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Contar Conjugation in Spanish | What is the conjugation of contar?

 contar-to count, to tell

Participles
Present:	contando
Past:	contado

Indicative
	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	cuento	conté	contaba	contaría	contaré
tú	cuentas	contaste	contabas	contarías	contarás
él/ella/Ud.	cuenta	contó	contaba	contaría	contará
nosotros	contamos	contamos	contábamos	contaríamos	contaremos
vosotros	contáis	contasteis	contabais	contaríais	contaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	cuentan	contaron	contaban	contarían	contarán

Present-Preterite-Imperfect-Conditional-Future
I | count – counted – counted- would count- will count
you | count – counted – counted- would count- will count
He/She | counts – counted – counted- would count- will count
You(formal) | count – counted – counted- would count- will count
We | count – counted – counted- would count- will count
You(informal) | count – counted – counted- would count- will count
They/You(formal) | count – counted – counted- would count- will count

Subjunctive
	Present	Imperfect	Future
yo	cuente	contara, contase	contare
tú	cuentes	contaras, contases	contares
él/ella/Ud.	cuente	contara, contase	contare
nosotros	contemos	contáramos, contásemos	contáremos
vosotros	contéis	contarais, contaseis	contareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	cuenten	contaran, contasen	contaren

Present-Imperfect-Imperfect 2-Future
I | count- counted- counted- will count
you | count- counted- counted- will count
He/She | counts- counted- counted- will count
You(formal) | count- counted- counted- will count
We | count- counted- counted- will count
You(informal) | count- counted- counted- will count
They/You(formal) | count- counted- counted- will count

Imperative
	Affirmative	Negative
yo
tú	cuenta	no cuentes
Ud.	cuente	no cuente
nosotros	contemos	no contemos
vosotros	contad	no contéis
Uds.	cuenten	no cuenten

Affirmative–Negative
I | —
you | count- don’t count
You(formal) | count- don’t count
We | let’s count – let’s not count
You(informal) | count- don’t count
They/You(formal) | count- don’t count

Progressive
	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	estoy contando	estuve contando	estaba contando	estaría contando	estaré contando
tú	estás contando	estuviste contando	estabas contando	estarías contando	estarás contando
él/ella/Ud.	está contando	estuvo contando	estaba contando	estaría contando	estará contando
nosotros	estamos contando	estuvimos contando	estábamos contando	estaríamos contando	estaremos contando
vosotros	estáis contando	estuvisteis contando	estabais contando	estaríais contando	estaréis contando
ellos/ellas/Uds.	están contando	estuvieron contando	estaban contando	estarían contando	estarán contando

Present-Preterite-Imperfect-Conditional-Future
I | am counting- was counting- was counting- would be counting- will be counting
you | are counting- were counting- were counting- would be counting- will be counting
He/She | is counting- was counting- was counting- would be counting- will be counting
You(formal) | are counting- were counting- were counting- would be counting- will be counting
We | are counting- were counting- were counting- would be counting- will be counting
You(informal) | are counting- were counting- were counting- would be counting- will be counting
They/You(formal) | are counting- were counting- were counting- would be counting- will be counting

Perfect
	Present	Preterite	Past	Conditional	Future
yo	he contado	hube contado	había contado	habría contado	habré contado
tú	has contado	hubiste contado	habías contado	habrías contado	habrás contado
él/ella/Ud.	ha contado	hubo contado	había contado	habría contado	habrá contado
nosotros	hemos contado	hubimos contado	habíamos contado	habríamos contado	habremos contado
vosotros	habéis contado	hubisteis contado	habíais contado	habríais contado	habréis contado
ellos/ellas/Uds.	han contado	hubieron contado	habían contado	habrían contado	habrán contado

Present-Preterite-Past-Conditional-Future
I | have counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted
you | have counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted
He/She | has counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted
You(formal) | have counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted
We | have counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted
You(informal) | have counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted
They/You(formal) |have counted- had counted- had counted- would have counted- will have counted

