Non-finite forms
Infinitivo and Gerundio
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitivo | instigar | Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures. |
| Gerundio | instigando | Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar instigando. |
Spanish verb conjugation
Instigar conjugation
instigar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning egg on. In the present tense: yo instigo, tú instigas, él/ella instiga, nosotros instigamos, vosotros instigáis, ellos instigan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.
Rank #1869-ARRegular18 tense tables
At a glance
- Infinitive
- instigar
- Gerundio
- instigando
- Meaning
- egg on
- Pattern
- Regular
- Difficulty
- Level 2
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Instigar across the MuyVerbs tense system
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Presente
Present
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigo | Yo instigo a mi primo a pedir el dinero.I egg on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | instigas | Normalmente, tú instigas a tu hermana a responder.You usually egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instiga | Hoy, el chico del fondo instiga a la grada a gritar más.Today, the boy in the back eggs on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instigamos | A veces, nosotros instigamos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.At times, we egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instigáis | Ahora, vosotros instigáis al niño a probar otra vez.Right now, you all egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instigan | Casi siempre, los amigos del barrio instigan al equipo a ir al ataque.Most of the time, the friends from the neighborhood egg on the team to go on the attack. |
Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | he instigado | Este año, yo he instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero.This year, I have egged on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | has instigado | Últimamente, tú has instigado a tu hermana a responder.Lately, you have egged on your sister to answer back. |
| él | ha instigado | En estos meses, el chico del fondo ha instigado a la grada a gritar más.In these months, the boy in the back has egged on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | hemos instigado | Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final.So far, we have egged on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | habéis instigado | En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis instigado al niño a probar otra vez.This term, you all have egged on the child to try again. |
| ellos | han instigado | En este tiempo, los amigos del barrio han instigado al equipo a ir al ataque.During this time, the friends from the neighborhood have egged on the team to go on the attack. |
Pretérito Indefinido
Preterite
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigué | Ayer, yo instigué a mi primo a pedir el dinero.Yesterday, I egged on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | instigaste | Hace un rato, tú instigaste a tu hermana a responder.A little while ago, you egged on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instigó | Esta mañana, el chico del fondo instigó a la grada a gritar más.This morning, the boy in the back egged on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instigamos | Anoche, nosotros instigamos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.Last night, we egged on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instigasteis | El sábado, vosotros instigasteis al niño a probar otra vez.On Saturday, you all egged on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instigaron | Hace poco, los amigos del barrio instigaron al equipo a ir al ataque.Not long ago, the friends from the neighborhood egged on the team to go on the attack. |
Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigaba | Antes, yo instigaba a mi primo a pedir el dinero.Before, I used to egg on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | instigabas | Por entonces, tú instigabas a tu hermana a responder.Back then, you used to egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instigaba | En esa época, el chico del fondo instigaba a la grada a gritar más.At that time, the boy in the back used to egg on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instigábamos | Cuando eso era normal, nosotros instigábamos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.When that was normal, we used to egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instigabais | Hace años, vosotros instigabais al niño a probar otra vez.Years ago, you all used to egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instigaban | En aquellos días, los amigos del barrio instigaban al equipo a ir al ataque.In those days, the friends from the neighborhood used to egg on the team to go on the attack. |
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | había instigado | Cuando llegaste, yo ya había instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero.When you arrived, I had already egged on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | habías instigado | Para entonces, tú ya habías instigado a tu hermana a responder.By then, you had already egged on your sister to answer back. |
