Category: Spanish Verb Conjugation

Hola, Conjugation Champions!

Welcome to today’s edition of your daily Spanish conjugation blog! Get ready to expand your vocabulary and master another verb. Today’s featured verb is colmar. Let’s dive into its uses, and some handy tips.

Verb of the Day: Colmar (to fill, to fulfill, to overwhelm)

Usage Tips

• Tip 1: Remember that “colmar” can be used both literally (to fill a container) and figuratively (to fulfill or overwhelm).
• Tip 2: In the preterite tense, “colmar” follows the regular -ar verb conjugation pattern.
• Tip 3: Use the imperfect tense of “colmar” to describe habitual actions in the past.

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Quiz of the Day

Translate the following sentences into Spanish using today’s verb:

1. I fill the tank with gas every morning.
2. They overwhelmed their parents with love last year.
3. We used to fulfill all the requirements.

(Answers at the bottom of this post!)

Sentence Examples

• Present Tense: Yo colmo el vaso con agua. (I fill the glass with water.)
• Preterite Tense: Ayer, tú colmaste de regalos a tus amigos. (Yesterday, you overwhelmed your friends with gifts.)
• Imperfect Tense: Cuando éramos niños, nosotros colmábamos la casa de alegría. (When we were kids, we used to fill the house with joy.)

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s verb and happy conjugating!

¡Saludos!

Answers to Quiz

1. Yo colmo el tanque de gasolina cada mañana.
2. Ellos/Ellas colmaron de amor a sus padres el año pasado.
3. Nosotros/Nosotras colmábamos todos los requisitos.

Today’s Spanish verb of the day: piar
Translation: to tweet, chirp, cheep

“Piar” is very interesting since the accentuation rules changed in 2010!

So you may find accentuated and non-accentuated versions of the present tense and present subjunctive.

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: popularizar
Translation: to popularise

“Popularizar” – like yesterday’s “desamortizar” – has the same ending change. The “z” changes to a “c” in all tenses where the “-ar” ending is conjugated as an “e”.

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: desamortizar
Translation: to release amortized assets

“Desamortizar” – like yesterday’s “descapitalizar” – has the same ending change. The “z” changes to a “c” in all tenses where the “-ar” ending is conjugated as an “e”.

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: descapitalizar
Translation: to decapitalise

“Descapitalizar” has one easy exception. It changes the “z” to a “c” in all tenses where the “-ar” ending is conjugated as an “e”.

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: descontar
Translation: to deduct

“Descontar” follows the boot pattern. 🙂

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: desplegar
Translation: to unfold

“Desplegar” is needs the “-gar” ending to change to “-gue” in tenses when the “a” changes to “e”.

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: perdurar
Translation: to endure

“Perdurar” is fully regular and has no exceptions at all. 🙂

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: estremecer
Translation: to shake

“Estremecer” needs to keep the sound from the “-cer” ending even if the vowel changes to “a”.

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Today’s Spanish verb of the day: implorar
Translation: to implore, to beg

“implorar” is a fully regular verb.

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