Perfect Subjunctive
	Present	Past	Future
yo	haya contado	hubiera contado, hubiese contado	hubiere contado
tú	hayas contado	hubieras contado, hubieses contado	hubieres contado
él/ella/Ud.	haya contado	hubiera contado, hubiese contado	hubiere contado
nosotros	hayamos contado	hubiéramos contado, hubiésemos contado	hubiéremos contado
vosotros	hayáis contado	hubierais contado, hubieseis contado	hubiereis contado
ellos/ellas/Uds.	hayan contado	hubieran contado, hubiesen contado	hubieren contado

Present-Past-Future
I | have counted- had counted- will have counted
you | have counted- had counted- will have counted
He/She | has counted- had counted- will have counted
You(formal) | have counted- had counted- will have counted
We | have counted- had counted- will have counted
You(informal) | have counted- had counted- will have counted
They/You(formal) | have counted- had counted- will have counted

Sentences with the conjugated verb: contar in Spanish

No cuento con mucho dinero para las vacaciones.	–	I don’t have a lot of money for vacations.
Me cuentas cómo te fue con Guillermo en tu cita romántica.	–	Tell me how it went with Guillermo on your romantic date.
No contamos con muchos recursos para ese tipo de proyecto.	–	We don’t have many resources for that type of project.
Mejor cuentan la cantidad de caballos en vez de la cantidad de jinetes.	–	It is better to count the number of horses instead of the number of riders.
No he contado la mejor parte todavía.	–	I haven’t told the best part yet.
Me has contado la misma historia una y otra vez.	–	You’ve told me the same story over and over again.
Hemos contado la mayoría de los barriles que hay en el almacén.	–	We’ve counted most of the barrels in the warehouse.
Han contado con los dedos de las manos y de los pies.	–	They have counted on their fingers and toes.
Alejandra siempre contaba las herramientas que utilizaba antes de empezar.	–	Alejandra always counted the tools she used before she started.
¿Habías contado incluso las del segundo piso?	–	Had you even counted the ones on the second floor?
Le conté todos los problemas que tenía a la doctora.	–	I told the doctor all the problems she had.
Me contaste la mejor parte de la película.	–	You told me the best part of the movie.
Seguro no contaron con que habría más invitados.	–	Surely they did not expect that there would be more guests.
Les contaré a mis nietos de todas mis aventuras en el mar.	–	I will tell my grandchildren about all my adventures at sea.
Por fin me contarás lo que te pasó el viernes.	–	You’ll finally tell me what happened to you on Friday.
Mañana contaremos las estrellas para que se cumpla tu deseo.	–	Tomorrow we will count the stars so that your wish comes true.
No contarán con los materiales con los qué están acostumbrados a trabajar.	–	They will not have the materials they are used to working with.
Contaría la historia pero Carmen seguro se molestaría conmigo.	–	I would tell the story but Carmen would surely be upset with me.
¡No cuentes con los dedos!	–	Don’t count on your fingers!
Contemos primero cuantas manzanas tenemos.	–	Let’s first count how many apples we have.
¿Hubieras contado toda la historia?	–	Would you have told the whole story?
No importa lo que te hayan contado.	–	It doesn’t matter what they told you.
Hubiésemos contado los melocotones primero.	–	We would have counted the peaches first.
¿Cuántos elefantes contáis ustedes?	–	How many elephants do you count?
Contemos la historia de la bruja de hielo.	–	Let’s tell the story of the ice witch.
¡Contad conmigo!	–	Count on me!
Si contases la verdad esto terminaría muy pronto.	–	If you told the truth this would end very soon.
Hubiéramos contado mejor la historia de mi abuela.	–	We would have better told the story of my grandmother.
Si hubiese contado la historia yo hubiera quedado mejor.	–	If she had told the story I would have been better off.
Aunque contase la verdad nadie me creería.	–	Even if I told the truth, no one would believe me.

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