| él | había instigado | Al volver, el chico del fondo ya había instigado a la grada a gritar más.When we came back, the boy in the back had already egged on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | habíamos instigado | Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final.Before talking it through, we had already egged on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | habíais instigado | Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais instigado al niño a probar otra vez.When you looked again, you all had already egged on the child to try again. |
| ellos | habían instigado | Para ese momento, los amigos del barrio ya habían instigado al equipo a ir al ataque.By that moment, the friends from the neighborhood had already egged on the team to go on the attack. |
Pretérito Anterior
Preterite Anterior
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hube instigado | Apenas yo hube instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero, todo cambió.As soon as I had egged on my cousin to ask for the money, everything changed. |
| tú | hubiste instigado | En cuanto tú hubiste instigado a tu hermana a responder, se notó.The moment you had egged on your sister to answer back, it showed. |
| él | hubo instigado | No bien el chico del fondo hubo instigado a la grada a gritar más, hubo ruido.As soon as the boy in the back had egged on the crowd to shout louder, there was trouble. |
| nosotros | hubimos instigado | Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final, seguimos adelante.Once we had egged on the group to keep going to the end, we moved on. |
| vosotros | hubisteis instigado | Apenas vosotros hubisteis instigado al niño a probar otra vez, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had egged on the child to try again, you checked the result. |
| ellos | hubieron instigado | En cuanto los amigos del barrio hubieron instigado al equipo a ir al ataque, el ambiente cambió.The moment the friends from the neighborhood had egged on the team to go on the attack, the mood changed. |
Futuro
Future
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigaré | Mañana, yo instigaré a mi primo a pedir el dinero.Tomorrow, I will egg on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | instigarás | Dentro de poco, tú instigarás a tu hermana a responder.Soon, you will egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instigará | Esta tarde, el chico del fondo instigará a la grada a gritar más.This afternoon, the boy in the back will egg on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instigaremos | La semana que viene, nosotros instigaremos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.Next week, we will egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instigaréis | Pronto, vosotros instigaréis al niño a probar otra vez.Before long, you all will egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instigarán | Más adelante, los amigos del barrio instigarán al equipo a ir al ataque.Later on, the friends from the neighborhood will egg on the team to go on the attack. |
Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habré instigado | Para entonces, yo ya habré instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero.By then, I will already have egged on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | habrás instigado | Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás instigado a tu hermana a responder.Before closing time, you will already have egged on your sister to answer back. |
| él | habrá instigado | Al final del día, el chico del fondo ya habrá instigado a la grada a gritar más.By the end of the day, the boy in the back will already have egged on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | habremos instigado | Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final.By tomorrow, we will already have egged on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | habréis instigado | Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis instigado al niño a probar otra vez.Before leaving, you all will already have egged on the child to try again. |
| ellos | habrán instigado | Para esa hora, los amigos del barrio ya habrán instigado al equipo a ir al ataque.By that hour, the friends from the neighborhood will already have egged on the team to go on the attack. |
Condicional
Conditional
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigaría | En un caso así, yo instigaría a mi primo a pedir el dinero.In a case like that, I would egg on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | instigarías | Con un poco más de tiempo, tú instigarías a tu hermana a responder.With a little more time, you would egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instigaría | En esa situación, el chico del fondo instigaría a la grada a gritar más.In that situation, the boy in the back would egg on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instigaríamos | Con ese panorama, nosotros instigaríamos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.With that outlook, we would egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instigaríais | Llegado el caso, vosotros instigaríais al niño a probar otra vez.If it came to that, you all would egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instigarían | En un día así, los amigos del barrio instigarían al equipo a ir al ataque.On a day like that, the friends from the neighborhood would egg on the team to go on the attack. |
Condicional Perfecto
Conditional Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habría instigado | En otro momento, yo habría instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero.At another moment, I would have egged on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | habrías instigado | Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías instigado a tu hermana a responder.With a little more margin, you would have egged on your sister to answer back. |
