Notar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Notar in Spanish

Notar means “to notice,” “to observe,” or “to feel.” You will learn its regular -AR conjugation and the common patterns notar algo, notar que + clause, and sensory perception.

Notar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Notar keeps the stable stem not- and takes ordinary -AR endings. Its gerund notando — “noticing / feeling” — and participle notado — “noticed / felt” — are regular.

Notar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle notado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	notar	to notice / feel
Gerund	notando	noticing / feeling
Past participle	notado	noticed / felt

Notar meaning and essential uses

Notar — “to notice / observe” — is transitive: Noto un cambio. — “I notice a change.” RAE also defines it as perceiving a sensation or becoming aware of one.

A clause can follow with que — “that”: Noto que estás cansado. — “I notice that you are tired.” For bodily or emotional sensation, notar can be translated naturally as “to feel”: Noto frío. — “I feel cold.”

Notar conjugation pattern

The stem not- remains unchanged throughout the core paradigm. Forms such as noto — “I notice,” noté — “I noticed,” and note — “that I notice” — use normal -AR endings.

There is no stem change, spelling alternation, irregular preterite stem, irregular future stem, irregular gerund, or irregular participle.

Notar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Notar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	noto	I notice / feel
Tú — you, singular informal	notas	you notice / feel
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	nota	he / she notices / feels; you notice / feel (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	notamos	we notice / feel
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	notáis	you notice / feel (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	notan	they notice / feel; you notice / feel (plural)

• Noto una diferencia en la pronunciación. — I notice a difference in the pronunciation.

Notar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

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

• Ayer noté un error en el documento. — Yesterday I noticed an error in the document.

Notar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Antes notaba más cansancio por la tarde. — I used to feel more tired in the afternoon.

Notar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus notando — “noticing / feeling.”

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

• Estoy notando una mejora clara. — I am noticing a clear improvement.

Notar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and notar.

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

• Voy a notar el cambio enseguida. — I am going to notice the change immediately.

Notar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

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

• Notarás la diferencia con práctica. — You will notice the difference with practice.

Notar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

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

• Notaría cualquier cambio importante. — I would notice any important change.

Notar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• He notado varios errores pequeños. — I have noticed several small errors.

Notar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Ya habíamos notado esa diferencia. — We had already noticed that difference.

Notar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Para entonces habrán notado los cambios. — By then they will have noticed the changes.

Notar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Habría notado el problema con más atención. — I would have noticed the problem with more attention.

Notar subjunctive conjugations

Notar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

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

• Quiero que notes esta diferencia. — I want you to notice this difference.

Notar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Preferían que notáramos el cambio nosotros mismos. — They preferred that we notice the change ourselves.
• Era importante que notases la señal. — It was important that you notice the sign.

Notar 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. These rare reference forms share the same historical family as the imperfect subjunctive.

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

• Quien notare una irregularidad deberá comunicarla. — Whoever should notice an irregularity must report it.

Notar 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 the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Me alegra que hayas notado la mejora. — I am glad that you noticed the improvement.

Notar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Si hubiera notado el error antes, lo habría corregido. — If I had noticed the error earlier, I would have corrected it.
• Si hubieses notado la señal, habrías parado. — If you had noticed the sign, you would have stopped.

Notar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle notado.

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

• Si hubieren notado algún cambio, deberán registrarlo. — If they should have noticed any change, they must record it.

Notar imperative and commands

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

Notar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

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

• Nota la diferencia entre estos dos sonidos. — Notice the difference between these two sounds.

Notar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no notes	do not notice
Usted — you, singular formal	no note	do not notice (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no notemos	let’s not notice
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no notéis	do not notice (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no noten	do not notice (plural)

• No notes solo los errores; observa también los avances. — Do not notice only the errors; observe the progress too.

Common constructions with Notar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• notar algo. — to notice / feel something.
• notar que + clause. — to notice that something is the case.
• hacerse notar. — to make oneself noticed / attract attention.

Example sentences with Notar

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

• Noto que hablas más despacio. — I notice that you speak more slowly.
• ¿Notaste el cambio de temperatura? — Did you notice the change in temperature?
• Estoy notando menos dolor. — I am feeling less pain.
• Espero que notes la diferencia. — I hope you notice the difference.
• Se hizo notar durante la reunión. — He / she made himself / herself noticed during the meeting.
• Nota primero lo que ha cambiado. — Notice what has changed first.

Regional and usage notes for Notar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos notás la diferencia enseguida. — You notice the difference immediately. (voseo)
• Notá este detalle. — Notice this detail. (affirmative vos command)

Notar is fully regular. Its English translation depends on what is perceived: use “notice” for awareness of facts or changes, and often “feel” for bodily or subjective sensations.