Comparar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Comparar in Spanish

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means “to .” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation, how to one person or thing with another, and how the same stable stem works across indicative, subjunctive, compound forms, and commands.

Comparar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Linguistically, is a fully regular -AR verb with the stable stem compar-. Its gerund — “comparing” — and participle — “compared” — are regular, and the simple finite forms use standard -AR endings.

Comparar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund is used in progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. In compound tenses with haber, the participle remains invariant.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive		to
Gerund		comparing
Past participle		compared

Comparar meaning and essential uses

— “to ” — is commonly transitive. It can take the things being evaluated as direct objects, as in los precios. — “I the prices.”

A frequent pattern is una cosa con otra — “to one thing with another.” For example, este plan con el anterior. — “We this plan with the previous one.”

Comparar regular conjugation pattern

is fully regular. The stem compar- stays unchanged through the core simple paradigms, standard -AR endings build the indicative and subjunctive forms, and the future and conditional attach their endings to the full infinitive — “to .”

Comparar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Comparar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current actions, habits, scheduled events, and general statements. The stem compar- remains stable and the verb uses the standard -AR present endings.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I
Tú — you, singular informal		you
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she ; you (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they ; you (plural)

— I the data every week.

Comparar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. uses the regular -AR preterite pattern.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I compared
Tú — you, singular informal		you compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she compared; you compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they compared; you compared (plural)

— Yesterday I compared three estimates.

Comparar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for past habits, background descriptions, or actions viewed as ongoing. uses the regular -AR imperfect pattern in this system.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I used to / was comparing
Tú — you, singular informal		you used to / were comparing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she used to / was comparing; you used to / were comparing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we used to / were comparing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you used to / were comparing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they used to / were comparing; you used to / were comparing (plural)

— We used to the prices by hand.

Comparar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis presents the action as genuinely in progress. Form it with a present form of estar — “to be” — plus — “comparing.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I am comparing
Tú — you, singular informal		you are comparing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she is comparing; you are comparing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we are comparing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you are comparing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they are comparing; you are comparing (plural)

— I am comparing the two versions.

Comparar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses plans or expected future events. Form it with a present form of ir — “to go” — followed by a and — “to .”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I am going to
Tú — you, singular informal		you are going to
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she is going to ; you are going to (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we are going to
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you are going to (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they are going to ; you are going to (plural)

— I am going to the results tomorrow.

Comparar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, in suitable contexts, probability. The endings attach to the full infinitive — “to ”; the target verb uses its full infinitive as the future stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I will
Tú — you, singular informal		you will
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she will ; you will (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we will
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you will (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they will ; you will (plural)

— We will the proposals after the meeting.

Comparar conditional conjugation

Simple conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, polite softening, and other conditional meanings. The endings attach to the full infinitive — “to .”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I would
Tú — you, singular informal		you would
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she would ; you would (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we would
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you would (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they would ; you would (plural)

— I would more options if I had time.

Comparar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to the present; regional distribution varies. Form it with present forms of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle. Here the target participle is — “compared.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I have compared
Tú — you, singular informal		you have compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she has compared; you have compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we have compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you have compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they have compared; you have compared (plural)

— I have already compared the main features.

Comparar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect / pluperfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with imperfect forms of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle. Here the target participle is — “compared.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I had compared
Tú — you, singular informal		you had compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she had compared; you had compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we had compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you had compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they had compared; you had compared (plural)

— We had compared the plans before choosing.

Comparar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for something expected to be completed by a future reference point. Form it with future forms of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle. Here the target participle is — “compared.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I will have compared
Tú — you, singular informal		you will have compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she will have compared; you will have compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we will have compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you will have compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they will have compared; you will have compared (plural)

— By tomorrow we will have compared all the data.

Comparar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for hypothetical completed results or unreal past outcomes. Form it with conditional forms of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle. Here the target participle is — “compared.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		I would have compared
Tú — you, singular informal		you would have compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		he / she would have compared; you would have compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		we would have compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		you would have compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		they would have compared; you would have compared (plural)

— I would have compared another option, but it was not available.

Comparar subjunctive conjugations

Comparar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The verb follows the regular -AR present-subjunctive pattern.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		that I
Tú — you, singular informal		that you
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		that he / she ; that you (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		that we
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		that you (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		that they ; that you (plural)

— It is important that you the prices.

Comparar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate clauses linked to past, hypothetical, or unreal contexts. The main table uses the accepted -ra series. The -se series is also accepted in many contexts, and the second example below demonstrates it without implying mechanical interchangeability in every construction.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		that I compared / were to
Tú — you, singular informal		that you compared / were to
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		that he / she compared / were to ; that you compared / were to (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		that we compared / were to
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		that you compared / were to (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		that they compared / were to ; that you compared / were to (plural)

— They wanted us to the results.
— She preferred that you all the two proposals carefully.

Comparar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts and is presented here as a reference system.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		if / when I should
Tú — you, singular informal		if / when you should
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		if / when he / she should ; if / when you should (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		if / when we should
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		if / when you should (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		if / when they should ; if / when you should (plural)

— Whoever should the offers must use the same criteria.

Comparar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with present-subjunctive forms of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus — “compared.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		that I have compared
Tú — you, singular informal		that you have compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		that he / she has compared; that you have compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		that we have compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		that you have compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		that they have compared; that you have compared (plural)

— I am glad that you have compared the options.

Comparar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it for earlier completed situations in unreal, counterfactual, or other subjunctive contexts. The main table uses hubiera plus — “compared”; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		that I had compared
Tú — you, singular informal		that you had compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		that he / she had compared; that you had compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		that we had compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		that you had compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		that they had compared; that you had compared (plural)

— I wish we had compared the costs earlier.
— If you had compared the conditions, you would have seen the difference.

Comparar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. This reference form appears mainly in formal, legal, literary, or historical contexts. Form it with future-subjunctive forms of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus — “compared.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I		if / when I should have compared
Tú — you, singular informal		if / when you should have compared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal		if / when he / she should have compared; if / when you should have compared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we		if / when we should have compared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		if / when you should have compared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural		if / when they should have compared; if / when you should have compared (plural)

— If they should have compared the proposals, they must keep the report.

Comparar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. Spanish uses different morphological sources across persons and polarity; the nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Comparar affirmative commands

Use affirmative commands to tell someone directly to . The forms follow the standard -AR command pattern.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal
Usted — you, singular formal		(formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…		let’s
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		(plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural		(plural)

— the prices before deciding.

Comparar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal		do not
Usted — you, singular formal		do not (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…		let’s not
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain		do not (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural		do not (plural)

— Do not only the price.

Example sentences with Comparar

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already explained in the lesson.

— I the prices before deciding.
— Yesterday we compared two proposals.
— I used to all the brands.
— I want you to these two options.
— We have already compared the results.
— the conditions before signing.

Regional and usage notes for Comparar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. In voseo regions, the present indicative and affirmative command can use distinct forms; these regional forms do not replace the core tú paradigm.

— You prices online. (voseo)
— the two options. (affirmative vos command)

is fully regular, so the main learning task is choosing the tense that matches the time frame and building the comparison clearly, especially when one item is compared with another using con.