto.Years ago, you all used to urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhortaban | En aquellos días, los médicos del hospital exhortaban a los pacientes a descansar.In those days, the doctors at the hospital used to urge the patients to rest. |
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | había exhortado | Cuando llegaste, yo ya había exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy.When you arrived, I had already urged my brother to finish today. |
| tú | habías exhortado | Para entonces, tú ya habías exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo.By then, you had already urged the team to keep running. |
| él | había exhortado | Al volver, la entrenadora del club ya había exhortado a todos a guardar silencio.When we came back, the coach at the club had already urged everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | habíamos exhortado | Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos exhortado a la clase a leer más.Before talking it through, we had already urged the class to read more. |
| vosotros | habíais exhortado | Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto.When you looked again, you all had already urged the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | habían exhortado | Para ese momento, los médicos del hospital ya habían exhortado a los pacientes a descansar.By that moment, the doctors at the hospital had already urged the patients to rest. |
Pretérito Anterior
Preterite Anterior
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hube exhortado | Apenas yo hube exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy, todo cambió.As soon as I had urged my brother to finish today, everything changed. |
| tú | hubiste exhortado | En cuanto tú hubiste exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo, se notó.The moment you had urged the team to keep running, it showed. |
| él | hubo exhortado | No bien la entrenadora del club hubo exhortado a todos a guardar silencio, hubo ruido.As soon as the coach at the club had urged everyone to stay quiet, there was trouble. |
| nosotros | hubimos exhortado | Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos exhortado a la clase a leer más, seguimos adelante.Once we had urged the class to read more, we moved on. |
| vosotros | hubisteis exhortado | Apenas vosotros hubisteis exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had urged the neighbors to vote early, you checked the result. |
| ellos | hubieron exhortado | En cuanto los médicos del hospital hubieron exhortado a los pacientes a descansar, el ambiente cambió.The moment the doctors at the hospital had urged the patients to rest, the mood changed. |
Futuro
Future
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhortaré | Mañana, yo exhortaré a mi hermano a terminar hoy.Tomorrow, I will urge my brother to finish today. |
| tú | exhortarás | Dentro de poco, tú exhortarás al equipo a seguir corriendo.Soon, you will urge the team to keep running. |
| él | exhortará | Esta tarde, la entrenadora del club exhortará a todos a guardar silencio.This afternoon, the coach at the club will urge everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortaremos | La semana que viene, nosotros exhortaremos a la clase a leer más.Next week, we will urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortaréis | Pronto, vosotros exhortaréis a los vecinos a votar pronto.Before long, you all will urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhortarán | Más adelante, los médicos del hospital exhortarán a los pacientes a descansar.Later on, the doctors at the hospital will urge the patients to rest. |
Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habré exhortado | Para entonces, yo ya habré exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy.By then, I will already have urged my brother to finish today. |
| tú | habrás exhortado | Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo.Before closing time, you will already have urged the team to keep running. |
| él | habrá exhortado | Al final del día, la entrenadora del club ya habrá exhortado a todos a guardar silencio.By the end of the day, the coach at the club will already have urged everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | habremos exhortado | Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos exhortado a la clase a leer más.By tomorrow, we will already have urged the class to read more. |
| vosotros | habréis exhortado | Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto.Before leaving, you all will already have urged the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | habrán exhortado | Para esa hora, los médicos del hospital ya habrán exhortado a los pacientes a descansar.By that hour, the doctors at the hospital will already have urged the patients to rest. |
Condicional
Conditional
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhortaría | En un caso así, yo exhortaría a mi hermano a terminar hoy.In a case like that, I would urge my brother to finish today. |
| tú | exhortarías | Con un poco más de tiempo, tú exhortarías al equipo a seguir corriendo.With a little more time, you would urge the team to keep running. |
| él | exhortaría | En esa situación, la entrenadora del club exhortaría a todos a guardar silencio.In that situation, the coach at the club would urge everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortaríamos | Con ese panorama, nosotros exhortaríamos a la clase a leer más.With that outlook, we would urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortaríais | Llegado el caso, vosotros exhortaríais a los vecinos a votar pronto.If it came to that, you all would urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhortarían | En un día así, los médicos del hospital exhortarían a los pacientes a descansar.On a day like that, the doctors at the hospital would urge the patients to rest. |
Condicional Perfecto