| él | habría instigado | A esas alturas, el chico del fondo habría instigado a la grada a gritar más.By then, the boy in the back would have egged on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | habríamos instigado | Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final.With that turn, we would have egged on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | habríais instigado | Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais instigado al niño a probar otra vez.At that point, you all would have egged on the child to try again. |
| ellos | habrían instigado | En ese punto, los amigos del barrio habrían instigado al equipo a ir al ataque.From there, the friends from the neighborhood would have egged on the team to go on the attack. |
Subjuntivo Presente
Present Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigue | Es mejor que yo instigue a mi primo a pedir el dinero.It is better that I egg on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | instigues | Hace falta que tú instigues a tu hermana a responder.It is necessary that you egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instigue | Conviene que el chico del fondo instigue a la grada a gritar más.It is wise that the boy in the back egg on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instiguemos | Importa que nosotros instiguemos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.It matters that we egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instiguéis | Puede ser útil que vosotros instiguéis al niño a probar otra vez.It may help if you all egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instiguen | Es posible que los amigos del barrio instiguen al equipo a ir al ataque.It is possible that the friends from the neighborhood egg on the team to go on the attack. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | haya instigado | Ojalá yo haya instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero.Hopefully I have egged on my cousin to ask for the money. |
| tú | hayas instigado | Puede que tú ya hayas instigado a tu hermana a responder.Maybe you already have egged on your sister to answer back. |
| él | haya instigado | Tal vez el chico del fondo haya instigado a la grada a gritar más.Perhaps the boy in the back has egged on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | hayamos instigado | Quizá nosotros ya hayamos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final.Maybe we already have egged on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | hayáis instigado | Es probable que vosotros hayáis instigado al niño a probar otra vez.It is likely that you all have egged on the child to try again. |
| ellos | hayan instigado | Puede ser que los amigos del barrio ya hayan instigado al equipo a ir al ataque.It may be that the friends from the neighborhood already have egged on the team to go on the attack. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigara | Si yo instigara a mi primo a pedir el dinero, se notaría enseguida.If I egged on my cousin to ask for the money, it would show right away. |
| tú | instigaras | Si tú instigaras a tu hermana a responder, costaría ocultarlo.If you egged on your sister to answer back, it would be hard to hide. |
| él | instigara | Si el chico del fondo instigara a la grada a gritar más, daría mucho que hablar.If the boy in the back egged on the crowd to shout louder, it would give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | instigáramos | Si nosotros instigáramos al grupo a seguir hasta el final, todo iría por otro lado.If we egged on the group to keep going to the end, everything would go another way. |
| vosotros | instigarais | Si vosotros instigarais al niño a probar otra vez, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all egged on the child to try again, the mood would change. |
| ellos | instigaran | Si los amigos del barrio instigaran al equipo a ir al ataque, la escena sería otra.If the friends from the neighborhood egged on the team to go on the attack, the whole scene would be different. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera instigado | Si yo hubiera instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero, aún se recordaría.If I had egged on my cousin to ask for the money, it would still be remembered. |
| tú | hubieras instigado | Si tú hubieras instigado a tu hermana a responder, eso habría dejado marca.If you had egged on your sister to answer back, that would have left a mark. |
| él | hubiera instigado | Si el chico del fondo hubiera instigado a la grada a gritar más, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the boy in the back had egged on the crowd to shout louder, people would still be talking about it. |
| nosotros | hubiéramos instigado | Si nosotros hubiéramos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had egged on the group to keep going to the end, the day would have gone another way. |
| vosotros | hubierais instigado | Si vosotros hubierais instigado al niño a probar otra vez, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had egged on the child to try again, the change would have shown earlier. |
| ellos | hubieran instigado | Si los amigos del barrio hubieran instigado al equipo a ir al ataque, nada habría quedado igual.If the friends from the neighborhood had egged on the team to go on the attack, nothing would have stayed the same. |
Subjuntivo Futuro
Future Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | instigare | Si yo instigare a mi primo a pedir el dinero, se notará enseguida.If I egg on my cousin to ask for the money, it will show right away. |
