/aˈβeɾ/
Translation
to have (auxiliary); there is / there are
Word origin
From Latin habere ('to have, to hold'). It became the auxiliary of the compound tenses across the Romance languages.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- habere
- English cognates
- habit, exhibit
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..
Indicative
| Person | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | he | hube | había | habré | habría |
| tú | has | hubiste | habías | habrás | habrías |
| él/ella/ud. | ha | hubo | había | habrá | habría |
| nos. | hemos | hubimos | habíamos | habremos | habríamos |
| vos. | habéis | hubisteis | habíais | habréis | habríais |
| ellos/uds. | han | hubieron | habían | habrán | habrían |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect (-ra) | Imperfect (-se) |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | haya | hubiera | hubiese |
| tú | hayas | hubieras | hubieses |
| él/ella/ud. | haya | hubiera | hubiese |
| nos. | hayamos | hubiéramos | hubiésemos |
| vos. | hayáis | hubierais | hubieseis |
| ellos/uds. | hayan | hubieran | hubiesen |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tú | |
| ud. | haya |
| nosotros | hayamos |
| vosotros | habed |
| uds. | hayan |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- habiendo
- Past participle
- habido
Examples
.
I have eaten too much this evening.
muchas .
There are many people in the square.
.
He has worked all day without stopping.
.
There used to be a cinema here.
.
We will have to wait and see what the doctor says tomorrow.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
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Grammar articles
(21)Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Spanish Compound Tenses: the Future Perfect and Past Anterior (habré hablado, hube hablado)
Spanish Conditional: the 'Would' Tense, me gustaría and Polite Requests
Conjugating Spanish -er Verbs in the Present Tense
Spanish Verb Conjugation: The Complete Rules with Examples
Spanish Formal Commands: usted and ustedes
The Future and Conditional of Probability in Spanish (¿Qué hora será?, Serían las tres)
Spanish Future Tense: ir a + Infinitive and the Inflectional Future
The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive: Formation, Examples and Practice
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
Spanish Irregular Verbs: The Groups Worth Learning and the Ones to Memorise
Spanish Past Participles as Adjectives and Absolute Clauses (una puerta cerrada, terminada la reunión)
The Spanish Present Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado), with Practice
The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
The Spanish Present Subjunctive: Forms, the Opposite-Vowel Rule, and Practice
Spanish Preterite: hablé, comí, viví and the Big Irregular Group
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Spanish Spelling Traps: b vs v, g vs j, silent h (tubo vs tuvo, gente vs jefe)
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