Conditional Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habría exhortado | En otro momento, yo habría exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy.At another moment, I would have urged my brother to finish today. |
| tú | habrías exhortado | Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo.With a little more margin, you would have urged the team to keep running. |
| él | habría exhortado | A esas alturas, la entrenadora del club habría exhortado a todos a guardar silencio.By then, the coach at the club would have urged everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | habríamos exhortado | Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos exhortado a la clase a leer más.With that turn, we would have urged the class to read more. |
| vosotros | habríais exhortado | Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto.At that point, you all would have urged the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | habrían exhortado | En ese punto, los médicos del hospital habrían exhortado a los pacientes a descansar.From there, the doctors at the hospital would have urged the patients to rest. |
Subjuntivo Presente
Present Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhorte | Es mejor que yo exhorte a mi hermano a terminar hoy.It is better that I urge my brother to finish today. |
| tú | exhortes | Hace falta que tú exhortes al equipo a seguir corriendo.It is necessary that you urge the team to keep running. |
| él | exhorte | Conviene que la entrenadora del club exhorte a todos a guardar silencio.It is wise that the coach at the club urge everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortemos | Importa que nosotros exhortemos a la clase a leer más.It matters that we urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortéis | Puede ser útil que vosotros exhortéis a los vecinos a votar pronto.It may help if you all urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhorten | Es posible que los médicos del hospital exhorten a los pacientes a descansar.It is possible that the doctors at the hospital urge the patients to rest. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | haya exhortado | Ojalá yo haya exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy.Hopefully I have urged my brother to finish today. |
| tú | hayas exhortado | Puede que tú ya hayas exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo.Maybe you already have urged the team to keep running. |
| él | haya exhortado | Tal vez la entrenadora del club haya exhortado a todos a guardar silencio.Perhaps the coach at the club has urged everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | hayamos exhortado | Quizá nosotros ya hayamos exhortado a la clase a leer más.Maybe we already have urged the class to read more. |
| vosotros | hayáis exhortado | Es probable que vosotros hayáis exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto.It is likely that you all have urged the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | hayan exhortado | Puede ser que los médicos del hospital ya hayan exhortado a los pacientes a descansar.It may be that the doctors at the hospital already have urged the patients to rest. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhortara | Si yo exhortara a mi hermano a terminar hoy, se notaría enseguida.If I urged my brother to finish today, it would show right away. |
| tú | exhortaras | Si tú exhortaras al equipo a seguir corriendo, costaría ocultarlo.If you urged the team to keep running, it would be hard to hide. |
| él | exhortara | Si la entrenadora del club exhortara a todos a guardar silencio, daría mucho que hablar.If the coach at the club urged everyone to stay quiet, it would give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | exhortáramos | Si nosotros exhortáramos a la clase a leer más, todo iría por otro lado.If we urged the class to read more, everything would go another way. |
| vosotros | exhortarais | Si vosotros exhortarais a los vecinos a votar pronto, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all urged the neighbors to vote early, the mood would change. |
| ellos | exhortaran | Si los médicos del hospital exhortaran a los pacientes a descansar, la escena sería otra.If the doctors at the hospital urged the patients to rest, the whole scene would be different. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera exhortado | Si yo hubiera exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy, aún se recordaría.If I had urged my brother to finish today, it would still be remembered. |
| tú | hubieras exhortado | Si tú hubieras exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo, eso habría dejado marca.If you had urged the team to keep running, that would have left a mark. |
| él | hubiera exhortado | Si la entrenadora del club hubiera exhortado a todos a guardar silencio, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the coach at the club had urged everyone to stay quiet, people would still be talking about it. |
| nosotros | hubiéramos exhortado | Si nosotros hubiéramos exhortado a la clase a leer más, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had urged the class to read more, the day would have gone another way. |
| vosotros | hubierais exhortado | Si vosotros hubierais exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had urged the neighbors to vote early, the change would have shown earlier. |
| ellos | hubieran exhortado | Si los médicos del hospital hubieran exhortado a los pacientes a descansar, nada habría quedado igual.If the doctors at the hospital had urged the patients to rest, nothing would have stayed the same. |
Subjuntivo Futuro
Future Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | exhortare | Si yo exhortare a mi hermano a terminar hoy, se notará enseguida.If I urge my brother to finish today, it will show right away. |
| tú | exhortares | Si tú exhortares al equipo a seguir corriendo, costará ignorarlo.If you urge the team to keep running, it will be hard to ignore. |