| tú | instigares | Si tú instigares a tu hermana a responder, costará ignorarlo.If you egg on your sister to answer back, it will be hard to ignore. |
| él | instigare | Si el chico del fondo instigare a la grada a gritar más, dará mucho que hablar.If the boy in the back eggs on the crowd to shout louder, it will give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | instigáremos | Si nosotros instigáremos al grupo a seguir hasta el final, todo irá por otro camino.If we egg on the group to keep going to the end, everything will go another way. |
| vosotros | instigareis | Si vosotros instigareis al niño a probar otra vez, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all egg on the child to try again, the mood will change fast. |
| ellos | instigaren | Si los amigos del barrio instigaren al equipo a ir al ataque, la escena será distinta.If the friends from the neighborhood egg on the team to go on the attack, the whole scene will be different. |
Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiere instigado | Cuando yo hubiere instigado a mi primo a pedir el dinero, ya se notará.When I have egged on my cousin to ask for the money, it will already show. |
| tú | hubieres instigado | En cuanto tú hubieres instigado a tu hermana a responder, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have egged on your sister to answer back, it will be hard not to see. |
| él | hubiere instigado | Cuando el chico del fondo hubiere instigado a la grada a gritar más, se verá de inmediato.When the boy in the back has egged on the crowd to shout louder, it will show at once. |
| nosotros | hubiéremos instigado | Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos instigado al grupo a seguir hasta el final, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have egged on the group to keep going to the end, everything will move differently. |
| vosotros | hubiereis instigado | Cuando vosotros hubiereis instigado al niño a probar otra vez, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have egged on the child to try again, the mood will sound different. |
| ellos | hubieren instigado | En cuanto los amigos del barrio hubieren instigado al equipo a ir al ataque, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the friends from the neighborhood have egged on the team to go on the attack, the change will be clear. |
Imperativo Afirmativo
Affirmative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | instiga | instiga a tu hermana a responder.Egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | instigue | Que el chico del fondo instigue a la grada a gritar más.Let the boy in the back egg on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | instiguemos | instiguemos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.Egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | instigad | instigad al niño a probar otra vez.Egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | instiguen | Que los amigos del barrio instiguen al equipo a ir al ataque.Let the friends from the neighborhood egg on the team to go on the attack. |
Imperativo Negativo
Negative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | no instigues | No no instigues a tu hermana a responder.Do not egg on your sister to answer back. |
| él | no instigue | Que el chico del fondo no no instigue a la grada a gritar más.Let the boy in the back not egg on the crowd to shout louder. |
| nosotros | no instiguemos | No no instiguemos al grupo a seguir hasta el final.Let us not egg on the group to keep going to the end. |
| vosotros | no instiguéis | No no instiguéis al niño a probar otra vez.Do not egg on the child to try again. |
| ellos | no instiguen | Que los amigos del barrio no no instiguen al equipo a ir al ataque.Let the friends from the neighborhood not egg on the team to go on the attack. |
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Presente•yo
Yo ___ a mi primo a pedir el dinero.
I egg on my cousin to ask for the money.
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 'instigar' mean in English?
- In Spanish, 'instigar' means to egg on. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.
- Is instigar an irregular verb in Spanish?
- Instigar is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.
- How do you conjugate instigar in the present tense?
- Present tense (Presente) of instigar: yo instigo, tú instigas, él/ella/usted instiga, nosotros instigamos, vosotros instigáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes instigan.
- How do you conjugate instigar in the preterite?
- Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of instigar: yo instigué, tú instigaste, él/ella/usted instigó, nosotros instigamos, vosotros instigasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes instigaron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.
- What is the imperfect tense of instigar?
- Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of instigar: yo instigaba, tú instigabas, él/ella/usted instigaba, nosotros instigábamos, vosotros instigabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes instigaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.
- What is the past participle of instigar?
- The past participle of instigar is 'instigado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he instigado' (I have egg oned), 'has instigado', 'ha instigado'.
- What is the gerundio (present participle) of instigar?
- The gerundio of instigar is 'instigando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy instigando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.
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