Llorar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Llorar in Spanish

Llorar means “to cry or mourn.” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation, core meanings, common constructions, compound tenses, subjunctive forms, and commands.

Llorar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. The stem llor- remains stable across the paradigm, with regular gerund llorando and participle llorado.

Llorar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The non-finite forms support infinitive, progressive, and compound constructions. The participle llorado stays invariant with haber.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	llorar	infinitive
Gerund	llorando	crying / mourning
Past participle	llorado	cried / mourned

Llorar meaning and essential uses

RAE’s primary sense is shedding tears. It can also be transitive in expressions such as llorar una pérdida, meaning to mourn or grieve something.

It is most commonly intransitive for crying: El niño llora. It may also describe eyes watering: Me lloran los ojos.

Llorar conjugation pattern and pronoun placement

The stem llor- remains unchanged throughout the core paradigm.

There are no stem-changing, spelling-changing, preterite-stem, future-stem, gerund, or participle irregularities.

Llorar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Llorar present tense conjugation

Present indicative — Use it for present states, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	lloro	I cry / mourn
Tú — you, singular informal	lloras	you cry / mourn
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	llora	he / she cries / mourns; you cry / mourn (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	lloramos	we cry / mourn
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	lloráis	you cry / mourn (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	lloran	they cry / mourn; you cry / mourn (plural)

• Lloro cuando estoy muy triste. — I cry when I am very sad.

Llorar preterite conjugation

Preterite — Use it for completed or bounded past events.

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

• Ayer lloré durante la película. — Yesterday I cried during the movie.

Llorar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• De niño lloraba con facilidad. — As a child, I used to cry easily.

Llorar present progressive

Present progressive — Use it for an action or process in progress. Form it with estar + llorando.

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

• Estoy llorando ahora. — I am crying now.

Llorar near future conjugation

Near future — Use it for a plan, intention, or expected event. Form it with ir a + llorar.

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

• Voy a llorar si sigo pensando en eso. — I am going to cry if I keep thinking about that.

Llorar future tense conjugation

Simple future — Use it for future reference.

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

• Lloraremos de alegría cuando termine. — We will cry with joy when it ends.

Llorar conditional conjugation

Conditional — Use it for hypothetical or conditional outcomes.

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

• Lloraría de emoción en ese momento. — I would cry with emotion at that moment.

Llorar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect — Use it for completed events linked to a present reference frame. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• He llorado mucho hoy. — I have cried a lot today.

Llorar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect — Use it for an event completed before another past point. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• Ya había llorado antes de hablar contigo. — I had already cried before talking to you.

Llorar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect — Use it for an event completed before a future point. Form it with haber + llorado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré llorado	I will have cried / mourned
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás llorado	you will have cried / mourned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá llorado	he / she will have cried / mourned; you will have cried / mourned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos llorado	we will have cried / mourned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis llorado	you will have cried / mourned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán llorado	they will have cried / mourned; you will have cried / mourned (plural)

• Para entonces habrán llorado de alegría varias veces. — By then they will have cried with joy several times.

Llorar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• Habría llorado menos con más apoyo. — I would have cried less with more support.

Llorar subjunctive conjugations

Llorar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive — Use it with wishes, influence, emotion, doubt, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference.

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

• No quiero que llores. — I do not want you to cry.

Llorar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive — The main table uses the -ra series; the accepted -se series is also valid. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• Preferían que lloráramos en privado. — They preferred that we cry in private.
• Era posible que llorases al oír la noticia. — It was possible that you would cry on hearing the news.

Llorar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts.

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

• Quien llorare durante la ceremonia podrá salir un momento. — Whoever should cry during the ceremony may step out for a moment.

Llorar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive — Use it for completed events inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• Me alegra que hayas llorado y hablado de lo que sientes. — I am glad that you cried and talked about what you feel.

Llorar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is also accepted. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• Si hubiera llorado antes, quizá me habría sentido mejor. — If I had cried earlier, I might have felt better.
• Si hubieses llorado de dolor, habríamos pedido ayuda. — If you had cried in pain, we would have asked for help.

Llorar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form. Form it with haber + llorado.

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

• Si hubieren llorado los niños, deberán recibir consuelo. — If the children should have cried, they must be comforted.

Llorar imperative and commands

Commands directly address another person. The nosotros/nosotras row has exhortative “let’s…” value.

Llorar affirmative commands

These are the regular affirmative command forms.

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

• Llora si lo necesitas. — Cry if you need to.

Llorar negative commands

Negative commands use no plus the subjunctive-based form.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no llores	do not cry
Usted — you, singular formal	no llore	do not cry (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no lloremos	let’s not cry
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no lloréis	do not cry (plural)
Ustedes — you, plural	no lloren	do not cry (plural formal)

• No llores por algo que puedes solucionar. — Do not cry over something you can solve.

Common constructions with Llorar

These patterns capture the most useful complements and lexical frames.

• llorar. — to cry / shed tears.
• llorar de + emotion / cause. — to cry from joy, pain, emotion, etc.
• llorar una pérdida / muerte. — to mourn a loss / death.
• llorarle los ojos a alguien. — for someone’s eyes to water.

Example sentences with Llorar

These examples reinforce common usage.

• El bebé está llorando. — The baby is crying.
• Me lloran los ojos por el humo. — My eyes are watering because of the smoke.
• Lloraron la pérdida de su amigo. — They mourned the loss of their friend.
• Espero que no llores por miedo. — I hope you do not cry from fear.
• Han llorado de alegría. — They have cried with joy.
• Llora si eso te ayuda. — Cry if that helps you.

Regional and usage notes for Llorar

Core tables include tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes; voseo is noted separately where relevant.

• Vos llorás cuando estás triste. — You cry when you are sad. (voseo)
• Llorá si lo necesitás. — Cry if you need to. (affirmative vos command)

Llorar is fully regular. Its most common use is intransitive “to cry,” but it also appears transitively for mourning a loss and in constructions describing watery eyes.