| él | exhortare | Si la entrenadora del club exhortare a todos a guardar silencio, dará mucho que hablar.If the coach at the club urges everyone to stay quiet, it will give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | exhortáremos | Si nosotros exhortáremos a la clase a leer más, todo irá por otro camino.If we urge the class to read more, everything will go another way. |
| vosotros | exhortareis | Si vosotros exhortareis a los vecinos a votar pronto, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all urge the neighbors to vote early, the mood will change fast. |
| ellos | exhortaren | Si los médicos del hospital exhortaren a los pacientes a descansar, la escena será distinta.If the doctors at the hospital urge the patients to rest, the whole scene will be different. |
Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiere exhortado | Cuando yo hubiere exhortado a mi hermano a terminar hoy, ya se notará.When I have urged my brother to finish today, it will already show. |
| tú | hubieres exhortado | En cuanto tú hubieres exhortado al equipo a seguir corriendo, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have urged the team to keep running, it will be hard not to see. |
| él | hubiere exhortado | Cuando la entrenadora del club hubiere exhortado a todos a guardar silencio, se verá de inmediato.When the coach at the club has urged everyone to stay quiet, it will show at once. |
| nosotros | hubiéremos exhortado | Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos exhortado a la clase a leer más, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have urged the class to read more, everything will move differently. |
| vosotros | hubiereis exhortado | Cuando vosotros hubiereis exhortado a los vecinos a votar pronto, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have urged the neighbors to vote early, the mood will sound different. |
| ellos | hubieren exhortado | En cuanto los médicos del hospital hubieren exhortado a los pacientes a descansar, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the doctors at the hospital have urged the patients to rest, the change will be clear. |
Imperativo Afirmativo
Affirmative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | exhorta | exhorta al equipo a seguir corriendo.Urge the team to keep running. |
| él | exhorte | Que la entrenadora del club exhorte a todos a guardar silencio.Let the coach at the club urge everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | exhortemos | exhortemos a la clase a leer más.Urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | exhortad | exhortad a los vecinos a votar pronto.Urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | exhorten | Que los médicos del hospital exhorten a los pacientes a descansar.Let the doctors at the hospital urge the patients to rest. |
Imperativo Negativo
Negative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | no exhortes | No no exhortes al equipo a seguir corriendo.Do not urge the team to keep running. |
| él | no exhorte | Que la entrenadora del club no no exhorte a todos a guardar silencio.Let the coach at the club not urge everyone to stay quiet. |
| nosotros | no exhortemos | No no exhortemos a la clase a leer más.Let us not urge the class to read more. |
| vosotros | no exhortéis | No no exhortéis a los vecinos a votar pronto.Do not urge the neighbors to vote early. |
| ellos | no exhorten | Que los médicos del hospital no no exhorten a los pacientes a descansar.Let the doctors at the hospital not urge the patients to rest. |
Free web drill
Practice exhortar
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Presente•yo
Yo ___ a mi hermano a terminar hoy.
I urge my brother to finish today.
Need grammar help?How to form Presente
Use Presente for facts, habits, current states, and regular actions.
Formation
- 1Remove the infinitive ending: -ar, -er, or -ir.
- 2Add the present endings for the subject.
- 3Watch high-frequency irregulars like ser, estar, ir, tener, hacer, and decir.
Pattern
-ar: o, as, a, amos, áis, an-er: o, es, e, emos, éis, en-ir: o, es, e, imos, ís, en
Examples
hablar -> yo hablocomer -> él comevivir -> vosotros vivís
Presente is the base system. Master the endings first, then handle irregular yo forms and stem changes.
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- What does 'exhortar' mean in English?
- In Spanish, 'exhortar' means to urge. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.
- Is exhortar an irregular verb in Spanish?
- Exhortar is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.
- How do you conjugate exhortar in the present tense?
- Present tense (Presente) of exhortar: yo exhorto, tú exhortas, él/ella/usted exhorta, nosotros exhortamos, vosotros exhortáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes exhortan.
- How do you conjugate exhortar in the preterite?
- Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of exhortar: yo exhorté, tú exhortaste, él/ella/usted exhortó, nosotros exhortamos, vosotros exhortasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes exhortaron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.
- What is the imperfect tense of exhortar?
- Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of exhortar: yo exhortaba, tú exhortabas, él/ella/usted exhortaba, nosotros exhortábamos, vosotros exhortabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes exhortaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.
- What is the past participle of exhortar?
- The past participle of exhortar is 'exhortado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he exhortado' (I have urgeed), 'has exhortado', 'ha exhortado'.
- What is the gerundio (present participle) of exhortar?
- The gerundio of exhortar is 'exhortando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy exhortando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.
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