Recomendar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Recomendar in Spanish

Recomendar means “to recommend” or “to advise.” You will learn its e → ie present change, regular past and future families, subjunctive forms, commands, and recommendation patterns.

Recomendar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Recomendar has an e → ie stem change in stressed present-family forms. Those forms use recomiend-, as in recomiendo — “I recommend,” while recomendamos / recomendáis keep recomend-.

Recomendar 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 recomendado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	recomendar	to recommend
Gerund	recomendando	recommending
Past participle	recomendado	recommended

Recomendar meaning and essential uses

Recomendar is transitive and commonly means advising something for someone’s benefit: Recomiendo este libro. — “I recommend this book.” A recipient can appear as an indirect object: Te recomiendo este libro. — “I recommend this book to you.”

For an action by the same person, recomendar + infinitive is common: Recomiendo descansar. — “I recommend resting.” With a separate subject, use recomendar que + subjunctive: Recomiendo que descanses. — “I recommend that you rest.”

Recomendar irregular conjugation patterns

Stressed present indicative forms use recomiend-: recomiendo, recomiendas, recomienda, recomiendan. Nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use recomend-: recomendamos, recomendáis.

The present subjunctive follows the same stress distribution: recomiende, recomiendes, recomiende, recomendemos, recomendéis, recomienden. The preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, gerund, and participle are otherwise regular.

Recomendar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Recomendar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Stressed forms use recomiend-; nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use recomend-.

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

• Recomiendo este libro a mis estudiantes. — I recommend this book to my students.

Recomendar 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	recomendé	I recommended
Tú — you, singular informal	recomendaste	you recommended
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	recomendó	he / she recommended; you recommended (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	recomendamos	we recommended
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	recomendasteis	you recommended (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	recomendaron	they recommended; you recommended (plural)

• Ayer recomendé un restaurante nuevo. — Yesterday I recommended a new restaurant.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Antes recomendaba esa aplicación con frecuencia. — I used to recommend that app frequently.

Recomendar present progressive

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

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

• Estoy recomendando opciones más sencillas. — I am recommending simpler options.

Recomendar 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 recomendar.

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

• Voy a recomendar otra ruta. — I am going to recommend another route.

Recomendar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

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

• Recomendaremos una solución mañana. — We will recommend a solution tomorrow.

Recomendar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

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

• Recomendaría reservar con anticipación. — I would recommend booking in advance.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• He recomendado ese curso varias veces. — I have recommended that course several times.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Ya habíamos recomendado esa alternativa. — We had already recommended that alternative.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Para entonces habrán recomendado varias opciones. — By then they will have recommended several options.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Habría recomendado otra fecha. — I would have recommended another date.

Recomendar subjunctive conjugations

Recomendar 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. Stressed forms use recomiend-, while nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use recomend-.

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

• Recomiendo que descanses un poco. — I recommend that you rest a little.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Preferían que recomendáramos una opción más económica. — They preferred that we recommend a cheaper option.
• Era mejor que recomendases esperar un día. — It was better for you to recommend waiting one day.

Recomendar 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	recomendare	if / when I should recommend
Tú — you, singular informal	recomendares	if / when you should recommend
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	recomendare	if / when he / she should recommend; if / when you should recommend (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	recomendáremos	if / when we should recommend
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	recomendareis	if / when you should recommend (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	recomendaren	if / when they should recommend; if / when you should recommend (plural)

• Quien recomendare un proveedor deberá declarar cualquier conflicto de interés. — Whoever should recommend a supplier must declare any conflict of interest.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Me alegra que hayas recomendado ese libro. — I am glad that you recommended that book.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Si hubiéramos recomendado otra ruta, habrían llegado antes. — If we had recommended another route, they would have arrived earlier.
• Si hubieses recomendado ese curso, me habría inscrito. — If you had recommended that course, I would have enrolled.

Recomendar 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 recomendado.

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

• Si hubieren recomendado cambios, deberán documentarlos. — If they should have recommended changes, they must document them.

Recomendar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Recomendar 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	recomienda	recommend
Usted — you, singular formal	recomiende	recommend (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	recomendemos	let’s recommend
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	recomendad	recommend (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	recomienden	recommend (plural)

• Recomienda una opción concreta. — Recommend a specific option.

Recomendar 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 recomiendes	do not recommend
Usted — you, singular formal	no recomiende	do not recommend (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no recomendemos	let’s not recommend
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no recomendéis	do not recommend (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no recomienden	do not recommend (plural)

• No recomiendes algo que no conoces. — Do not recommend something you do not know.

Common constructions with Recomendar

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

• recomendar algo a alguien. — to recommend something to someone.
• recomendar + infinitive. — to recommend doing something.
• recomendar que + subjunctive. — to recommend that another subject do something.

Example sentences with Recomendar

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

• Te recomiendo este restaurante. — I recommend this restaurant to you.
• Recomiendo reservar con tiempo. — I recommend booking in advance.
• ¿Qué película me recomiendas? — Which movie do you recommend to me?
• Espero que recomiendes una opción práctica. — I hope you recommend a practical option.
• Han recomendado que salgamos temprano. — They have recommended that we leave early.
• Recomienda solo productos que conozcas bien. — Recommend only products you know well.

Regional and usage notes for Recomendar

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 recomendás este lugar con frecuencia. — You recommend this place frequently. (voseo)
• Recomendá una opción más sencilla. — Recommend a simpler option. (affirmative vos command)

For recomendar, the main irregularity is the stressed e → ie change. Keep recomiend- in stressed present-family forms and recomend- elsewhere, then choose the complement pattern that fits the recommendation.